I've had my game out for a little over a month and a big number of those people view the game page and don't download the game. My game isn't a super complex game, it's just a simple 2D game that would probably do better as an HTML5 game then a downloadable game. So my question is for people that have games similar to mine, have you seen more success in having your game run in HTML5 then the players having to download the game?
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If you are not still sure look at this post - https://itch.io/t/1113525/multiple-platforms#post-2312687
So you can have both WebGL and downloadable versions on the same or different pages.
Well... generally yes, it's easier for people to click play than to download and unpack the game and then run it. But most people aren't going to bother with an HTML5 game either. Only a few of those who visit any game page will also play it. So if you can easily provide a web version, great, otherwise don't worry.
Here is my answer as someone fairly new to itch.io. I prefer HTML5 games because they seem inherently safer to play (trusting itch.io and the Chrome browser to enforce a minimum level of security). But I'm very curious to know what are some of the best practices from itch.io members that allow you to run downloaded executables safely (assuming that you don't really know what is in them)?
well, the reason why anti-viruses always block game downloads from itch.io is because itch.io is a source that most anti-virus mark as an "unknown location," so they block the downloads just to be safe. this doesn't happen for platforms like Steam because Steam requires you to pay for uploading a game, and it's also a trusted source.
