I get updates in my email from following people, I'm not really sure what will happen if you just download something and don't follow the author. Probably nothing?
You can send an email to everyone who downloaded your game through the dashboard. Just go to the project and click on "Interact"
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I did see that option and wondered how it works, on one of my projects with a few dozen downloads I get the message:
There aren't any buyers or owners eligible to receive an email.
when I look on the Interact page. Maybe this only becomes an option if someone buys it, and doesn't count for free downloads? Or like you said maybe they have to follow me?
Looks like a promising way to update users when a new version is available, for sure. I'll just need to figure out how it works.
Thanks for the insight.
Weird... there is no option for "receive updates" when downloading something so I'm not sure what that's all about. There are user settings including "never send any email to me" but I doubt 24 people all had that option checked while downloading your project :)
It does look like you may have to actually sell something before you can use this feature, according to https://itch.io/docs/creators/interact:
Sending emails
If you have a page for sale, you can send an email to all your buyers via itch.io. Do so via the Interact tab, in the email section. You can include the buyer’s purchase URL at the bottom of any email you send to make sure they can easily access any files you may have updated.
There are a couple things to keep in mind:
- Every email has an easy access unsubscribe link, avoid spamming your fans or you might lose access to them.
- You can only send at most one email per day, so make sure to proof-read before sending one out.
- You won’t be able to write an email before you make your first sale.