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How do I setup a page for a game in development?

A topic by teainastorm created Dec 20, 2019 Views: 1,287 Replies: 5

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Before I ask my question - you guys are the best. Love itch.io so much!

So ... ok. I want to start writing devlogs on itch, and get a newsletter service going, to build a small community around my new game.

Problem is - the game is in quite early stage of development and there is no prototype either. I want to refrain from making a game page, since I've read it's better to wait for a propoer launch. If I ONLY write devlogs, then people won't be able to add the game to their collection (since the game page doesn't exist).

How do I solve this?

Thanks a lot for your time!

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Rob1tron4 years ago

If it's a Ren'PY or Unity game, I know of a server on discord that might be interested...

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teainastorm4 years ago

It's a UE4 game. My question was that I want people to be able to add the game to their collection. Should I fully launch the game page or keep it restricted? I read that launching an in-progress game page is not recommended.

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Rob1tron4 years ago

It's not here, as people might lose interest over time while anticipating a complete game.

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leafoAdmin4 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

I recommend creating a game page and writing devlogs. You can add files to the page when you’re ready and make a “Major update” post to announce that the game is now available.

Where did you read that launching an in-progress game page is not recommended? We have plenty of pages like that. The sooner you create a page the sooner you can start getting followers and having people add the project to their collections.

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teainastorm4 years ago

Wow! Leaf himself. Thank you VERY VERY much for all the work you've done for developers and gamers. And for having such a morally strong vision about how to sell games. You and this platform are one of the reasons I've started learning to make games. Very happy to be here.

I have launched my in-progress-game page and will start writing devlogs. Thank you for the 'major update' post idea - I had not thought of that. That's it, I have no further queries.

For reference, I'd read about not launching a page to public if the game is not published, as an advice or suggestion on the refinery page. Saying that it is better to launch a fully polished game and keep the work-in-progress bits in closed testing etc. I think I took it too seriously or misinterpreted it.

Thanks again!

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