That's useful, thanks! But it's about as clear as the other documentation I've read on the dev side; I don't know whether people would be able to easily open non-music files from a Steam soundtrack, or whether I could even include them at all. It sounds like Steam has its own music player for soundtracks, but that'd mean the pdfs might be missed entirely.
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vladandrei199647~4Y
I think it should be easily done if you just marked it as "Soundtrack" and not DLC, talking about the OST here.
If I understand correctly, you want to add the pdfs as DLC ?
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Tobias 1104~4Y
Basically, there are two things I'm selling:
- MARDEK ($9.99)
- MARDEK OST & Extras ($4.99)
The latter would contain the OST music, plus pdfs of the old planning notes for the game and sheet music for the Piano Collections.
How would people access the non-music parts of it if it was marked as a Soundtrack rather than a standard DLC? That's what I'm wondering. I've never bought one of these soundtracks on Steam so I don't know how their contents are typically accessed by buyers.
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vladandrei199647~4Y
Well, if I were you, I'd do this :
Add the extras to the MARDEK base game, that way players can access the pdfs and any non-music things you added.
The Soundtrack should have just that, the OST music, marked as soundtrack in steam app.
This might be better overall, there are people that don't wanna play a game but enjoy the soundtrack and would like to listen to it, but I haven't heard of people that bought "extras" to a game that they don't wanna play. This way, whoever buys MARDEK will get the extras and the ones that want only the OST will get the soundtrack.
Either way, I'm gonna buy the whole package but I think this is the best way to do it. Base game should have the extras while the OST should be the only one sold separately.
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Tobias 1104~4Y
I'm seeing it like this: the base game is something you'd get if you just want MARDEK on Steam. The extras (OST, old notes) is what you'd get if you're a big fan and want to pay a bit extra (as some people do). I want that willingness to be rewarded, so adding something that others wouldn't get seems a good way to do that.
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vladandrei199647~4Y
Well, another idea would be to split the OST and extras into two, so you can sell the OST as soundtrack-marked for Steam. What about $10 for the game, $4 for OST (marked as soundtrack) and 1$ for Extras (marked as DLC). That would still round it up to $15 for the whole package without any discount, so it seems fair.
If I understand correctly, you want to add the pdfs as DLC ?
- MARDEK ($9.99)
- MARDEK OST & Extras ($4.99)
The latter would contain the OST music, plus pdfs of the old planning notes for the game and sheet music for the Piano Collections.
How would people access the non-music parts of it if it was marked as a Soundtrack rather than a standard DLC? That's what I'm wondering. I've never bought one of these soundtracks on Steam so I don't know how their contents are typically accessed by buyers.
Add the extras to the MARDEK base game, that way players can access the pdfs and any non-music things you added.
The Soundtrack should have just that, the OST music, marked as soundtrack in steam app.
This might be better overall, there are people that don't wanna play a game but enjoy the soundtrack and would like to listen to it, but I haven't heard of people that bought "extras" to a game that they don't wanna play. This way, whoever buys MARDEK will get the extras and the ones that want only the OST will get the soundtrack.
Either way, I'm gonna buy the whole package but I think this is the best way to do it. Base game should have the extras while the OST should be the only one sold separately.