Sweet, thanks for the link! It was a good read. Sucks about the whole publisher thing. That's a pretty unanimous thing I've heard: don't use a publisher if you're small time. All those dollars count. Can't imagine a 50% cut taken away from a game that only makes you a little bit. Publishers want money, that's it.
The problem is they're paying for very little. In contracts like these, it's wise to implement some specifics. For instance, getting 50% off of all sales on steam, if you want the publisher to put in effort to get on steam. Was it unwise to sign this contract? Sure. But we need to tell people WHY it was unwise, and what…