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Updated Game Is Temporarily Hidden From Users

A topic by Dexigon Studios created Dec 05, 2022 Views: 277 Replies: 4
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Dexigon Studios2 years ago

Hey everyone,

I recently updated my game and noticed that my downloads plummeted that day so I checked and it was missing from all lists (popular, genres, new&popular, etc.) during that day. 

I know that newly published games have to be indexed, but do updated games get indexed again?

I upload a completely new file every time I update- Would using the butler tool allow the game to not get indexed again?

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No Time To PlayModerator2 years ago(+1)

Which game is that?

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Dexigon Studios2 years ago

Here’s the game link: https://dexigonstudios.itch.io/chasedown

The game shows in the lists now, but I was just wondering if there is a way to not get it hidden in the future.

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No Time To PlayModerator2 years ago(+1)

Some changes cause a game to be placed back in the review queue. I don't know what kind of changes cause that. When that happens, the game should still be public, so feel free to promote it in other ways until it's indexed again.

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hechelion2 years ago(+1)

From what I've seen on the forum, when you update a game, it must be indexed again and it goes through a process similar to when you upload it the first time.

It's probably a security measure.

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