Itch is a great place for indie devs, I'm very grateful to people standing behind this project.
I'd happily subscribe to it or support it with a onetime donation, but there is no such an option.
Unfortunately, current algorithms silently shadowing older accounts making free games. Despite having thousands of players, my games are not discoverable on the site, including the search. The support is silent.
I believe there is great potential for improvement here.
...The "demo" version of your game has no files at all. It can't show up in searches according to our rules.
The full version only has a text file as a placeholder. You also just published it two days ago, and it's the weekend.
Having two separate game pages just to offer a demo version isn't recommended, either, according to the quality guidelines.
Thank you for the response.
My game is played in the browser, it's intentionally not downloadable.
The demo isn't discoverable (prohibited in public settings), I have only the full release which I'd like to be discoverable.
Unfortunately, this "only 2 days rule" isn't working as I tested with previous builds. At one point I had the demo, and only it, publicly available (also web-build) for months and it never appeared anywhere on itch.io.
I also checked every point of the "quality guidelines." you provided and I can confirm that my full release game meets every requirement.
It's been 4 days since the full game released, averaging about 1000 plays per day. The game still isn't visible anywhere, including the search.
It's my only public game shown on the profile, it meets all the required itch.io criteria.
As far as I know, according to my previous experience, this issue will not get resolved by itself.
Would you look into it, please?
I've just looked into "Recent" itch.io games: there are many games published and discoverable within the last out, including web-only.
My game was published 5 days ago still remains invisible.
There is definitely a lack of transparency and misguiding communication involved.
What can I do to resolve the situation?
Yes, as explained in this unofficial FAQ, it can take longer. Please wait.
