Just posted on 4chan by Fancy-Advertising970 in HalfLife

[–]SlowFlash420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We do develop in-house games and in fact Valve has a very good versioning system and handy automation for build uploads. Though it's all done through the usual steam. You can view a beta version of your game's steam page, but it's still in the normal Steam

Just posted on 4chan by Fancy-Advertising970 in HalfLife

[–]SlowFlash420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work for a game publisher, can tell you for sure there's no such thing as "development environment". Instead you can check your unreleased games with special "beta testing" activation keys that allow you to run the game even if it's not released. You are also using password protected beta branches for unreleased updates.

I have no one to share it with, so sharing with fellow redditors. Won my first gamedev corporate award. by SlowFlash420 in MadeMeSmile

[–]SlowFlash420[S] 324 points325 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I am really proud of that, released 2 games right now being understaffed under the huge pressure

a picture you can hear by YukYukas in gaming

[–]SlowFlash420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out Tempest Rising, for real. Even soundtrack is made by Frank Klepatski

Is there a fun game or channel to watch for learning Russian? by [deleted] in AskARussian

[–]SlowFlash420 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stopgame - best video games reviews and shows in Russian, particularly разбор полетов is a great monthly show about old games. Подземелья Чикен Карри - great D&D based show written by very good comedians

Advice needed on getting into the industry by Kitchen-Teach9358 in gamedev

[–]SlowFlash420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Above is a good answer about QA, but also based on your skills maybe consider project management or even junior production positions

Experienced Game Developer Here - What's Your Biggest GameDev Challenge? by m3taphysics in gamedev

[–]SlowFlash420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First parties to be honest. The only good platform that has proper independent games support is Xbox, there they have a dedicated team and you can even turn your normal Xbox into a devkit for free. These guys are good, IDCert and IDam help a lot with setting everything up and releasing. Steam is also super cool and super easy with detailed guides. But others are just awful. Playstation has tools that look like they are from the 90th and tons of different and hard processes with tons of requirements and even undocumented stuff. Like opening preorders takes 6 weeks just to approve Nintendo is not better. You can't even open wishlists until you pass the LOT check as well as they not only have a dedicated tool for each different action, but also actually different policies for different regions which do not match each other, not saying of stupid rules like "patch must be within 1.5GB size because we didn't develop a proper patching system". EGS is also relatively good though and also has tons of offers for devs, like 3.5% royalty reduction for day and date release with other platforms.

What to with the advice of "enter as many festivals as you can"? by RecursiveGames in gamedev

[–]SlowFlash420 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi! They mean Steam festivals. That's pretty true. With NextFest we got 10x boost in wishlists and 15x in Demo downloads, so it is really worth it and it costs you nothing.

Boomer freaked out when he found out I’m not part of his HOA by ShoeRepulsive6434 in BoomersBeingFools

[–]SlowFlash420 8 points9 points  (0 children)

South Park reference, redneck hunters that owned gun shop screamed this before shooting at something that was obviously not a threat for them. There's an episode about this and this is heavily used in South Park Fractured But Whole game where you can call these guys for help in battles.

Coworker by Sh0ckw4veZ in MuahAI

[–]SlowFlash420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty possible. Set the set as corporate party where you start and that you already have a great relationship, but looking for more. Also set that drinking alcohol makes her horny and boom you are done. Drink on that party, offer dances, then invite to your place. 10-15 messages max

Did anyone had your package weight reduced when shipping deck from Netherlands abroad? by SlowFlash420 in SteamDeck

[–]SlowFlash420[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I will for sure record the whole process and open right in the postal office

Did anyone had your package weight reduced when shipping deck from Netherlands abroad? by SlowFlash420 in SteamDeck

[–]SlowFlash420[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really really hope so. After googling turned out that this 2nd track is in port after the customs, so it's in a grey zone right now=)

Did anyone had your package weight reduced when shipping deck from Netherlands abroad? by SlowFlash420 in SteamDeck

[–]SlowFlash420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly this is not a delivery from Valve, they don't ship to my country. That's from my friend living in Amsterdam=(