THIS POLL IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE READ AND VOTE:
For a while, we have been on the fence on whether to release Wedgie Simulator Steam via Early Access, or wait until it is complete and release it normally on Steam.
The game is already available on Itch Early Access, but we think Steam Early Access could unlock more avenues for success and support with this game from customers. Inversely, we are also unsure it would go far since our Steam Next Fest marketing was botched in 2021 and sabotaged our traffic potential on Steam. We wanted to try again last year but then Valve released an update that destroyed any second chances to make things right - Steam Next Fest is restricted to one game per seasonal event of choice. This is a TERRIBLE idea! I doubt Valve even consulted with us indie devs before doing so - no vote or anything; they just forced it on us. They also failed to take into account that if technical difficulties sabotage our streams or ability to market the game, then we are simply out of luck for the entirety of that festival. Well now thanks to this new policy change, we're also out of luck for the entirety of this game!
We want your opinion on this decision and we want more than just some smidgen of a few votes in single digits (like many of our polls have thus far). We need at least enough votes that will require 4 full hands - 20 votes to make a decision. We will not release the game in Early Access for Steam until we see 20 votes and the majority are in favor of it.