This repository contains the whole (technical, commercial, communication, and so on) roadmap of my games not to forget things to do.

This roadmap applies to all of my three Steam games:

• Extortion
• Alchemistry
• Manufactur'inc

But this can be forked and used for your games as well!

Table of content

1. Pre-development
2. Repositories setup
3. Steam page
4. Platform-agnostic technical features
5. Steam integration
6. Public databases
7. Steam Deck compatibility

Pre-development

Id	Task	Tags	Links	Needs	Extortion	Alchemistry	Manufactur'inc
#1	Write GDD		-	-	-	-	✅

Repositories setup

Id	Task	Tags	Links	Needs	Extortion	Alchemistry	Manufactur'inc
#101	Create game client repository	game-client, technical	-	-	✅	✅	✅
#102	CI: tests on game client	game-client, automation, technical	-	#101	✅	✅	✅
#103	CI: run sonarqube on game client code	game-client, automation, technical	-	#101	✅	✅	✅
#104	CI: sonarqube quality gate on game client code	game-client, automation, technical	-	#101, #103	✅	✅	✅
#105	CI: build windows x64 version	game-client, automation, technical	-	#101	✅	✅	✅
#106	CI: build linux x64 version	game-client, automation, technical	-	#101	✅	✅	✅
#107	CI: build macos x64 version (Deprecated)	game-client, automation, technical	-	#101	✅	✅	-
#108	CI: build macos arm64 version	game-client, automation, technical	-	#101	❌	❌	✅
#109	CI: publish to steam (dev)	game-client, automation, technical, steam	-	#101, #105, #221	✅	✅	✅
#110	CI: publish to steam (demo)	game-client, automation, technical, steam	-	#101, #105, #223	✅	✅	❌
#111	CI: publish to itch.io (prod)	game-client, automation, technical, itch	-	#101, #105	❌	❌	❌
#112	CI: publish to itch.io (demo)	game-client, automation, technical, itch	-	#101, #105	✅	✅	❌
#121	Create game server repostiory	game-server, technical	-	-	-	-	✅
#122	CI: tests on game server	game-server, automation, technical	-	#121	-	-	✅
#123	CI: run sonarqube on game client code	game-client, automation, technical	-	#121	-	-	✅
#124	CI: sonarqube quality gate on game server code	game-client, automation, technical	-	#121, #123	-	-	✅
#131	Create game i18n public repostiory	localization	-	-	✅	✅	✅
#132	Setup Contributor License Agreements	localization, legal	-	#131	✅	✅	❌
#133	Add i18n repo as a game repo submodule	game-client, localization	-	#101, #131	✅	❌	✅

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Steam page

Id	Task	Tags	Links	Needs	Extortion	Alchemistry	Manufactur'inc
#201	Create Steamworks account (incl. administrative/tax setup)	administrative	-	-	✅	✅	✅
#202	Pay Steam Fee to get our own Steam app	administrative	-	#201	✅	✅	✅
#203	[Basic Info] Fill game name, app type	administrative	-	#202	✅	✅	✅
#204	[Basic Info] Fill developer and publisher name	administrative	-	#202	✅	✅	✅
#205	[Basic Info] Fill franchise name	administrative	-	#202	✅	✅	✅
#206	Create developer/publisher/franchise homepage	administrative, seo	Steam Official Documentation	#204	✅	✅	✅
#207	[Basic Info] Fill external links (website, forum, stats, online manual, Metacritic) and social media links (Discord, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch)	administrative, social-medias	-	#202	✅	✅	✅
#208	[Basic Info] Fill search keywords (add a lot of them!)	administrative, seo	-	#202	✅	✅	✅
#209	[Basic Info] Fill supported platforms and requirements	administrative, technical	-	#202, #105, #106, #108	✅	✅	✅
#210	[Basic Info] Fill supported languages	administrative, seo	-	#202	✅	✅	✅
#211	[Basic Info] Fill "players" (single/multi/coop), and supported features (achievements, cloud, stats, ...)	administrative	-	#202	✅	✅	✅
#212	[Basic Info] Fill genre and tags	administrative, seo	-	#202	✅	✅	✅
#213	[Basic Info] Fill controller support	administrative, game-client, seo	-	#202	❌	❌	✅
#214	[Basic Info] Fill 3rd party DRM/Accounts, legal lines	administrative, legal	-	#202	-	-	-
#215	[Basic Info] Fill support contact info	administrative, legal	-	#202	✅	✅	✅
#216	[Description] Fill short description, long description, reviews, awards	administrative, seo	-	#202	✅	✅	✅
#217	[Rewards] Fill rating if you have some	administrative, legal	-	#202	-	-	-
#218	[Early Access] Fill early access informations if relevant	administrative, seo	-	#202	-	-	✅
#219	[Graphical Assets] Add all assets, including optional ones	administrative, seo	-	#202, Logos	⚠️	⚠️	⚠️
#220	[Trailer] Add trailer	administrative, seo	-	#202, Trailer	✅	✅	❌
#221	Translate steam page to other languages	administrative, seo	-	#202	✅	✅	⚠️
#222	Setup steam depots, packages and launch options	technical, game-client	-	#202	✅	✅	✅
#223	Setup demo the same way as app	technical, game-client	-	#202	✅	✅	✅
#224	Setup steam demo depots, packages and launch options	technical, game-client	-	#202	✅	✅	✅
#225	Fill pricing	administrative	-	#202	✅	✅	❌
#226	Fill "More from (Franchise/Developer/Publisher)"	administrative, seo	-	#202	✅	✅	✅

