Posted November 16, 2023 by wyvern
Terror Axe uses Itch.io as a login method for the leaderboards feature. Sadly, logging in with itch is a bit more cumbersome than it should be.
There’s two options for logging in with itch:
When launching the game through the official itch.io app, the game is (supposedly) provided with a session token by the app itself. This means you don’t have to do anything and all will work out of the box. However, the app is a little iffy and doesn’t always work (in my experience), not to mention most people don’t use it and simply download the game through the website (probably). Because of this, another login method is provided.
When opening the game afterwards, you won’t have to login again. Terror Axe does NOT store your session token on disk. It only stores information that is public.
Itch.io OAuth works like this: