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Is it possible to publish any kind of unpublished software here?

A topic by Paolo Fassin created Sep 16, 2023 Views: 769 Replies: 30

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Paolo Fassin229 days ago

Let me start by saying that I am sorry for not having read the extensive itch.io rules in full, I am sorry for having published articles not relevant to the topic proposed in its forum and I am sorry for having made a mistake in publicizing my ideas in three previous posts which have been archived. In order not to make this kind of mistake again, I would like to know first if I can publish something here, but I have difficulty fully understanding the rules of itch.io, because I was born and live in Italy, and this implies that don't know the American legislature; However, I would like to ask a question, aimed mainly at the moderators, but also at anyone who wants to answer me (it is not possible that I can have direct contact with users and/or moderators).

Is it possible to publish unpublished software made by me on itch.io, even if not necessarily in the field of games, pixel art and tools?

That is, can I publish any software, for example my new, incomplete project for managing a company's accounting?

If not, to get a domain similar to that of itch.io in the same state (California) and which allows me this, what should I do?

The only time I managed to find something similar I had more efficient tools, but it happened 5 years ago and it was a very long search in which I chose itch.io.

Anyone who wants to help me is welcome and I am very grateful.

Paolo Fassin (PCDear.ent.games)

Pop Shop Packs229 days ago(+1)

I'm not a mod, but from what I've seen you can upload pretty much anything to itch.io (as long as it follows the itch.io rules which I do recommend taking the time to read) but you need to keep posts on itch.io forums on topic. Based on your post history, it's apparent you're interested in topics that don't have much to do with gaming or art. If you want to talk about business related software or hardware, itch.io isn't really the place for that. Maybe try reddit?

Pop Shop Packs229 days ago(+2)

Also, I would recommend posting your software on github. People come to itch.io for games, not accounting software

Paolo Fassin229 days ago

Thank you very much. I'm going to add your profile as people that i follow. You gave me an important suggestion.

No Time To PlayModerator229 days ago(+1)

Apology accepted! And you're welcome to publish your apps here. If you can find people interested in accounting on itch.io, more power to you. Just keep in mind that aggressive self-promotion in unrelated topics will make people twitchy even if it doesn't technically break the rules of our community.

redonihunter229 days ago(+2)

Is it possible to publish unpublished software made by me on itch.io, even if not necessarily in the field of games, pixel art and tools?

Publishing unpublished software is the whole point of itch. You can even publish published software. Itch is not exclusive. You can sell your stuff on other platforms as well and even link to there from your project page. You will find many games with a link to their steam page.

Also publishing unfinished software. There is status prototype and in development to indicate, it is not finished.

Accounting software is tools. Basically every software that is not a game is a tool. That is the whole point of sofware, doing tasks. So even games could be considered tools, but the purpose is recreation.

The other stuff is not of legal nature. It is of terms of service of itch and community rules. Self advertising is not allowed in most places. There is that announcement thread and you can have devlogs and such. But there are also rules, you should read before posting.

But you should not expect much traffic coming from within itch to your accounting project. As you have observed, the people here are interested in all things around games. You have to advertise your stuff outside of itch.

Paolo Fassin229 days ago

I'm happy because you gave me a lot of important information and you're great! I was able to understand them, quickly and will definitely use them. In fact, I save them in a text file as a reminder on my laptop. I'll also add you to the people I follow.

redonihunter229 days ago(+1)

Please do not. Following is for people that publish stuff. I do not publish stuff.

You will not get notifications of my postings. Following only puts people in your feed when they publish stuff. This is not twitter. (Actually, twitter is no longer twitter either ;-)

Paolo Fassin226 days ago

Look, you misunderstood. I do not pass my information on to others. I'm not a hacker. I am against all information theft. Even in Italy it is illegal. Relax. I was tired and couldn't explain myself well.

Paolo Fassin226 days ago (1 edit)

I just wanted to thank you for the help you gave me in understanding how to solve my problem, thank you. I am honest and sincere. I would had to say to you: thanks to you for help you've me given (happens to me to be too direct and i' am some time a person incomprehensible to others).

redonihunter226 days ago(+1)

Maybe consider using a different translator app. If you really talk like that in fluent English, you are really incomprehensible at times. English is not my first language either. I think I got rather fluent over the years, but I also noticed that those translators that pop up if you write translator in a search engine have become quite good.

Also, this was not about data theft. It just gives you no benefit. There are not even public reviews on itch. If a profile is private and non publisher you will never get any notification. Honestly, I do not even understand why you can follow accounts that have this disabled.

In theory, a user that is not a developer could become an "influencer" on itch. You can have public collections and people will see what games you rate in their feed if they follow you. I have yet to see such an account (someone that does not publish, but has hundreds of followers). I did see some publisher accounts though, that do rate games and manage collections of game suggestions.

