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Release to Steam

Deploying a release to Steam requires the Steam command line tool steamcmd. Authentication is performed using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) through Steam Guard.

Setup

For manual release to Steam:

  1. Install steamcmd on your local machine. You can either install using brew install steamcmd or by downloading from Valve and adding tools/ContentBuilder/builder_osx/steamcmd to your path.

  2. Try to login with steamcmd +login <username> <password> +quit, which may prompt for the MFA code. If so, type in the MFA code that was emailed to the account's email address.

  3. Validate that the MFA process is complete by running steamcmd +login <username> +quit again. It should not ask for the MFA code again.

For automated release on CI (NOT ENABLED YET):

  1. After running steamcmd a config.vdf file will be created. The location varies depending on operating system. On macOS the file is located in ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/config.

  2. Use cat config.vdf | base64 > config_base64.txt to encode the file. Copy the contents of config_base64.txt to the GitHub Secret STEAM_CONFIG_VDF.

NOTE: If when running the action you recieve another MFA code via email, run steamcmd +set_steam_guard_code <code> on your local machine and repeat the config.vdf encoding and replace secret STEAM_CONFIG_VDF with its contents.

Manual release

  1. Run release_to_steam command:

     $ ./scripts/build.py --version=1.4.8 release_to_steam

  2. Wait until command completes.

  3. Set build live (see below).

Automated release (NOT ENABLED YET)

  1. Commit code to master

  2. Wait for CI.

  3. Set build live (see below).

Set build live

When the build has been uploaded it needs to be set live:

  1. Login to https://partner.steamgames.com

  2. Open build list for Defold: https://partner.steamgames.com/apps/builds/1365760

  3. Find your upload in the list and change the value in the Set build live on branch to default

  4. Update the Steam Community page with the release notes. Create a new post with the relase notes using this link. Write something like:

Defold 1.4.1 has been released
This new version can be downloaded by opening Defold and allowing the editor to self-update.

All releases can be downloaded at: https://github.com/defold/defold/releases
Official forum thread with complete update notes: https://forum.defold.com/t/defold-1-4-1-has-been-released/72246