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What are the Affects of Game Transitioning from In Development to Released?

A topic by Troll Purse created Feb 10, 2021 Views: 375 Replies: 3

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I did read the "READ THIS", and it had a lot to say about *Publishing* and not state transitions. I am more curious about the scoring when a search is requested - does state play a role?

I have a demo that is currently in the state of "In Development". I am about ready to release it. When I first added the game (i.e. Published) it got a huge amount of traffic. My question is, will transitioning a game from the state of "In Development" to "Released" rank the game somewhere similar to when it was first added to Itch.io - as if it were a new game added? Or, should I add a new page for the full (non-demo) version of my game? If I do that, will that trip any alarms and inadvertently get that listing or myself removed from itch.io?

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Afloof.devModerator3 years ago(+2)

When you move your project from “In Development” to “Released” make sure to make a new Devlog marked as “Major Update or Launch”, this will flag your project to be reviewed by an admin, and if it’s indeed a major update or launch, will be placed on similar lists like when it was first created.

Or, should I add a new page for the full (non-demo) version of my game?

That is definitely a bad idea, especially if you are doing it intentionally to gain more traffic. Can’t remember off the top of my head if it’s explicitly against the rules, but it sounds very dodgy.

The intended path is the one with the Devlog described above, you can still include a demo (assuming your project is paid) on the same page.

Hope this makes sense :)

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Troll Purse3 years ago

Thank you for clearing that up. I wasn't confident on the second part (creating a new page) being the right way, but I just wanted to make sure. Appreciate you!

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leafoAdmin3 years ago(+1)

Changing from “in development” to “released” has no effect if you already have files available on your page, it’s just a simple classification we surface for people to browse by. Major updates should be written as devlogs.

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