Paolo Fassin171 days ago(+1)

Maybe I misunderstood what you wrote to me when you mentioned "data theft", because I didn't understand what you really wanted to tell me. It seems to me that you are suspicious of me and my business. I am a serious developer, who started programming from 1987 until today, I studied a lot, I am self-taught, and when I said "to publish some software" I should have specified "to publish some software conceived, designed and created solely by me" like all the software that I put up for sale legally and exclusively on itch.io (even if I made an attempt on Game Jolt which didn't satisfy me and I requested and obtained the removal of all my data from that account).

I didn't understand what you actually wanted to tell me when you wrote to me "I honestly don't even understand why you can follow accounts that have this feature disabled."

I am a regularly registered user on itch.io.

I am not nor will I ever be an "influencer" or any other person who advertises other people's software, nor am I interested in software made by others. If I need a software tool, I am able to conceive, design and create it starting from the lowest level (Assembly programming of peripherals) so that it conforms to my needs as much as possible. It may happen that, if it turns out particularly well, I decide to sell it on itch.io.

Many video games I have created I developed first for 16 Bit platforms (MS-Dos, Windows XP) and subsequently redeveloped them for 32 Bit platforms (Windows 10 and Windows 11).

What regrets me is that there are very few people I know who believe that I am capable of doing all of this on my own. On the other hand, I think it is understandable (I have never boasted of my intelligence). To be credible nowadays you have to invest mountains of dollars: registration of the work, copyright, VAT number, advertising and have a spectacular image of yourself in the eyes of the Internet. Mine are mainly economic problems. But also about how badly my state, Italy, is, unfortunately I have to admit.

You didn't offend me and I'm glad you honestly made your opinions clear. Good evening.

Paolo Fassin (PCDear.ent.games)

redonihunter171 days ago

Huh?

It seems to me that you are suspicious of me and my business.

Why should I? You are mixing and mistaking stuff, it seems.

"I honestly don't even understand why you can follow accounts that have this feature disabled."

I put this through a translator app back and forth, and it seems to translate correctly.

"Onestamente non capisco nemmeno perché puoi seguire gli account in cui questa funzione è disabilitata."

Following is a mechanic better suited for other social media. That is what I was talking about.

Paolo Fassin169 days ago (1 edit)

"It seems to me that you are suspicious of me and my affairs" (I leave aside that you believe I don't know the English language and that I use only sophisticated translators, because it's not true, but I don't want to get nervous; if only I told you exactly how I make a post on itch.io the you wouldn't believe me; I take a break and I want to reiterate that: I only use Google Translator as a translator, to obtain checks on the bijection between the text I wrote first in Italian and then in English, in such a way that, given the not excellent quality of this translator, with a final automatic check of my text, I allow at least the read of a unique information content, in the way most clearest and correct, for English, American and Italian people, by clicking on 'translate' of Google Chrome):

Do you misinterpret my frequent updates to my site as illicit activity? I think that if you have yhe possibility to prove it with reliable evidence of my guilt, adding them to this public post and not close it.

"I honestly don't even understand why you can follow accounts where this feature is disabled.":

and I don't understand if you mean that I illegally access other users' accounts or I don't understand which disabled function you have done reference.

"I didn't understand the meaning of an alternative social network that you referred to":

I'm glad you answered me, but you asked me very challenging questions that took me about 2 hours of my time to answer. No offense, but I have a lot of other things to do. Now I'm tired, and I'm going to sleep.

Let's hope the last "prophecy" of the great Bill Gates does not come true and that they do not remove from commerce, in addition to compiled programming languages, also all ultra-commercial languages such as Java and Javascript, introducing artificial intelligences everywhere without controls with hands with a microphone, a speaker and and a radiotelephone cable for transmissions, because it could be very dangerous and would make any device only capable of acting as an android. Is this just a sarcastic joke from me? Maybe yes and I don't even understand the newspaper articles in Italy very well.

Paolo Fassin (PCDear.ent.games)

redonihunter169 days ago(+1)

This seems to be a language problem. It seems to have started here:

You.

I'll also add you to the people I follow.

Me.

Following is for people that publish stuff. I do not publish stuff.

You.

Look, you misunderstood. I do not pass my information on to others. I'm not a hacker. I am against all information theft

Maybe try different translator pages. Whatever comes up on DuckDuckGo or Bing maybe. Just enter translator. If Google made you think I accused you of being a hacker, other misunderstandings are bound to happen eventually. You can also put the output of one translator in the input of the other and translate back and forth to see, if it sounds funny or changes meaning.

To reiterate my statement: "Following" is only useful if the followed account publishes things. I do not publish.

I am indifferent to your business. It does not concern me. I play games. You make accountant software. We have no common connections besides posting in a public forum.

Paolo Fassin88 days ago

I get it, I misinterpreted a google email, but rest assured, I think you might be a moderator; I too am against any theft of information and I never thought that you were involved in the Google message.

