Of my four games, I have two games that are work in progress and I published them because I want community feedback/support, and motivation for myself to keep going. However, there's nothing to download yet.
The release status is set to In Production or Prototype, that makes sense. But I wonder if I'm using itch correctly, it seems to want a download and I don't want to turn off users who come to my page expecting a game to play.
Also, when I do finally release the game... switch it from "in production" to "released"... am I gonna get the same bang for my premiere as if I had just released a new game at once... top of most recent listings, a spike in popularity for new users just discovering it and so on? Is it worth starting a whole new project for when it is finally ready?