[Sarah Unwin]

Steam has announced a new service, Steam Greenlight, which will make it possible for members to vote on greenlighting new indie games to be published on Steam. It seems developers can even get feedback on

Sounds like great news for indie devs!

http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight

It seems you can even submit an early game concept to get feedback - all you need in order to submit a new game is the following:

• A square branding image (similar to a box cover) to represent your game in lists and search
  
• At least 1 video showing off your game or presenting your concept
  
• At least 4 screenshots or images
  
• A written description of the game along with tentative system requirements

[Jade Barnes-Mackey]

Woo! Starbound should jump on this.

Sounds like a pretty decent system, and should give the devs some feedback on whether or not their game is actually going to sell.

[casey macmillan]

Yes, it does sound very exciting, perhaps we may eventually see hundreds of new games published on Greenlight.

Certainly it shows some foresight. Can you imagine if Netflix launched a program like this for indie films?

[Amber Ably]

Yes, it does sound very exciting, perhaps we may eventually see hundreds of new games published on Greenlight.

Certainly it shows some foresight. Can you imagine if Netflix launched a program like this for indie films?

Plus, it should help at least control the Steam library a little bit, and keep all the bad games that nobody wants from clogging up the game lists.

[Monika]

Hopefully this is successful. Props to VALVe!