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Does itch.io support in-game purchase?

A topic by Rekize created Jan 16, 2019 Views: 2,698 Replies: 4
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Hello, my first post here. I would like to put my game on itch.io. I wish to make the game first half as free to play, and then the player has to pay for the second half.  May I ask does  itch.io support IAP? Particularly for games made by Unity?

Otherwise, may I use Paypal IAP inside the game? Or are there other solutions that can achieve the desired effect and work best for itch.io?

Thank you very much for your help.

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For now, one solution would be to make the first half of the game a separate download that you mark as a demo, so people can download it for free. If they buy the game, then they can also download the full version. About in-game purchases, I don't think we have a rule against it, but web games sometimes have trouble talking to 3rd-party servers, because iframes. Might want to run some tests first.

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Thank you for your clarification.

May I have a follow-up question that, when I add a new chapter to the game, is there an option to make it a DLC on the same game page? Or I can only update the old game or put the new chapter as a separate game?

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I'm afraid Itch.io lacks DLC support at the moment. It's probably our #1 feature request. So for now you have to make do. Sorry about that.

Thanks, I will make separated packages then

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