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Had a blast mossing around💚

Very enjoyable, nice puzzles. I really like the palette and the art style in general.

It's actually incredible that this was made in 24 hours, it feels really polished and detailed. Very nice work.

Nice! The new mechanics make it feel fresh, and it's quite polished!

I'll keep waiting, thank you for your help!

Ah, I think I get what you mean now. I didn't tell apart staff and moderators, sorry about that. Thank you for your time.

Yes, I've seen some people that haven't been indexed after weeks or months, but apparently it only applies to some games (the affected games appear to be random, I don't see clear reasons for games to be indexed in 2 hours vs 1 month). Usually, the answer to these people is either "Please wait" or "I'll let the admins know about your case".

However, my question about the tax interview being a possible problem remains. It makes me worry about my account not meeting some criteria to get a game indexed, even if I waited the required time (getting the "Awaiting moderator approval" when trying to comment also makes me worry about this, although I'm aware many people get this issue and I know it does not belong here. If needed, I'll make a topic about that after waiting).

Hello.

First of all, I have read both the documentation about getting indexed and the unofficial FAQ.

I published my first game two days ago, and I have made sure that it meets all the requirements several times, along with quality criteria. However, it has not been indexed yet. I know the guides say it can take from a couple of hours to days or weeks, but I've been waiting while seeing dozens of games which barely meet the criteria (some of them don't even meet the basics, i.e. no cover) published after mine get indexed immediately.

It is a free game, so the "First time selling" does not apply, and there are no payment checks to be made. This made me wonder if the following could be an issue:

Originally, I selected the default option "0 or donate", so I went to the Publisher settings in my account and selected a Payout mode. After this, I do not wish to proceed with the Tax Information interview for now, since I am not going to be releasing paid games for the moment. This means that the process is not finished:

It should not be a problem, since the game is now configured as "No payments", but I wonder if I might have been placed in a queue as a vendor and not approved because of this. If so, I would like to know how to fix this without completing the tax interview for now.

After a day, I contacted support about not being indexed. I know getting and answer might take a couple of days, but this is the ticket: 342147.

And this is the link to the game: https://saructrl.itch.io/iroban

Thank you for reading.

Iroban

I'm Saru, and I recently published my first project, Iroban!

It's a sokoban where you have to place boxes on goals that are the same color. It features many mechanics that allow you to paint and change your boxes, or maybe destroy them... 

It features 32 levels and takes a couple of hours to beat.

The game is available here: Iroban on Itch.io

This game was made with PICO-8, and I had a lot of fun making it, combining the mechanics and designing the puzzles. I think it's quite challenging, but you might prove me wrong!

Hello everyone!

I'm Saru,  a Spanish developer, and I started getting into gamedev more a few months ago after playing hundreds of games throughout my life. So far I've tried out Godot and Ren'Py for small ideas. Both were amazing tools. 

Recently, I've been working on a puzzle game made with PICO-8. It will be my first published game, and I will be announcing it soon.

I'm also on X as SaruCtrl, you can contact me for any request.

Nice to meet you all and I'm glad to be part of this community!