Post by DaedalusMachina in Lets talk about a content/age rating system for itch.io

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DaedalusMachina6 years ago (1 edit) (+3)

I would like the ability to 'hide' or 'block' a creator. If they make a bunch of games that I don't like then I don't ever want to see them or any of their games in my feed. I know we can 'follow' someone so surely we can do the opposite (block them) perhaps.

I'd love to see a way to limit the number of characters a developer can use for the game title. Some devs deliberately make it so long that the end-user is unable to see the price of the game itself. This is an abuse/exploit of the itch.io system and I hope this can be changed.

Alternatively, have the price/discount be displayed separately from the title at all times.

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dcrockerjr6 years ago(+2)

speaking of titles they may want to look into restricting the ability of a dev to change the title of a work. for example let's say the sell a game "X", then later they change the title to "X demo" or "X version 0.001". this happens a lot with adult games when the dev abandons the itch version in preference to selling on patron, or decides to milk the audience for more, granted milking could be somewhat defended if they had initially sold the game as "X demo" or "X version 0.001", but to sell it as "X" then downgrade it is a bit bait and switch.

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DaedalusMachina6 years ago(+1)

I'd love to see a mandatory archival system for 'older versions' where developers can NOT prevent customers who paid for a game from downloading an older version prior to an update. That way if a future update 'nerfs' a game and/or removes features/content then customers have some recourse and aren't screwed out of money.

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