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Yes, we're gonna need more information about the project before we can offer any help or advice. What are the players supposed to be learning? Is this going to be a 2d or 3d game?

What type of games are you hoping to develop?

You are the best!

Art that isn't A.I....

Unless he's posting on Discord from beyond the grave, Leafo is very much alive

The weird thing is he's been active on Discord responding to other people's questions while some people have been discussing the greyscale issue, but he hasn't acknowledged it in any way shape or form

That's probably it

I respectfully disagree. When you make changes like this to your website, those changes need to be communicated to your users. I was worried that there was something wrong with my account or my account had been suspended. 

I wonder if it depends on where you live? Are you located in the U.S.?

Wow. I wouldn't mind this change if it was actually communicated to the community. The lack of transparency is kinda frustrating 

I do not, and it's also grey scale on mobile (both through a web browser and the itch.io app)

Why is the greyscale filter set to 100%??? Why is the filter even a thing???????? I am in confusion

The rest of the website is fine, but for some reason my dashboard is entirely in greyscale. Below is a screenshot of my dashboard. Any idea what is going on here? Has my subscription to itch.io color run out?

EDIT: For those who are just coming across this thread, it seems like a greyscale-d dashboard only effects people who have earned revenue while their revenue sharing option is set to 0%. If your dashboard is in greyscale, you can set your revenue sharing to anything above 0% to get the colors back.

As of this edit, there has been no official statement from itch.io about what is going on.

If you post frequently and consistently on placed like YouTube, you should see some traction. There's also a decent GameDev community on Threads and Bluesky you can connect with, but to gain traction on those plateforms you really need to comment on, like, and repost other people's posts to get pushed in the algorithm

I agree, this is what is most likely going on. If you go to your banking app or account to view your transaction history, it should say something like "pending" next to your payment to itch.io

If it doesn't fix itself after a few days, contact the bank

If you have a problem with itch.io's payment process, you are welcome to look into other platforms.

For me, it takes between 1 to 2 weeks, longer if it's the holidays. Given how big of a platform itch.io, 2 weeks is pretty reasonable imo

I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt and say this is a feature they're working on implementing. It would be helpful to know what is AI and what is not

...okay?

I recently created a cows asset pack, what animal should I do next? I'm thinking either pigs or sheep. But I am partial to alpacas...

Thank you!

Many people think the first people to play your game should be strangers. That's like doing marketing in hard mode. Getting strangers to play your game is always going to be more difficult than getting people you have already formed some type of relationship with to play it. 

Ask your friends and family to play it. Go to your Discord servers and talk about your game (with mod approval oc). If you have an online presence on TikTok or YouTube, talk about your game there. 

Use the network you already have to find people to play the game. Those people will help you reach others outside of your network

Cows || Pixel Asset Pack

https://pop-shop-packs.itch.io/cows

What do you want it to look like?

I'd check your browser history. Itch.io has so many games it'll be nearly impossible to find the correct game based on that description 

Hello and welcome! What kind of games do you want to make? Arcade? Horror? Sim? What have you got in mind?

Personally for me, it comes down to ignorance. I'm not aware of what pallettes people need, but if I did, I would be happy to offer them. Gimp and Photopea include color picking tools that make swapping colors around stupid easy

Gotcha. I may have a small role for a project you can do if you're willing to work for free. What's the best way for me to contact you? Do you have a Discord?

Hello! Do you have a portfolio or any examples of your previous work?

you get me lol

Pretty much. I wish I could storyboard the gag, but Im at work :/

How about a bit where he opens up a door for someone (to be nice) but accedently hits someone behind him in the face with the door and as he turns around to help see the person he just hit, he hits the person he was holding the door open for in the face as well

lol okay. Usually people only use "mail" to refer to physical mail so I just wanted to double check

By mail, do you mean physical mail? 

Also, if you are looking for people to bug check for you, it may be good to make a post specifically asking people to quality check your game. For example, you could post here or on reddit to ask for volunteers.

Can you provide a different way for them to report bug issues? Perhaps a Google Form or through your social media? You could even have people report bugs just on the project page on itch.io. 

You don't need to have an entire Discord just for bug reporting.

I'd say create a server only if there is a demand for it. If there isn't a demand, don't bother creating one.

Is this art created using A.I.?

This would fit better in Questions & Support