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People are having trouble launching my game from bundle

A topic by Bela created Aug 06, 2020 Views: 295 Replies: 2
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Hello,
I've received a few comments from people saying they can't launch my game (Little Bug) through itch. I'm assuming this means the itch launcher, but it works fine if you locate the .exe itself and double click. Anyone know how to solve?

Moderator(+2)

There’s a chance the Itch.io app can’t recognise which file is the executable one. Do you happen to have multiple executables on the same directory? Or is the main executable missing from the root directory?

Itch has the App Manifest which you can include in a build, to let the Itch app know which file to run for what purpose. I haven’t tried it myself, by maybe you can give it a go?

On that note, have you tried running your game yourself from the Itch app? If you get the same error, that would make it easier to fix.

Admin(+1)

It appears you uploaded a new version of the game but did not specify what platforms the files are available for: Windows, macOS, etc. That is a requirement for your game to be installed by the app, otherwise it does not know which file to download.

Hope that helps!

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