After only 4 days on Steam Greenlight, 39 Days to Mars is now listed in the top 100 titles waiting for approval! With 5,046 "yes" votes, this is a fantastic amount of support for my small indie game and I'm excited to see it's captured the interest of so many people. Thank you to everyone to voted!
The top 100
Valve measures the progress of games on Greenlight as a percentage of how far they are towards reaching the top 100. Sound confusing? It is a bit.
Games on Greenlight are approved in batches, with the top games being approved every few months. Sometimes it's groups of 50 or 100 games, and more recently it's been batches of 75 games.
Whatever the threshold, having such a high level of support is a great step towards getting onto Steam, and being in the top 100 is an exciting milestone.
39 Days to Mars in the News
It's been exciting to see Albert and Baxter appearing around the web.39 Days to Mars was discovered by Kotaku when it popped up on Greenlight, while Rock Paper Shotgun called it The Charmingest Adventure Game. Nintendo Enthusiast reckoned it was possibly the most interesting looking title to be heading to the Wii U.
That's not to mention the 347 comments on Steam Greenlight. I read all of them, even the ones I have to run through google translate. (So yes, I'd love to translate the game into Russian! We'll see what I can conjure up). If you've still got questions about the game, feel free to ask in the Steam Forums or leave a comment below.
Watch this Space
We're still climbing up the rankings in Greenlight, and every step is one closer to releasing on Steam. If you're excited about the game, you can stay up to date via Twitter, where I try to post regular updates.
If you weren't one of the 5046 to vote "yes" on Greenlight, head over there now to lend your support. Remember to also subscribe to the 39 Days to Mars development blog, or like the game on Facebook. And as always, if you've got questions or comments just leave them below.
