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tomnullpointer.bsky.social Tom Betts @tomnullpointer.bsky.social · Feb 27
Unsurprisingly Highrook is still part of the Next Fest! If you haven't already; give the demo a go and Wishlist, and tell all the other humans you know to do the same. Thanks!
highrookhorror.bsky.social The Horror At Highrook - Out Now! @highrookhorror.bsky.social · Feb 26
Uncover pieces of the puzzle and compose new cards to bring forth dark entities🧩🐦‍⬛
February 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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there's a lot of AI slop in the latest steam next fest, but thanks to recent algorithm changes, you should already be seeing less of it. the bigger problem, as ever, is that there are too many *good* games constantly coming out on steam
“This Discovery Queue algorithm is why I am not worried about an AI shovelware flood," Zukowski said. "If a scammer could churn out an AI-generated game per day, they would not have had enough time or spent enough effort gathering the minimum number of wishlists to qualify for the ‘15 minutes of fame’ at launch.” For years, Steam users and developers raged against a glut of "asset flips" and fake games overrunning the platform. This was Valve's solution: to algorithmically create what are functionally two Steams – the one regular people see and the landfill. While games occasionally slip through the cracks in both directions, it's a relatively effective system overall, according to developers I've spoken to over the past couple years. But it does not solve the problem of nearly 20,000 games releasing on Steam per year; it only mitigates some of them. Those who analyze Steam and similar platforms for a living aren’t sounding the alarm bells about an AI slop flood just yet. The bigger issue Steam developers face is the sheer number of high-effort, good games that come out on a daily basis. This is true of Next Fest as well. There are over 1,000 games in Steam's latest demo-palooza, and many of them look solid. Can an algorithm, no matter how much time Valve spends optimizing it to ultimately lure money out of your wallet, solve that problem? Should it?
February 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM