Post by hechelion in Do I override my current project with a new patch or start a new project?

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Itch’s rules state that you should not delete and recreate the same game on different pages.

As for the limit, I’m not sure what you mean; if you use the website to upload your game, the limit is 1 GB (for everyone), and if you use Butler, the limit is double that.

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Adeline Sinclair10 days ago

Oh I think the browser version is the only thing with the 200mb limit, okay thanks for answering! I wasn't sure

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hechelion10 days ago

Web games running within Itch have different restrictions, but I recall that the 200MB limit applies to each individual file inside the ZIP.

https://itch.io/docs/creators/html5#zip-file-requirements

The ZIP file should not contain more than 1,000 individual files after extraction.
The maximum length of a file name including path should not be greater than 240 characters long.
The size of all the extracted content should not be greater than 500MB.
The size any single extracted file should not be greater than 200MB.
The filenames are case sensitive and should be encoded as UTF-8

If you can’t reduce the file size, one option is to offer the full version exclusively as a downloadable game—even if it’s built using HTML. I’ve seen several games created with Twine that do this.

You could also provide a limited demo version that runs online via Itch.

This way, people can try the game online, and if they like it, they can download the full version.

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Adeline Sinclair10 days ago(+1)

Yep that's exactly what I did, I cut out the tier 4s and demons from my game, redid the music since the music files were 3-4 minutes long and cut the ultimate skills. Brought the size file down from 355mb to 180mb for the html demo

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