That sounds like a good idea, I think some sort of key redemption cooldown for each account (since you are required to log in anyways) would be nice, something like a limited number of keys per hour
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also the system would check to see if you own the game or not, that way you will not reveal a key that you already own just to use on a bot account, maybe a level restrictive one as well, level 10 and above in steam, or level 3 and above in steamgifts, also a posibility.
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Good idea but I want to note that not all keys are Steam keys
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awesome.
to answer your question, i don't think anything similar exists.
i really liked the thing Chrono.gg did, can't remember its name, tho... the one where you "offer" one key and "grab" one in exchange.
i'd like to have a "pool" where can send my keys and only SG members can grab one or two (maybe daily?)
i'm super-ignorant when it comes to code but really, really like your idea.
so, you have to create a website to host the tool? wouldn't that generate a lot of traffic?
(love the idea of dynamic image and a password protected drop)
I will make it open source
huge and <3
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Gamecode seems to maintain exchange like the thing you mention about Chrono, I've never used it though.
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I do own a reseller hosting account, so the server cost will be sponsored by me.
Of course I will start with only for personal use, and later only grant limited access to public users.
If my server cannot handle the traffic, then only I will consider switching to cloud servers. But that is a concern for the future, not now.
I don't think the traffic will be THAT huge that fast, unless somebody sabotage me by DDoS-ing.
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I don't think the traffic will be THAT huge that fast
...wanna try? :D
more seriously, i think that could be an actual problem... as soon as you'll "share" it.
still, something for the future, as you've said.
really hope you'll keep on working it, tho
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I thought that codes can be coded into QR tag :D Still, it means "manual work".
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I had a go at something similar a few years ago, on my old personal site
basically you pasted in the key in whatever format
and the script would select 2 random characters from it and replace all instances of those characters with characters such as &$#!, and then display the altered key either with the clue # = j, %=4 or a worded clue such as % = the square root of 16.
But then unfortunately I started to overthink it and it got unwieldy and then trying to work out how to make it trustworthy as in people don't know me so why would they trust that i am not stealing the keys they put in.
And then got sick and forgot about it and wiped server as was moving host, keep thinking I'll give it another go but never quite get to it
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Yes lol, kinda. Long long long time ago, SG didn't allow creating GAs for "free games".
So I was ninja proofing my extra Steam keys from past bundles, and find it very tedious.
Now that it has been changed, I lost the motivation to continue this project.
Also, I redo-ed many times due to technology change (from MVC server-side render, to jQuery Ajax, to SPA React), and now it rests in my development-hell.
You're welcomed to start one!
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In case you didn't know, orphan keys are defined here:
https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/hK2kQ/orphan-keys-drop-thread
I don't like to feed the ninjas, but I also can't be bothered to manually "ninja-proof" the keys.
So, I am building a simple tool to solve my own problem.
The general idea is, I will make a simple website to input game title, possibly some description, and a game key.
It then generates a unique random URL to be shared in the forums.
When accessing the URL, the game key will be locked behind a CAPTCHA.
It will show how many times the keys is viewed.
And also, people can help to report the key as invalid/used.
I used to use a site call "keygiveaway.com" that can achieve what I need, but the site no longer exists.
Before I start work, I would like to ask, is there any similar site that can fulfill my need?
If so then I don't need to waste the effort to reinvent the wheel.
Some other "nice to have" features:
I also appreciate feedback or improvement ideas.
Eventually, when it is done, I will make it open source.
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