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A topic by GameDesignerr created 12 days ago Views: 202 Replies: 8
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I would like to know what time the games are indexed now? Now, as I understand it, it takes more time. It's just that my game has not been indexed for 3 days, although this is not my first game and it is also free, as it was before. I would just like to know the approximate dates, maybe a lot of things have changed, thank you!

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I see that the games you have uploaded have appeared on other accounts.

It appears that you have created new accounts to upload pages that have been previously restricted. Can you please explain what’s going on here?

I have not created other accounts, this account is the only one on which I post games, all my games are made by me and are not distributed by me to other sites. The only thing I did was completely reload the project to my page, because I thought it was lost and not indexed, maybe it was a mistake

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I really don't understand what's going on, why my games have been removed from the search and why my new game is being restricted. I have never uploaded my games to other accounts or platforms, except for this one. There have been cases when people uploaded my games to their pages, but I reported this to support, and my previous two games were indexed without any problems. Sorry if I'm asking too many silly questions, I just want to understand this because I uploaded 2 games before without any problems.

If it is not indexed quickly, there is a queue with rather unpredictable waiting time. It can be days or weeks. It can also become "overlooked" or not indexed intentionally. Since no information is given, an observed "maximum" seems to be around 30 days. After that you might want to appeal or complain.

And should it be about a mature game, you have to be logged in and have mature content enabled to search and find it. (The game in question here is not marked as mature, but some of these indexing threads are about this issue).

Also the search features are being changed currently. So it might be, that you do not find your game, because it is not in the ~60 results that come up with your search term. Full titles work best for search, but some titles conist only of generic words. You can check the tag combinations of your game, if it is indexed. Like so https://itch.io/games/tag-3d/tag-atmospheric/tag-creepy/tag-dark/tag-first-perso...

It was just a little easier before, but I'll know, thank you very much!

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Either way, please see the rules of this category, where it says

  1. not to ask this sort of question
  2. what to do if it takes too long

Hope this helps.

sunno why we cant ask these questions though ive been on itch since 2022 game published and till today i cant find my channel my pages or the games i made ive sent letters they wont reply 

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I'm not sure either, but the rules of this category tell you what to do if it takes too long. Please read.

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