One Synth

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Looks like the game has fun possibilities, but so far all of the games on the workshop I've seen are trash.

One Synth is not a game. It's a minimalist/text based editor that allows people to assemble Choose Your Own Adventure style text e-books (Worth pointing out here that e-books are also not really games). This editor contains no game loops, and while it does allow you to find, download, and read other people's E-books, there's no actual game here. This has misleadingly been launched in the "Games" section of Steam instead of the "Software" section. This is a common mistake for developers who are new to Steam, or don't understand the difference between games and software which isn't a game. It seems this software published incorrectly as a game is simply lack of experience/knowledge of the correct process. Here's a link for the [url=https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpWithPublishing?issueid=925]process to publish Software which isn't a Game[/url] on Steam. It's unfortunate this process was not known about/followed, resulting in a software application being published in the wrong place. Publishing things which aren't games on Steam in the Games section as games is misleading to gamers and somewhat harmful, because it pollutes the Steam marketplace and takes away visibility and market exposure for genuine game developers who do the right thing and make games for gamers. There are no gameplay loops in this software, no "gameplay", no meaningful game like interaction. It's a software application and as such has no merits as a video game for gamers. Because of this, I cannot recommend this non-game software as a game to gamers.