Thirsty Panther Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 Blender is now available on steam http://store.steampowered.com/app/365670/ It's still free, so I guess they are going to use the new workshop as a way of making money from it. You will also have daily updates. Looks like it's only the Windows version thou. Thoughts! 1 Quote
DerRidda Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 Linux version is available now as well, Mac is supposed to follow. 1 Quote
Rick Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 I personally think this is good, but I find it interesting that people seem to like this fact that software is making it onto Steam but some are the same that hate the idea of the Windows App store. Steam is literally the same thing. Steam could be considered worse perhaps since it's slowly becoming the defacto app store for all platforms which means they will hold a ton of power which means you will basically be forced to release your software on Steam if you want to reach the masses, but that also means you are giving Valve 30% of your sales. I just find all the non-game software starting to get on Steam to be interesting. 2 Quote
gamedeviancy Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 Blender is open source software. The goal of this is simply to reach more users (free advertising for a free product). If you want to add something to blender, learn how to contribute to the open source world. Don't be a turd by trying to profit off of humanitarian work. EDIT: It doesn't have workshop integration anyways. And neither should it. Quote "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." ~ Socrates
YouGroove Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 Personnaly, i prefer the standalone installer and be able to launch Blender in any PC without needing any internet connection or any Steam client. Blender is open source software. The goal of this is simply to reach more users (free advertising for a free product). If you want to add something to blender, learn how to contribute to the open source world. Don't be a turd by trying to profit off of humanitarian work. +1 It will reach more users now. It is free and even better than Maya LT. Quote Stop toying and make games
CreativeOcclusion Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 I find it interesting that people seem to like this fact that software is making it onto Steam I like it because of the updating...It is nice when it gets the updates without having to install again...just why I like steam... Quote
damvcoool Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 It would be nice if they added support for the workshop for paid and free assets. also it would be nice for LeadWerks to add support for the paid workshop items and allow to extend the editor Quote
gamedeviancy Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 EDIT: Nearly hijacked this tread. Post removed. Sorry. Quote "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." ~ Socrates
DatSexyGrid Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 it's nice for the update, but if you have addons that only works on older versions that may be must haves then it's not as good. Quote Ignore my silly nick
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