spacewar and developing

[Konsequence.ttv]

so i just found out about this spacewar stuff and was curious how it helps developer, im developing a souls inspired game that i plan on shipping on steam and would like to know more as to how spacewars can benefit me?

[mimizukari]

It doesn't help developers. It's just free game that was pulled from steam, another example is Codename Gordon.

[Satoru]

Spacewar, in theory, is a very basic tutorial and practical implementation of the Steamworks API. It’s designed to show you very basic ways in which the API is called and the way it works in a practical environment

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/sdk/api/example

In practice most people use it for nefarious reasons

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I heard you can use it to steal games from steam. At least that is what pc gamer said.

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by Dr. Sam Beckett:

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No. you can't.

[shiel]

Originally posted by Dr. Sam Beckett:

I heard you can use it to steal games from steam. At least that is what pc gamer said.

No. Not how you're thinking.

[Getty]

read the steamworks documentation. if your game is singleplayer then you can use stuff like achievements, cloud saves. for multiplayer theres a lot more

[BossGalaga]

https://steamed.kotaku.com/thousands-of-people-are-playing-a-hidden-steam-game-1795315575