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My HTML game don't work

A topic by FantasyPaperDolls created Oct 05, 2021 Views: 1,544 Replies: 10
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FantasyPaperDolls3 years ago

Hi! When I upload my .zip file with everything in it, nothing but the index.html works.  Someone knows why could this be happening?

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No Time To PlayModerator3 years ago

What do you mean by "nothing but the index.html works"? Are there any errors in the browser console?

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FantasyPaperDolls3 years ago

In my computer it works, but when I upload it here, the only thing that shows up are the buttons (it is a really small dress up game I made following a tutorial). I'll took some screenshots.

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FantasyPaperDolls3 years ago

This is what happens.

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goodbunnystudio3 years ago

How are you referring to other files within the index.html? They should be relative paths, either flat within the same directory like src="spritesheet.png" or in subdirectories like src="images/spritesheet.png", and if they're in subdirectories then the zip file needs to have the same directory shape.

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FantasyPaperDolls3 years ago

Like this (it is a small dress up game): 

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css">

<script src="js/code.js"></script>

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goodbunnystudio3 years ago

Try using your browser's development console. It varies from browser to browser a little, but it can show you what requests the page is making when you load it and you can see whether it's requesting the files you think it's requesting and whether they're coming back as 404 errors.

In Firefox, you'd open your game's iframe in its own tab, then in that tab press-control-shift-K, then the "Network" tab of the console UI that appears. I think Chrome is similar but with control-shift-J, or possibly some other combination if you happen to be on a Mac.

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FantasyPaperDolls3 years ago

Thank you! It said error 403 on .css and .js files, I'm going to see what it is and what it happens!

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FantasyPaperDolls3 years ago

Now that I look better, it also says there is a 404 error

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goodbunnystudio3 years ago

Your zip file's subdirectory structure might not have the files in the right places. Try unzipping your zip file into a new folder locally and seeing if the files end up landing in the relative locations they're supposed to be in.

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FantasyPaperDolls3 years ago

They are in their right folders :( Thank you anyway, I'll keep looking for other options. 

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