They only gave information on the safety and reliability of websites on the Internet, warning that they will close down counterfeit ones. They also want sites to be transparent and understandable.

In reference to my account I am proceeding with this thing.

But itch.io is ultra-secure, in my opinion.

redonihunter88 days ago(+1)

I am not sure what you are trying to say. Maybe a translation issues again. Did you get a captcha maybe? There are no "google messages" of any kind involved with the interactions on itch. Also, moderators on itch have that blue badge next to their username.

But itch.io is ultra-secure, in my opinion.

It is not. Accounts get hacked all the time. And malware gets uploaded all the time. Itch is a honey pot for malware spreaders.

Paolo Fassin87 days ago

I didn't receive any captcha, but only an email message from Google on my smartphone. It was a generic message about the security of websites in general, precisely to avoid the existence of accounts with malware or those dealing with computer privacy. They don't accuse me, but they also gave mandatory guidelines for VAT, the purpose and characteristics of what you would like to sell.

And I intend to follow them, even if I'm a little late.

redonihunter87 days ago(+1)

... and this has what exactly to do with Itch??

If you have business dealings with google, like selling on the playstore, they might send you stuff like this. Otherwise, this sounds like a phishing attack.

Also, to be technical, you did not receive it on your smartphone. You received it on your email account. If you received it "on your smartphone", I would be extra sceptical.

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Or, translation issues again, did you per chance get an email from itch to your email adress, that just happens to be a gmail adress. If so, please do not confuse the sender of the mail with the isp that you use for email.

Paolo Fassin85 days ago

..and what exactly does this have to do with Prurito??
If you do business with Google, such as selling on the Play Store, they may send you things like this. Otherwise, it looks like a phishing attack.

I understand. I don't sell on Play Store but I would like to sell on STEAM. I didn't read Google's message carefully, it seems authentic to me, but I have locked hacker attacks on my accounts in the past; Some time ago I had a computer stolen. Now the situation seems to be under control. I reported it to the police, but I don't know if they caught the thief.

Then I changed phone, changed number, but the email remained the same. I changed my password and activated 2-step verification.

Also, to be technical, you didn't get it on your smartphone. You received it on your email account. If you received it "on your smartphone", I would be very skeptical.

You're right, it's called email account. I was wrong.

Or, still translation issues, you accidentally received an email from Itch to your email address, which just happens to be a Gmail address. If so, don't confuse the sender of the email with the ISP you use for email.

Thank you. I'll check. Good evening.

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FTCGaming170 days ago(+1)

Hahaha! Learn some english man! You really need to

Paolo Fassin169 days ago

hahaha learn italian language up to 5.0 level: you should see much more english films on old dvd storsge with this option enabled.

Paolo Fassin (PCDear.ent.games)

Paolo Fassin169 days ago

I understand you've only been on itch.io for 56 days. It doesn't seem to me that you have produced any concrete results other than posts, which in my opinion are useless, mistaking itch.io for a social network.

Paolo Fassin (PCDear.ent.games)

Paolo Fassin67 days ago

I don't live in USA anyway nor in UK: Have a little mercy. Here, among ordinary people, it is rare to find people who understand Italian, let alone English. Yes there are American tourists, I had a friend of American nationality, I was trying to learn the pronunciation. He participated and won a singing competition in the Piedmont region a few years ago; My wife and I also participated, but he won first prize with an unpublished rap lyric in Italian. What do I do ? Do I move to San Francisco and open a restaurant?

Paolo Fassin88 days ago (1 edit)

Dear redonihunter, I was a little harsh on you, I'm sorry. I have few sales and I don't understand how I can make money with my software.

Every time I edit a page on my site, I do so because I have added new features, such as new game levels, options menus, eliminated bugs, added screen-shots and improved the understanding of what I am selling.

I am currently almost 2 months behind on the application of Google regulations for sites (expired on December 10, 2023).

Good day.

redonihunter88 days ago(+1)

I have few sales and I don't understand how I can make money with my software.

Making money on your own with software is basically starting a business on your own. Most people do not operate their own business. They work for someone else.

To sell sofware, you need to make something that people would buy. But chances are, that someone else already made a software capable of doing what your software could do . And if we talk about games, well, there are about 900k games on itch and the vast majority of them are unknown and do not make money.

Small software companies usually do contract work. That means, they have someone willing to pay them to create a software. It is more of a craft thing. Like hireing a painter to paint your house.

But on itch, this is the other way around. You make the software (a game), and try to find people wanting to play it. This is hard.

Paolo Fassin87 days ago

dearest redonihunter you have been exhaustive and I thank you. I have also activated Google Analytics and Google Analytics 4; I wouldn't want to have done something wrong in the configuration; I will calmly deal with this too. Good work.

TotalHellDev169 days ago(+5)

as a cat i approve of accounting

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