I think we figured this out. One of the couple people I had testing the platform was getting an error message when trying to download the game for some reason (I think the update I pushed was still processing).. they clicked the link a bunch of times when getting that error until it worked. I think that upped the download count.
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I downloaded the game once or twice, but certainly not 20 times. I don't think it was that. If I can provide any more info, please let me know :)
Of course at this point in my games development it doesn't matter too much. But I do want control over my downloads of course for when the game gets to a marketable status.
So I've uploaded a very very early version of a game i'm making. Barely a prototype at this point. I've put it on Itch.IO so I can share with a few friends, and eventually share/sell more. Way later.
I created a download key and gave it to a couple friends. it has 6 downloads. I also created a password to get to the download link.
My game has had 27 downloads in 3 days. 6 of those from my key, 1 from me. 20 on Saturday... from an unknown source. How did this happen?
Thanks if anyone can help clarify this.
Chris @HyenaGames