I've made a new release for my game and respective major devlog. However the game never appeared in the most recent games.
https://nocturnalillusions.itch.io/exilium-breeding-empire
All the traffic I have is mostly external to itch. It's been more than a month since my last update so Im hardly spamming anything.
Could someone please help?
So, you previously did get a bump, if I read that correctly.
Those major devlogs need staff aproval. Why and what and when they approve is not known. Most devlogs are not approved. The recent would be 99% old games otherwise and that is not the purpose of that section.
I did not do an extensive statistic, but when I did look at that, I got the impression that maybe less than 20% are approved and maybe every 3 months.
Thanks for the response.
No, previously I didn't get a bump, even after 2 months, so I thought for sure it would have one this time.
I don't think the % you said is correct. I know another dev (way bigger than me) that has 100% rate of acceptance of devlogs,posts a update almost every single month and he proudly says it and gets a bump every single time. I know he is telling the truth since he shared the analytics.
I do not know the criteria. If they were straightforward, they could let an automatic do it.
The whole concept is ill designed. Tying it to a major devlog. What about the developer that regulary update their projects, but do not brag about it with a devlog. A devlog that in itself also can drive traffic to the game. And having regular updates for the typical patreon fueled game developerment each two weeks is not news. A switch from development to release is news. Releasing expansions is news. But run of the mill updates are just the progress that is to be expected for a game in development.
Some people even abuse the system. Or so they think. By re-uploading their game. I think they hurt themselves.
They just should introduce a new category/sorting. One should be sorted by release date. And one by update date (with spam prevention)
