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The site said "Coming soon to Steam" while the app docs still said direct download plus winget primary with Steam parked. One of them had to move, and the creator's ruling is Steam exclusive: a free app on Steam with the paid edition as a Steam DLC, and the $10/month plan sold off-Steam by Polar. Records the constraint that shapes the code, not just the prose: - Steamworks requires in-app purchases to use the Steam Wallet (Microtransactions doc, quoted in commercial.md), so the monthly is *stated*, never *sold*, inside a Steam build; the lifetime is plain DLC bought on the store page and read with BIsDlcInstalled. - Entitlement is `steamDlcOwned || polarKeyValid`, both resolving to one OutputProfile. steam_api64.dll ships beside the exe and is a functional dependency, not the rejected "IP protection" native DLL — without it DLC ownership cannot be read. Launched without Steam, the app falls back to the free profile rather than refusing to start. - Signing is moot: Steam installs never meet SmartScreen. Artifact Signing stays on the shelf for the day a non-Steam download exists. Year-one fixed cost is ~$115. - The exe rename must land before the first depot upload — Steamworks warns about renaming a live exe. Distribution.md is rewritten to SteamPipe mechanics (publish output, depot, steamcmd, DLC wiring, clean-account purchase/refund test). product.md, decisions.md (a new "Steam exclusive" entry with every dead vector), TASKS.md (Steamworks entitlement row, Steam packaging row), ai.md, index.md and the TASK 48 banner follow. MyMistakes.md gains the Steam rules that cost real time today: installs skip SmartScreen, updates are free, the Wallet rule, and the recurring-billing caveat.
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# HANDOFF — 2026-10-31 (Steam is the only channel; the site says so)
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## State
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- Branch `main`, level with `origin` through `57ef9e7`; this unit is local.
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- **Distribution is Steam-exclusive** (creator ruling 2026-10-31): a free app on Steam with the paid
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edition as a **Steam DLC**; the **$10/month** plan is sold off-Steam by Polar and *stated, never
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sold*, inside a Steam build. Winget, the direct zip, the Store and the certificate that served
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them are retired. `commercial.md` → Channels owns policy, `Distribution.md` the depot mechanics,
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`decisions.md` the cause of death.
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- **Entitlement is `steamDlcOwned || polarKeyValid`**, both resolving to one `OutputProfile`.
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`steam_api64.dll` ships beside the exe; the app must start without Steam and fall back to free.
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- **Site updated and deployed** (`a9d07ce`): "Coming soon to Steam" ×6, zero Microsoft references,
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privacy page says Steam bills the paid edition. The CTA gains a wishlist button only when the
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store page is public.
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- `www.llamacasty.com` resolves and 301s to the apex. Recipe in `MyMistakes.md`.
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## Next action
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1. **Steamworks onboarding** (creator is in it now): NDA → identity → company details → tax
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interview → payout bank → **$100 Steam Direct** → create the base app, note the App ID.
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2. Then the surge slice: artifact shape (rename + publish + `steam_api64.dll`) → OutputProfile gate
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+ TASK 53 geometry tests → entitlement seam → licence UI + a Steam-less launch test.
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## Landmines
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- **Nothing may gate a feature.** The only paid delta is the output profile; `ShowBrandFlash` stays
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`false` and entitlement must never enable it.
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- **No checkout inside a Steam build** — the Wallet rule. The monthly is named, never sold, in-app.
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- **The org access token never ships.** `organization_id` is public; the token is not.
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- **The site publishes the model, never the numbers**, and never takes payment or links a checkout.
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- **No self-updater and no version banner**: Steam updates the app.
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- Pre-existing: the **full test suite hangs** (WASAPI teardown). Per-class runs are the way.
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- Not every hex is a theme colour — `BorderColorPalette`/chat defaults are USER DATA; on-stream
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graphics come from `OutputPalette`. A red settings control is still a bug.
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