#pizzarian

Hello everybody, our latest review for the steam edition of Pizzarian by Alex Jeddy is done!

The game officially releases today so I decided to write up our review for the game to mark its release.

The game is quite the fun and entertaining game. It's simple in its design but it's also surprisingly addicting as well. The game is perfect for short bursts when you're on break or only have a short amount of time to play a game.

If you happen to be interested in picking the game up, you can find it on Steam here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/340380/

Thanks for reading folks and happy gaming!

The problem is, only 15 out of 2000+ people actually paid for the game.

I definitely want those 15 to have keys. There's no question about that. But, the 100% off sale was a last-ditch effort to get some attention to the game—and, it only barely worked. My game got accepted through Steam Greenlight at 53% (up from 35% or so before the sale). It's a victory, in a way, but it's not quite the same as actually making it all the way to the top 100. I'm pretty sure Valve is just clearing out Greenlight at the moment ahead of some big changes coming soon.

When people started begging for Steam keys back even before the sale was over, I really had to question...why do you people want them? You literally can play the game at this exact moment. The game is right there, ready for you to install—and, I can see in the analytics that there are more $0 purchases than installs. Would you play it more on Steam than you would on Desura? Or, am I missing some sort of "Oh, yeah, I own 5,000 games on Steam" contest going on that people are scrambling to win?

But, then there's the whole advertisement thing. The Desura giveaway itself was a way to get the word out...right? And, if they actually were to open the game and not just use it as library fodder, all of their friends would see the little "Now Playing Pizzarian" notification. If they keep playing, they'll get Steam Achievements that people might also see. The entire point of these features is to sell games, and there's the potential to have an extra 2000 (I know, it'll maybe be 100 people who even remember the game exists) people annoying their friends into acknowledging the game's existence.

I guess there's just a core part of me that despises the sense of entitlement that gamers have, especially in relation to indie games—on top of the prevailing notion that games, especially indie games, should be free. Not to mention related issues, like people's reliance on Steam and complete aversion to buying non-Steam games, leaving the majority of indies out in the cold...or, the possibility that these people might not even play the game and just want it to buffer their library or something.

SHE REMADE THE VIDEO AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

I can easily flip from feeling terrified and like I'm the worst game developer in the world when someone's having trouble with my game to being a huge nerd and getting super excited when someone is enjoying it.

I mentioned a bit ago that today was a popular day for Pizzarian! It's not even out yet, and it's already gotten two Let's Plays today. You already saw the last one (right?), but here's this one since the YouTuber doesn't seem to be on Tumblr.