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Add thumbnails at top-right or top-left of each game's page, showcasing other games by the same creator

A topic by Scary Pixels created 24 days ago Views: 366 Replies: 3
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Hi. 

This is an idea that I think could universally help creators (with more than 1 game) acquire more attention on their projects. What I'm envisioning is something similar to how youtube handles video recommendations, when you're watching a video. Thumbnails are displayed on the right-side of the screen, recommending other videos, usually with one video by the same creator at the top and a bunch of other videos by different creators underneath. 

I think if itch did something like this it would help to direct attention to other projects by the same creator more effectively. As it stands, the player has to click 'View all by x' to see a creator's other projects, so they have to jump through an additional hoop in order to see further recommendations. But if thumbnails were already displayed on-screen, it'd be a lot easier to capture the user's attention (as it'd be via an image, rather than text), thus prompting them to click.

I'm not suggesting that itch should add the same endless number of thumbnails like how youtube does, because, in my opinion, this results in too much 'visual noise' and becomes distracting/looks messy. But I think 3 or so thumbnails would be unintrusive.

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Or the creator could embed the widgets of their other games into the game page. (Look at the top of this page https://jordiboi.itch.io/the-final-pin)

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Thank you for pointing this out, I had NO IDEA it existed. 

Edit- This effectively addresses my issue such to the extent that I'm probably going to just delete this topic.

Yeah, it's just in the distribute tab of the game you want to get the widget for. Also, don't delete this topic so other people can learn from it.