Should I make modes for Valve file formats?

I've been thinking about making some modes for Valve formats (keyvalues, schemas, and options); but I feel that they aren't going to get used.

If you’d use them and want to make them, I’d say go for it even if nobody else uses them! 😄

If they don't exist yet, just do it.

Thank you!

I 100% agree. A big part of the appeal of Emacs is making it work how *you* want, making it easier to do the things *you* want to do. If others get some benefit from that, that's great! But not required. Example, I wrote a nicely polished [mode for TL/1](https://github.com/ieure/tl1-mode), an proprietary programming language for obsolete test equipment. I'm almost positive that nobody else has used it, or has any reason to. But I do, and it's nice, and that's all I need.

I made modes for those when I worked there. I forget what modes I based them off of. I also have a "valve" c++ indent style in my .emacs :)

More people understanding how to make Emacs modes is good for Emacs and Emacs users. Go for it!