I don't know if there is a thread of a list of portals; but are these the main pages to pitch/showcase your game too ? Or are there more I should know ?

Bigpoint look very professionnal (meaning good design of the site at first look).

I tried registering a long time ago, but it keeps saying my email is invalid and I need to contact the DevLounge support. Since then, I got no reply to my email.

is it just me, or are most of the games on the front page MMORPGs?

Which games are actually java?  I mainly see flash.

Well it's officially crap so far

Seems they can't make a java portal or a java game.

Kev

Let's use a speedboat to catch up with it!

All depends on what game you've written (and has bugger all to do with Java!)

But if you're writing games in Java - don't write a game and then try to get on Steam ... write a game for Steam. Likewise, if you're writing something casual, write it for BFG. That's your two basic desktop gaming portals right there that make any money. Pretty much anything else though and you're on your own and will float in the flotsam and jetsam with the rest of the internet, which is why everyone's writing for mobile and Flash portals instead.

Cas

That's the trick, isn't it I could probably write pages and pages of complete speculation on the subject. But a complex and polished desktop game is not Steam material. That's just the starting point. Steam wants "cool". The decision is made by just a few guys who get hundreds of games a day to sift through. If they've heard about it, if it's genuinely awesome, and if it's polished as hell, then there's more chance they'll actually play your game, and more chance they'll enjoy it, and then they have to think to themselves, "will this make any money if we punt it?"

I've not looked at the Steam SDK for a few months but I really need to sort it out.

Cas

Big Fish Games.

Kev