So recently i uploaded my game to itch.io and i have a new version of my game and i want to update my game using butler. How can i do that?
Assuming that you used the butler’s “push” command initially, you can use the same command to push the updated version. Keep the following things in mind:
In order to count as an update, you need to use the same “Channel Name”. So if you initially pushed to “user/mygame:win32-final”, then “win32-final” would be the channel name, and needs to remain the same.
Itch will automatically take care of handling version numbers. Every time you make a new update, it will increase it by one. To handle version numbers manually you can add “–userversion <versionNumber>” to the command.
For more information and details of how this works, you can read here: Itch.io - Pushing builds with butler
You can't update that game with butler. What you need to do is start a new channel for your game.
I'm assuming it's "jumpy-boi-platformer-game".
First off you need to install butler, once that is done I'd recommend creating a batch file to push it. Here is what mine looks like:
"butler push --if-changed KnK2-demo arekku/kitsune-no-kenshi-2:win-demo
pause"
You could do this in a command prompt as well, but having a batch file saves you from having to remember it. The pause at the end isn't needed but I want that pause so that I can confirm that everything went smoothly.
Here's what your file would look like
"butler push --if-changed YourFolderGoesHere mrluka-games/jumpy-boi-platformer-game:win
pause"
Edit:
--if-changed is butterfingers protection, it will only push if the game has changed
Thanks arekku for replying to MLG games official cause that helped me too, I've been struggling to update my game which I had uploaded without the use of butler (straight trough itch page), when I wanted to update it I've only found out that butler was the best option, but each time I tried to update it say, for windows, it created a new release for windows and it is quite annoying
Now I know I just... can't 'update' that version and must upload a new one on the same page with buttler... damn. Thanks eitherways!