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leafoAdmin224 days ago(+1)

We probably won’t be adding pagination. Can you give me an example of a query you made where you felt like you wanted to go through multiple pages to find something?

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LinXueLian223 days ago

Hi leafo, thanks for letting me know!

Sure, here's the query in question: https://itch.io/search?q=victorian

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leafoAdmin223 days ago(+1)

I suppose I was interested more about your use case, not just the query used. Are you looking with something with “Victorian” in the name, or you want to find stuff with that topic?

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LinXueLian222 days ago

I was more or less looking for the latter - Victorian-related stuff, which may or may not be in the name or description. For example Victorian-inspired games, assets, comics, etc.

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leafoAdmin222 days ago(+2)

I think this is a perfect example of a use case for a tag. I’ve gone ahead and added a new “suggested tag” so that developers can start tagging their work as “Victorian”. The results page will now suggest you browse that tag as well.

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redonihunter222 days ago

Since itch has free tagging, 70+ games already did have that tag.

For single word searches you might want to consider to insert some short blurb anyways, even especially if there are no suggested tags as a result. It could read similar to "Missing something? Maybe try freestyle tag filtering instead (show tag filter box here)". There are many tags that are used and have many items, but are not in the suggested list.

And that tags are freestyle is not really advertised prominently. I remember a heated discussion where I even was called a liar, for claiming that tags are freely choosable and was quoted the then 14 pages of "all" tags.

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LinXueLian221 days ago

Thank you so much for the update! I've tried it out and it's great! I hope the developers will start tagging them so they'll be easier to find in the future. Bless~

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piichivy181 days ago

I'm having a similar problem with the new search update--previously I could search "Monsterhearts" and find a number of fan-made products regarding the game, but I've similarly noticed a cutoff to the search results that prevents me from locating any further supplemental material for the game on this site. I'm a bit disappointed pagination won't be added to the search results, as I've found that the previous search system worked well for my intended use of it. This one, not so much...

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redonihunter181 days ago
as I've found that the previous search system worked well for my intended use of it

There was a cutoff before. I do not understand how this could have worked for you before.

Maybe try switching to physical games, as some of those are released there and some in "other" and some in (computer) games. And if there is no common tag used by these projects, a internet search with site:itch.io topic-of-interest will be better. Itch's search is still optimised for title search. So the projects would have to include your topic in title.

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leafoAdmin181 days ago

I think the tag page might me a suitable solution for you: https://itch.io/physical-games/tag-monsterhearts

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