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Question about re-uploads

A topic by Jacob M Wolf created 56 days ago Views: 101 Replies: 11
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Submitted

Hi there!
Just a quick question for the Game Jam hosts.|

I've just noticed my game fails to load properly via the browser on my PC, but seems to work okay on my Mac. I'm trying to determine now if it's just me or if its a platform specific issue.

It does seem to work fine on browser for at least some people as I haven't had any reports of issues yet, BUT.

I already submitted alternative local builds for my project prior to the deadline, but I was just wondering if were I to replace the Web GL build on my page with something further optimised, would that interfere with my submission at all? Or do you guys already have like a stored version of it? (Sorry I'm new to participating in game jams, not totally aware of how the system works!)

Many Thanks

Jacob

Submitted

Just a wee update, I just tried a Web GL build with a larger initial memory size. Loading that scene takes a bit longer now perhaps, but it seems to be running smoothly on Windows now. With permission, I'd like to replace my HMTL  upload of my game as long as it doesn't affect my submission in some way! The local Windows and Mac versions are there regardless, but the Web GL architecture is probably the one I've tested more thoroughly.

Host

Hey Jacob, we are happy to allow this - please remove your submission to the jam, then you should be able to replace the HMTL upload of the game on the page. Once you've done that, please reply back in here and we can send you a new link to submit 😊

Submitted

Awesome, thanks so much, I'm just going to test that it's working with other people after the re upload to a secret post! And as soon as that seems all good I'll go ahead and do that. 

Thank you!

Host

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Submitted

Okay it's NOT fixed haha. I'm not sure what the pattern is, it randomly works on some people's machines and randomly not sometimes.

This may take me a day or so to troubleshoot! I'll just leave a description warning the issue on my page, but otherwise if the judges would like to try the game in the meantime, please go ahead and just download the exe or app files, or even try it on Mac browser (but I'm slightly suspicious of the reliability of that too now!).  Sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks so much for your replies 

Host

Thank you for letting us know Jacob, putting a warning in the description is the best way to help our judges navigate any issues. Good luck and thank you for taking part!

Submitted

Hi again!

After 2 days of searching, I believe I finally found the culprit of the error.
It was hard to diagnose because it seems to only cause issues in a Windows browser (and with Dev mode off), but it was some kind of asynchronous loading issue.

If it's not too late I'd love to replace my web GL  build so that I can share it around. (I didn't want to share it whilst it failed to load on Windows... Also I've only just learnt about code-signing, so my download may flag as unsafe, I don't know if that's a common issue, but figured it's best not relying on local downloads?)

Anyways, the only things changed to my project was a slight reordering to the loading sequence. Hope that's okay to re-submit!

Host

Hey Jacob, that's fine!  If you can remove your submission, upload the correct build, then reply in here with a link to the itch page we can generate a new submission link for you 

Submitted

Hi there. Thanks, I've removed the submission and I've got the correct build on my page now. If you send over the link I'll resubmit right away, thank you!

https://jacobmwolf.itch.io/emotional-damage

Host

Here you go: https://itch.io/jam/387708/add-game/3075310/10488778?token=3E4BJtDx2TlIpfSWGVJze...

Submitted

Thank you!