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A topic by Ponydragon created Jun 29, 2023 Views: 607 Replies: 3
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That exe asks for admin rights. That is a  big no for any sane player.

Even if I trust that you do not intentionally distribute malware and even if I trust that this account is not hacked, I do not trust any game dev in this day and age to give me a user level game that needs any admin level rights for being played. This is just not done.

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it will make a standalone version in next update, the installer version will be optional for those who haven't installed C++ essential library.

It's common for software to require admin rights during installation, especially if it's going to be installed in a restricted folder (e.g c:\program files\) and/or if it makes changes to shared Registry entries... I fail to see the "big no for any sane player" "logic"...

I was a bit annoyed that this game installed to the C: drive by default, but that's rather trivial...

Itch is self publishing  game devs. Asking for admin rights is quite uncommon here.   Who tells me, that the dev did not make a typo  or copy pasted wrong instructions in released file and royally screws up my system with the escalated admin rights? Not even counting intentional malware from all those scam accounts with  stolen game descriptions. Or a trusted account getting hacked and the hacker releasing "an update".

I suspect why unzip and run is preferred method of installtion  and the classical installer method is just not seen, has other reaseons, but nowadays, asking for admin rights is a red flag. If it is missing system files, I can install those by other means.  And when I understand you correctly, you could not even chose the destination.