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How to upload your game or project to itch.io with butler
“Butler” is the command-line utility for pushing game builds to itch.io. Here’s how you can use it to upload your...
started by
leafo
May 22, 2023
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rune_bloodstone
Sep 21, 2023
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Uploading large games (FAQ)
Attempting to use butler? Please check out the guide here: https://itch.io/t/2872417/how-to-upload-your-game-or-project-...
started by
Amos
Nov 06, 2016
10
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leafo
May 22, 2023
First butler push with Error
Hi There I'm trying to make the first push via butler, but I'm getting that error: "butler: error: unexpected inkkit/der...
started by
INK KIT
Apr 07, 2017
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Amos
Apr 13, 2017
butler push updates not showing up in Feed
I used butler to upload a build of the game originally, and it showed up in the feed. However, each time i push an updat...
started by
BunnyGun
Feb 04, 2017
4
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Tangent (Rose)
Apr 11, 2017
I'm new to Itch.io and am still unsure of what "Refinery" is.
Is it something that's already built into my Itch.io experience? I keep seeing references to things like "limited playte...
started by
dobydigital
Mar 03, 2017
6
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888
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Tangent (Rose)
Apr 11, 2017
Need playtesters for my game
Working on a 3d hack and slasher. https://plectrumsoftware.itch.io/brimstone I would love feedback and suggestions
started by
plectrumSoftware
Feb 08, 2017
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plectrumSoftware
Mar 06, 2017
Using restricted visibility, and distributing using a download key does not work...
Hello, I'm trying to distribute the game to some folks by giving them the download key. They can get to the download pag...
started by
dobydigital
Mar 04, 2017
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Wharf API for unreleased (restricted/draft) games
Hello, I'm currently developing a game and distributing it via itch to friends and family using the keys system and havi...
started by
Isaac Ashdown
Nov 17, 2016
2
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dobydigital
Mar 03, 2017
Access to Community for Game with Restricted Visibility
Hi, I'm currently developing a game, and I put it up on itch.io with Restricted visibility so that I can get feedback fr...
started by
Cole Cecil
Feb 11, 2017
2
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Cole Cecil
Feb 13, 2017
API Reader Tool
Made this little tool to help you with understanding how to use the Itch.io API. Might also be of useful if you need to...
started by
ZpeedTube
Jan 31, 2017
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leafo
Feb 01, 2017
Good Itch.io evolution
Hi there, first of all, i want to congratulate Amos and all the team for the great job done so far. Now my game uploaded...
started by
SDMG-STUDIO
Dec 22, 2016
5
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SDMG-STUDIO
Jan 21, 2017
limiting downloads of a free game
Hi, we're really interested in using the itch refinery as a way to gather some early feedback for our game. At the momen...
started by
endofdemo
Jan 12, 2017
2
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639
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endofdemo
Jan 12, 2017
Confusing experience for web-only game
I just set up a refinery thing for my game Concierge , using per-person download keys. This worked well in general, exce...
started by
Zarkonnen
Jan 05, 2017
1
reply
438
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leafo
Jan 12, 2017
API for user information
Hello, Is there any API available to query the information about the user playing my game? Such as their itch.io usernam...
started by
Isaac Ashdown
Dec 07, 2016
8
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1,828
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Isaac Ashdown
Dec 21, 2016
Incantations for properly packaging Mac build?
Hello itch-wizards! I'm having trouble getting my uploaded Mac build to behave properly. When I pass the uncompressed .a...
started by
timconkling
Dec 12, 2016
4
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560
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timconkling
Dec 13, 2016
Game Uploaded fine in butler but no game is available to buy
Hi thank you for Butler, great time saver, in the future for me though, because i uploaded my zip game like in the youtu...
started by
SDMG-STUDIO
Oct 20, 2016
13
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924
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SDMG-STUDIO
Nov 09, 2016
Refinery and Release/Creation Date?
Hi, I've been developing a game on Refinery for a while and using it to give access to my team and a group of testers, j...
started by
HOF Studios
Nov 08, 2016
2
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HOF Studios
Nov 08, 2016
How to set symlinks for mac build
Hi, I'm trying upload a mac build from my windows machine, but I'm not having much luck. The game will just instantly qu...
started by
jeroenwimmers
Nov 01, 2016
4
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559
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jeroenwimmers
Nov 04, 2016
Can you set a limit on free keys?
Hello Itch! My team is gearing up for release this week for our first game, CANARI . Is it possible to give away a speci...
started by
PixelBotGames
Oct 24, 2016
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PixelBotGames
Oct 24, 2016
Setting limited keys
Hi, I just uploaded my game Circles using butler and I setup my page. Now I want to setup closed playtesting and set set...
started by
jeroenwimmers
Oct 20, 2016
1
reply
540
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jeroenwimmers
Oct 22, 2016
hi!
i new here
started by
nintendofan1233
Oct 12, 2016
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nintendofan1233
Oct 15, 2016
Question about access controls (possible feature request?)
Forgive me if this is addressed in the documentation somewhere but I did not see it. Let me run a scenario by the commun...
started by
HOF Studios
Sep 29, 2016
2
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HOF Studios
Sep 29, 2016