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Platform-agnostic technical features

Id	Task	Tags	Links	Needs	Extortion	Alchemistry	Manufactur'inc
#301	Setup a translation system	game-client, localization, technical	-	-	✅	✅	✅
#302	Setup end-to-end tests	game-client, automation, technical	-	-	✅	✅	✅
#303	Credits page	game-client, legal, technical	-	-	✅	✅	✅
#304	Settings page	game-client, accessibility, technical	-	-	✅	✅	❌
#305	Settings page - Keyboard remapping	game-client, accessibility, technical	#304	-	-	-	❌
#306	Settings page - Change language	game-client, accessibility, technical	#304, #301	-	-	-	❌
#307	Tutorial	game-client, accessibility, technical	-	-	✅	⚠️	❌

Steam integration

Id	Task	Tags	Links	Needs	Extortion	Alchemistry	Manufactur'inc
#401	Integrate steam dll/so files	game-client, technical, steam	-	-	✅	✅	✅
#402	Unlock at least 1 achievement	game-client, technical, steam	-	#401	✅	✅	✅
#403	Save data to steam cloud	game-client, technical, steam	-	#401	✅	✅	❌
#404	Setup steam leaderboards	game-client, technical, steam	-	#401	❌	✅	❌
#405	Setup steam authentication	game-client, technical, steam	-	#401	-	-	✅
#406	Ensure steam overlay works	game-client, technical, steam	-	#401	✅	✅	❌
#407	Get language from Steam	game-client, technical, steam	-	#401	✅	✅	❌
#408	Setup steam enhanced rich presence	game-client, technical, steam	Steam official documentation	#401	❌	✅	❌

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Public databases

Id	Task	Tags	Links	Needs	Extortion	Alchemistry	Manufactur'inc
#501	Create game page on IGDB	community, visibility	Dysnomia's Blog	-	✅	✅	✅
#502	Claim game page on Twitch	community, visibility	Dysnomia's Blog	#501	✅	✅	✅
#503	Create youtube category	community, visibility	-	?	✅	✅	✅
#504	Create IndieDB page	community, visibility	-	-	❌	❌	❌
#505	Dump tokens to SteamDB to ensure full data there	community, visibility	SteamDB Official page about token dumper	-	✅	✅	✅

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Steam Deck compatibility

Id	Task	Tags	Links	Needs	Extortion	Alchemistry	Manufactur'inc
#601	Ensure you can navigate UI with gamepad	steam-deck, accessibility, technical	-	-	❌	✅	❌
#602	Ensure virtual keyboard show automatically when needed	steam-deck, accessibility, technical	-	-	❌	-	❌
#603	Ensure resolution/font-size is okay on Steam deck	steam-deck, accessibility, technical	-	-	✅	✅	✅
#604	Ensure steam input configuration is correct	steam-deck, accessibility, technical	-	-	❌	✅	❌
#605	Ensure performances on steam deck are correct	steam-deck, accessibility, technical	-	-	✅	✅	✅
#606	Ensure display settings are local and not clouded	steam-deck, accessibility, technical	-	-	❌	✅	✅
#607	Ensure steam cloud work	steam-deck, accessibility, technical	-	#403	✅	✅	❌
#608	[Basic Info] Fill Steam Deck Compatibility Info (Steamworks back-end)	administrative	-	#202	❌	✅	❌

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To do

Things to detail here later:

• Twitch extension
• Discord app and/or bot
• Discord rich presence
• Wiki/Guides
• Next Fest and other festivals
• Analyze other games for:
  • ideas (e.g. reviews)
  • languages
  • tags
• Visibility of steam page:
  • mutliple languages
  • follow/wishlist button GIF
• Trailer (and where/when showing it)
• Demo (+ Big banner)
• Playtests
• Audio (effects and music)
• Touchscreen support
• Images lossless compression
• Steam community forum setup
  • Social network posts
  • Translation post
  • Subscribe to all the forums
• Devblog
• Reporting (grafana & co)
• Accessibiltiy checkup
• Daily deals
• Community-organized events
• Steam release: not round date (e.g. 14:58) so before the other ones in "popular upcoming" - Link: https://gdcvault.com/play/1034567/Independent-Games-Summit-The-Steam
• Press kit
• Steam page translation
• Release announcements (1 week before, 3 days before, 1 day before, day, 3 days, 1 week after a few hours before the end of the sale)
• Form to get feedback on demo/playtest (on graphics, gameplay, ux, fun, ..., not too long)
• Bundle with other games (from the dev or other devs)
• Streamers/news outlets spreadsheet (list contacts, and attempts (max 3))
• Create Discord server
• Make an influencer list
• Make a press list
• Analyse other games for: tags, price, language, things to have/not have
• Feedback form
• Social medias in game Wishlist button in Demo