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If you are talking about the community forums, each board has their own rules. Usually most boards do not allow for self-promotion at all, with a couple of exceptions, for example Release Announcements.

Self-promoting on other peoples project I’m sure is not the best idea. The last thing you want as an indie is to annoy other users by posting about your projects on random places.

Hope that helps :)

Ok thank you! I was thinking about going on popular projects and advertising my project with links.

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Please don't do that. Play games by other creators and leave honest comments. They'll click through to see your work. People reciprocate when you're nice to them. And generally engage in the community. Answer to posts. It's not so much "promote yourself" as be there.

Ok, then what is a good way to get my game found and clicked on more? I have like 14 views.

I just gave you some advice. You can also use social media and such, but on itch.io, that's about it. There's no magic.

(Also, you need to change your page background. My eyes hurt just from looking at it. I had to close the tab quickly.)

Oh I'm sorry it hurt your eyes! Thanks anyway! I'll change it later.

I’m so sorry it hurt your eyes! I’ll fix it. Thanks for the advice!

Ok I fixed it. Does it hurt your eyes anymore?

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No, it's a lot better now. Thanks!

No problem! Thank you for pointing that out!

honestly still too bright for me. 

That’s strange

I think its just my monitor probably.

Oh ok  that makes sense. I still think I’m gonna darken it a little, but try turning down your brightness.

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This is not allowed at all, you can get banned from posting if you do this even once.

https://itch.io/docs/creators/quality-guidelines#community/do-not-advertise-your-game-on-other-projects-comments-or-communities

I don’t mean to bug you with questions, but what about ads on projects and games?

What about ads? What are you asking, exactly?

Commenting on other projects about my game and providing links to it.

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But above answered this question, you don’t need to.