The story of indie developers leaving digital platform Steam due to absence from Valve public support movement “Black lives are important“is slowly gaining momentum – large Western portals are starting to write about the situation.
Recall that it all started with the fact that several independent authors announced their departure from Steam due to the fact that no official service channel in any form expressed support for the black population against the backdrop of unfolding in the US social and political crisis.
But as it turned out today, company Valve actually provides support to black and color developers in particular, it just doesn’t trumpet it from all the irons. Another indie enthusiast told everyone about it – Sean Alexander Allen, being himself a notable social activist.
Valve has pledged to be a big sponsor of the @GDoCExpo (There will be a cool side effect to this we will announce soon)
They also supported the Black Voices in gaming event hosted by @icjman
Decent 1st steps. Definitely better than the performances other companies have done. https://t.co/hPlJaXXXQA
– Shawn Alexander Allen (@aNuChallenger) June 12, 2023
“Valve will be a major sponsor Game Devs of Color Expo (conference for black game developers), and this initiative will entail one cool feature, which we will talk about later. Valve also supported the event. Black voices in gaming (Black voices in the gaming industry).
Very good for the first few steps. And much better than what many other companies are doing, “he wrote.
It is noteworthy that Alexander Allen just one of the organizers Game Devs of Color Expotherefore his words in support Valve sound convincing enough. Nonetheless, Julian Glander, who was the first to call for a boycott of the company’s store, similar actions from the creators Steam seemed insufficient. He insists that Valve should publicly talk about his support and help to blacks.
“Thank you for writing about this, and I admit that I [о подобных начинаниях Valve] was not in the know. It would be great if the Steam team showed themselves much more often in this way. I do not think that a PR post on a social network is all that is required of them. On the contrary, it seems to me that this is a necessary minimum with which they still have not managed.
Steam has a lot of problems. The largest are a toxic community and no respect for independent developers, especially women and blacks. It’s very difficult to perceive Valve’s silence as something different from unwillingness to shake the boat again, ”Julian Glander wrote in a series of messages.
As for some kind of public reaction from Valve, so far it has not followed. Edition Gamesindustry.biz turned to a company representative who really confirmed the authenticity of the words of Sean Alexander Allen, but the correspondence ended.
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