It was a mistake on our end that the bundle launched in that mode. We’ve since updated the bundle to work similar to the Racial Justice bundle, and we’ve run a script to remove any unaccessed entries from your library. Tell me if you spot any issues, thanks
is there a way for those who want that mode enabled to reenable it, it's a pain in the butt having to click around a 1000 download buttons to get the "you own this game, you purchased it on x for y$" to show up on the game pages, it's like we didn't even buy them
could you send out a seperate email link that activates everything, even going through all the download buttons doesen't work because some games only have a "play in browser" button or worse neither a "download" or a "play in browser" (vaporware situation) which is a problem because there is no way to get those games tagged as owned in case later they release a download.
ex. https://asatiir.itch.io/roses-will-rise
https://adamebell.itch.io/reliance-revolution-and-contradiction
https://marionettecz.itch.io/space-escape-obstacles
https://leartoler.itch.io/migracciones
and on the "play in browser" ones i know some of you may be thinking "well just play in browser then", but keep in mind they included themselves in the bundle and the PiB part could be done without buying the bundle, so having dibs on future download files being attached is a fair and reasonable position.
How to get Smile for Me since i won't miss anything?
Or the hourS I'm gonna need to manually activating everything going back to page 1 for about.. 700 games?........
Or atleast fix the dl button to open a new page.. Something..
And why not make a toggle button?
Smile for Me is no longer in the bundle since the developer didn’t correctly read the submission guidelines and was unable to provide a way to access the games without Steam keys.
As I said in my previous message, it’s not necessary to click into every single game up front. You will be able to access the games at any time.
"we will not be providing a tool to add everything to your library"
??? Why??? People have been asking for this feature since the other bundle. Please give us an option.
Really wish the option from the main bundle page where you can sort was applicable in the actual bundle page. I hope it gets added, since I really don't want to switch back and forth between tabs just to search or filter certain items.
Update: we’re now running a script to clean up all entries from the bundle in your library that you haven’t already accessed. This means you will have to return to your bundle purchase page and interact with a project to have it also show up in your library.
Update 2: that script is complete, your libraries should now only contain projects from the bundle that you downloaded.
That banner appears only for games you've manually added to your library from the bundle page. You can add games to your library in the same way as the Bundle for RJ&E.
In the top right corner of itch.io where you see your avatar, click the V (down arrow) and select "My Library" -> On the menu bar on the left side of the page, select "My Purchases" -> at the top of the page, select Bundles -> Click the link to the appropriate bundle
From there you can browse games in the bundle. Clicking "Download" next to a game will add it to your library whether you choose to actually download it or not.
the problem with that is not every game on the bundle page link we were emailed has a download button, so there is no way to actually get all of the games in the bundle into your library, in other words a lot of games will never have that nice "you bought this" bar at the top even though they claimed to participate in the bundle.
and since leafo disabled the transaction occurring like it should those games will never actually be in our libraries
granted there are some crazies like aldenfen who like buying stuff then tossing it in the trash, but most collectors want everything they buy to be in their library
Excuse me? what do you mean by 'tossing it in the trash', you can still get the downloads from the bundle page, haven't seen a single thing that is not obtainable there. Reason I personally prefer things to be on the bundle page to begin with, rather than the library, is because A) at least the bundle page is paginated, and B) at least i can search by name. The library lacks either benefit. If they fixed the library with ANY ability to sort or search within and or pagination? I'd be glad if they autoa dded everything to the library.
And if you find games that lack actual downloads, you need to bring up the names here because they are supposed to have them, so they can actually fix the list an remove the ones not complying with the requirements to be in the bundle, like some games already did. (Some only offered steam keys, and some took time to fix, like the Framed collection originally didn't show me any download links, but now it does.)
the itch.io dev tos doesn't require a dev to provide anything, it also allows a dev to delete purchased games. so reporting a dev will do no good. having the product flagged as owned and in your library (even if there isn't actually a download) is still itch's responsibility though.
and "tossed in the trash" is completely accurate,
it's not simply the nice banner saying you bought it, which also helps prevent accidental rebuying,
the key thing is leafo didn't hide the games, he removed them. yes there is a bundle page where theoretically you could click download at some point in the future if the store page still exist but it is not a true tied to your account DL link. so if a dev deletes a store page which is very common then you will never be able to claim the game. this is very important because only a handful of bad devs will delete the actual download once you've purchased, just the store page. and if it is banner up top claimed then even if the store page is deleted you can get a support email that will take you to the download, but the bundle page is based on the store pages, no store page, no download, even if a download exist for that game. this is why it is important for the product to actually be in your library as opposed to having the itch.io equivalent of an unclaimed steam key
as far as searching for something in your library it is easiest to search the store then use the owned banner at top, or use a 3rd party game library tracker like isthereanydeal.
https://itch.io/t/1001232/developer-red-flags-game-red-flags
For people like me who actually buy things on itch and use it regularly, having upwards of 2000 items added to the library would make it unreasonably tedious and difficult to navigate. Until the ability to search and sort libraries is improved, keeping it functionally useable takes priority over some collector's need to demonstrate ownership of every single thing included in a $5 bundle explicitly organized for charity. Priority is the operative word there.
https://itch.io/my-collections has terrible coding, that coding is not going to get better if the solution is to only have 3 or 4 games.
my prefered way to search for a game in my itch library right now is to simply hit the main page and search then click on the you own it banner to download. also chrome/tabs outliner can be used to create a sort of favorites list, then there is always ITAD.
