diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 28ddb5c..bb200bc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -76,12 +76,20 @@ That's it! Your GitHub Actions workflow will now build your game and make it ava This action assumes you are registered as a [partner](https://partner.steamgames.com/) with Steam. +One way of publishing the app would be to download zip files for *.Desktop.* builds and manually upload them to relevant depots. The rest of this readme is dedicated to publish automation via Github Action. + ### Set STEAM_APPID and STEAM_USERNAME action secret Set STEAM_USERNAME to the builder's user name. Set STEAM_APPID to the application or demo id. +### Create "prerelease" branch + +You need to create a "prerelease" branch in the **App Data Admin**. Go to SteamPipe/Builds menu and click **Create new branch**. + +The reason for this is that Steam doesn't allow to make default branch live automatically and the Github Action for Steam publication will fail to do so. + ### Depots The Github Action deploys into 3 depots: