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Pikanter
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Posted at: 2024-10-27, 19:52

I think that widelands could benefit a lot from being on Steam. 1. Many new players will be able to find it 2. Easy Download (and Updates) 3. A proper multiplayer (with randoms) on steam servers


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Posted at: 2024-10-27, 20:02

Hello Pikanter and welcome to the forum face-smile.png

Steam has been discussed in the past, but it is unfortunately not possible for Widelands because Steam forbids uploading games licensed under the GPL: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/sdk/uploading/distributing_opensource


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Pikanter
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Posted at: 2024-10-27, 21:45

that's unfortunate. Hopefully it will be possible at some point in the future even it doesn't seem like it right now. Thank u for the quick response though.


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Posted at: 2024-10-28, 20:14

It's up to Steam to change its rules basically. So long as Steam is being unreasonable and stuffy like that... well... it is all Steam's fault.

P.S. Just remembered Wesnoth is on Steam and it's GPL too. A search also seems to suggest it is possible but tricky. So "maybe" <g> I was a little harsh above... personally Steam sounds like something I would not touch with a 10 foot pole so mea culpa. : )

Edited: 2024-10-28, 20:28

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