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Help with actually uploading a game?

A topic by zoealyse created May 09, 2019 Views: 1,392 Replies: 3
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zoealyse5 years ago

Hello all, this is my first time posting here, so apologies that I'm still pretty uninformed about how Itchio works.

So, I just made the beginnings of my first solo game in Unreal, and I was hoping to upload it on this site so I could show it to people for feedback! However, I'm having trouble actually figuring out how to do that part on my Mac... I have packaged it twice, once for Mac and once for HTML5, and did so with a "Shipping" build. I've googled a bunch of help articles but none of them are making sense to me, so I was hoping to possibly get a more personalized explanation here.  My main points of confusion:

  • Should I mark it as a "downloadable" or ZIP/HTML for browser project?
  • What files am I supposed to upload in the upload section (below pricing, above details)?
  • I'm not really familiar with github, terminal, or command line, do I need to know how those work just to do this?

Thanks so much!

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No Time To PlayModerator5 years ago

No, you don't need to know git and the like to edit your project from a web browser. Just set the kind of project to HTML, upload the two packages exported from Unreal and tick the "this file will be played in the browser" box next to the HTML5 build. The other will be available for download.

That said, it makes sense that documentation you found elsewhere via a search engine wasn't useful to you. You should read our docs, especially the Getting Started and HTML Games guide. Hope this helps, and ask if you need anything else!

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zoealyse5 years ago

Thank you for responding so fast, I really appreciate your kindness!! :) So, should I just upload the .exe file for the HTML5 build? Or do I need to zip up every file around it and upload all of them?

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No Time To PlayModerator5 years ago

Um, no, the HTML5 build runs out of a file with the .html extension. The .exe is for the downloadable build. And I dunno what other files an Unreal game needs; consult Unreal's documentation. Either way, for each build just put all the files it needs in a .zip archive. The downloadable one you can just upload as-is. For HTML5, rename the Han202FinalBackup[...].html file (I think that's the one, since there isn't any other in your screenshot) to index.html inside the archive, then upload.

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