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Yes, it became indexed soon after I posted.

I was aware of the risk of being put at the back of the queue again - but I tried anyway to see what would happen.
I just thought it could have been useful to share the outcome here, and in the end it's unclear... not sure whether it would have taken even longer if I had kept the "pay what you want option".

Removing the payment options didn't help, the game is still not findable.
I kind of gave up on this store :/

Ah well, I took the risk and removed the payment options altogether. Will let you know if it does any good.
Anyway at this point I don't care anymore how long it takes, it's already too late.

Thanks for the answer. A month wait? That sounds abysmal.

But I'm happy to disable the pay what you want option if it could speedup the process. It's only meant to be a free playtest for now anyway.

Hello everybody.

Last friday (16/02) I published my team's first game on Itch, in the form of a playtest build: https://pixelrats.itch.io/kiyo

The direct link works, but after 8 days it's still not indexed nor findable with a direct name search.

I think I did all is needed to make sure nothing blocks it and I'm aware that it might need to go through a vetting queue, but 8 days? Really?

So I'm a bit at a loss here.

Moreover I contacted support last Monday and I haven't heard anything at all.

Yeah, I'm disappointed :/

We are really excited to announce that we published the first playtest of Kiyo.

Sneak, fight and sabotage an evil bunny corporation in this stealthy action-adventure. Join a resistance group of animals trying to get their home planet back from the paws of evil rabbits. Master archery, swing with ninja ropes, crack tricky puzzles and enjoy satirical humor.

Experience an early version of Rabbithole City and help us polish the game with your feedback. We built our engine from scratch so it's really important for us to test it on as many different computers as possible... exotic bugs might lurk in the corners of Kiyo's world. Expect roughly 30 minutes of stealthy platform gameplay, but you'll be free to roam in the city and ride the metro as long as you want.

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The Pixel Rats Team