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2017
Classify your projects' uploads
August 24, 2017
by
leafo
19
#uploading, #organization
We're introducing a new way to classify the files you've uploaded to your project. Previously, when uploading a new file, we would ask you which platform it was for, eg. Windows, Linux, macOS. Since m...
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2015
Better game classification
July 11, 2015
by
leafo
33
#organization
itch.io has almost 16,000 games as of today. That’s a lot! When itch.io’s game browsing interface was first launched there were only a few hundred games. These days it’s quite cumbersome to sift...
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2014
Updates to the game edit page
December 16, 2014
by
leafo
22
#organization
A couple of important changes have been rolled out to the game edit page to get ready for new browsing updates coming to itch.io! Here’s a quick overview. The new things: There’s now a Release sta...
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Enhanced itch.io tagging system
September 17, 2014
by
leafo
10
#organization
A good game discovery system gives someone looking for games a wide range of methods to slice up games to find something interesting. In the past itch.io only let you browse games by platform, genre a...
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Classify your content
April 14, 2014
by
leafo
7
#organization
Although itch.io is primary a place for hosting video games, there’s a lot of other interesting content that has been uploaded. While it’s nice to see different kinds of content it can be confusin...
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Offer a demo alongside your purchasable games
February 25, 2014
by
leafo
9
#uploading, #organization
If you’ve ever wanted to provide a demo to go alongside your paid game you may of had to employ some workaround such as creating a separate page or just making a link in your description to a downlo...
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Old game URLs will redirect to most recent if changed
January 13, 2014
by
leafo
9
#organization
Starting today if you change the URL of your game from the edit game page you don’t have to worry about breaking any links you may have already shared. Old URLs will stay active and redirect to the...
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Enhancements to the file uploader
January 13, 2014
by
leafo
4
#uploading, #organization
File uploads on itch.io have received a few enhancements today: You can now tag your uploads with the platform they are for. The platform will show up when someone is downloading the game to help them...
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2013
Add download and install instructions to your game
December 19, 2013
by
leafo
4
#organization
Sometimes when someone gets to the download page of a game they’re not sure which file they should download, or how they they should open or run what they’ve downloaded. I’ve added a new text f...
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itch.io now supports HTML5 games!
December 02, 2013
by
leafo
6
#uploading, #organization, #html5
HTML5 joins the club of web based game types that is supported on itch.io! You can find the HTML Game type on the new/edit game page. In order to add your game you’ll need to upload a ZIP file conta...
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Support for Java applets added
July 22, 2013
by
leafo
4
#uploading, #organization
You can now host your Java games on itch.io . From the New Game/Edit Game page choose “Java Game”. You’ll have to upload a jar file, provide the dimensions of the applet and the class name of th...
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Flash games now supported
May 28, 2013
by
leafo
5
#uploading, #organization
Time for another update, you can now host flash games on itch.io! Because it doesn’t make sense to sell them like like a normal downloadable game, the SWF will be playable inside of your game page a...
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