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idk how to use GitHub

A topic by GayBear22 created Feb 28, 2024 Views: 407 Replies: 5
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i wanna try this but i have no idea how to use Github. should i use a tutorial? should i ask a friend for help? i have no idea what to do

I've never used GitHub before but from what I understand you just need to host(aka post) your game on GitHub and and have a link to it on your itch.io page

so I think just a YouTube tutorial on how to host it should be fine

I believe you should install the app and link it to the website version, or you should just upload the whole game project to github.com. I hope Acerola corrects me if I am wrong.

Also, what engine are you using?

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github is very good for version control(rolling back changes if you made an oopsie, basically push your stuff before making anything you would consider a "breaking change", it also let's you work fast and break things.), I would use github desktop if you are on windows(it simplifies the whole process with a gui). If  you are on linux you could go for something like lazygit or just learn the git cli commands (the ones I recommend are push,pull,commit,add,init with these you can do most things until you get to like branch merging n stuff) this is a one person jam so I doubt you will need more than that

atlassian has some great getting started guides for git cli https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/setting-up-a-repository

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If you dont know how to use git that's fine lol, the jam goes for 2 weeks which is a very long time. I'll be putting together some guides and stuff for getting your code on to the site.