Official Page: http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight/
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One of the submissions to Steam Greenlight
Steam had launched its "Greenlight" department of their platform last week which allows the community within steam to vote and view upcoming indie games and help certain ones reach the platform first. I already didn't like the idea from the first I heard of it as I knew the showcasing of the games would be convoluted. Valve already tries their best to push out new indie games to give it a chance in the market among the millions of other indie games out there, and even then many games get over looked. With Greenlight, some indie games will have a much harder time getting onto the platform than they would have before. What's more, when Greenlight launched, a lot of "concepts", games not even in alpha phase, joke submissions, and flash games that have been out for years (possibly submissions by other people other than the original creator).
To stop these shenanigans, Valve has issued a requirement of $100 for each submission which will be donated to Child's Play in order to cut down on the trolls and junk submissions to ensure those serious about placing their game on the platform will be seen. Still, there might be a lot of submissions and not all of them are going to be great. At least there will be less random submissions and Greenlight will be less abused.
Source:
-Joystiq: Steam Greenlight now requires $100 fee, which goes to Child's Play
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