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Greenlight process by finding a publisher for their game with whom they would split revenue from. Code
Avarice's Mike Maulbeck was not aware that the Greenlight page would be a conflict, having the impression that everyone had to go through Greenlight, and once Valve rendered its decision, the developers decided they could not easily work with Adult Swim to complete the title, outside of the publishers' offers to fund trips to trade shows and conventions. Code Avarice would later run a successful
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Another issue with Steam occurred after the game was completed, moving it out of the Early Access program to a full-fledged release in
October 2014. Though the developers had set the game to be in full release, Steam's store page still indicated the game was in Early Access. Maulbeck, frustrated with
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Greenlight page; Valve's Doug Lombardi stated that they did not want to send a message that developers could bypass the
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Code
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