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Downloads for devlog

A topic by dense13 created Oct 12, 2021 Views: 498 Replies: 2

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I know it's not possible at the moment (correct me if I'm wrong), but I think it'd be a good feature if we could add files to devlog posts, without having to add them to the game page.

I read somewhere that not allowing that is intentional, so that there is a centralised place for all downloads. But I personally would like to allow people to download 'dev' versions of the game specifically from a devlog post, without them ever showing in the game page.

Alternatively it would be good to be able to add some description to the uploads of the game page, or somehow categorise them, otherwise having many versions of the files becomes quickly messy.

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Afloof.devModerator3 years ago

But I personally would like to allow people to download ‘dev’ versions of the game specifically from a devlog post, without them ever showing in the game page.

You can add a “stable” and an “unstable” version of your game on your page, and link the unstable one on dev logs, that have experimental features. This way you can keep working on new things, and show others your work, while also having a stable version for people that just want to play the game without many distractions.

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dense133 years ago

Yes, that's what I've done, but:

You can't download the 'unstable' version directly from the devlog, you have to first go to the game page, and then choose it correctly in the downloads section
This will quickly get messy if I have more than a few versions (and even more if I have Mac, Win and Linux builds)

I think it would be good to have the option to have per-post uploads, just like we can have per-post screenshots that don't interfere with the game page.

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