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2019
itch.io changelog: Library & Recommendations enhancements, improved jam browsing, & more
November 13, 2019
by
leafo
48
#changelog, #jams, #library, #homepage, #sales
Hello everyone, welcome back to the itch.io changelog. We’ve got an assortment of updates for you today. No big feature launches as we were quite busy with the Halloween Sale , but there are some th...
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Return of the itch.io changelog: Markdown, Sub Prducts, Jam Updates & more
October 23, 2019
by
leafo
41
#changelog, #jams, #homepage, #community, #discovery
Hello everyone, it’s been a while since we’ve had a formal post on our Updates Blog . We haven’t been sitting around doing nothing, in fact we’ve added a ton of stuff. I ran into this issue wh...
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2018
Jams updated: judge feedback, manual ranking, locked uploads
January 08, 2018
by
leafo
18
#jams
In today's update, we've got more tools for game jam hosts with support for judge feedback, custom ranking, and file locking. If you weren't aware, itch.io was the first site to let you instantly host...
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2017
Primary rating criteria for game jams
August 30, 2017
by
leafo
4
#jams
On itch.io you can host two kinds of jams: ranked and unranked . When hosting a ranking jam you provide "voting criteria" to specify how participants can rank other entries. Previously, if you had mu...
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Jams enhanced: contributors, judges, and more
June 22, 2017
by
leafo
21
#jams, #community
A game jam is a great way to get developers together for an event or cause. We were the first site to allow anyone to create a customized game jam with just a few clicks . The premise is simple: creat...
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2016
Jam hosts can now email participants
August 24, 2016
by
leafo
16
#jams
We recently enhanced itch.io’s emailing feature to give you finer control over who you contact when sending an email about your game. Game jams now have similar functionality! Jams are events, so it...
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Better participant tools for game jam hosts
March 31, 2016
by
leafo
27
#jams
Jam hosts have a brand new interface for keeping track of participants. You can find it on the participants tab on any jam’s edit page. If you weren’t aware, itch.io lets you host a game jam with...
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2015
Introducing jam communities
September 08, 2015
by
leafo
98
#jams, #community
Creating a game jam on itch.io is a simple, ad-hoc way to get together a bunch of people to create games with a similar cause. If you’ve ever wanted to organize discussion or a community around your...
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New sale/bundle and jam pages for developers
March 01, 2015
by
leafo
9
#sales, #bundles, #jams
You’ll now find two new tabs from your My games page to help you manage game jams you’ve interacted with or and sales/bundles you’ve created. Both of these things were previous hidden away on t...
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2014
New features for game jams
November 18, 2014
by
leafo
16
#jams
With a handful of some pretty cool jams going on, 7DFPS , Procedural Generation Jam 2014 , and Leap Motion 3D Jam , I decided it was a good time to add some new features to help making discovering g...
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Game jams - itch.io
June 11, 2014
by
leafo
7
#jams
itch.io now has a new page for browsing game jams! Link: Game jams - itch.io...
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Enhancing jams: late submissions and entry editor
May 27, 2014
by
leafo
8
#jams
Jam admins now have a few more tools to make hosting jams easier than ever (and it’s already pretty easy to begin with, check out jam hosting on itch.io ). Starting today all jams now have a submiss...
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Enhancing jams: new jam admins feature
May 27, 2014
by
leafo
5
#jams
Did you know that anyone can host a game jam on itch.io ? Well now you do, great! A lot of game jams are collaborative events, hosted by more than just one person. For this reason, starting today, you...
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Public domain field for jams on itch.io
May 17, 2014
by
leafo
6
#jams
In the spirit of The Public Domain Jam , itch.io’s game jam creation feature now lets any jam creator provide a CC0 public domain field to the entries of the game jam. You can find the public domain...
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Host a game jam on itch.io
May 15, 2014
by
leafo
27
#jams
Check out itch.io’s game jam feature, now open to the public. Link: Host a game jam on itch.io...
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