Hi all,
I published the game a few days ago and I cant seem to find it searching through itch.io not even searching by title or tags, is there something wrong in the configuration of the game page? Thanks for any help =)
As mentioned in the search&browse FAQ that you were prompted to read twice before posting in this category, games with a price tag have to be seen by an admin before they appear in searches. That normally takes less time, but the weekend can delay the review, especially if there's a queue. Please give it another half a day to a day. Thank you.
Sorry to post again in relation to this, but since it has been 9 days since it was published and the game is not listed yet, I still wonder if something is wrong with the game, I could have missed a communication from itch.io staff as I usually find itch.io emails in spam folder, so if there is something to be changed, please let me know, and again Im very sorry to post about this, thanks for your time
I forgot to mention that I tested a generated code in a friends account and the Steam key is not given with the download, I wonder if this could have anything to do with the fact the game cant be found yet here, maybe I configured something wrong, I read the faq section related to Steam and external codes so I think all is correct, just mention this in case it helps see what could be wrong
Indeed, its very odd, I cant tell the reason, all the games I have seen that are suffering from this are different like one is hosted here one is downloadable one is steam etc I only know that a friend who seems to be very lucky makes a lot of super fast games and his games are published in a blink and listed on recent and other categories like android games etc I dont know what is wrong in the site or why our games are not listed, lets hope they fix it soon
I have the same issue.
https://il-ya.itch.io/good-morning-world
my game is published but i can find it on browser
Its odd, I have a friend who publishes really small games (really thats fin are fun still) and his games are listed under recent and other lists like in 1 or 2 days with no trouble but your game seems more elaborated the same as mine and others having same issue and somehow these are not listed and time goes on, in twitter i got no answer from itchio either, I dont know what could be going on, I was thinking it could be something wrong with mine being on steam too (like bad configuration) but yours are here so Im clueless, lets hope they come back to us and fix this
As No Time To Play said your game is now reachable through search, congratulations =), did yo make any change to achieve this? or was it a matter of itchio staff who fixed it? Also as a side note, your game is quite nice although I havent gotten the time to play fully, I suggest you put the language option in main screen instead of options but well people will find it there too, aside from that its quite a nice game, keep up the great work =)
I see, but is it ok if I continue with this thread instead of starting a new one until the game is reachable? as I said I tried all thats suggested and checked on everything, well the Steam key is not given with the generated code I made but maybe its part of the issue, I hope you can point me in the right direction, got no reply from twitter so far
I see, so should I open other thread just mentioning this issue with the steam key? Aside from that the game is not reachable through search, and is not listed anywhere, I know as you said things have been a little slow lastly so in any case if you can point me to do other thing Im open to any other ideas as I have spent a lot of time making this game and I would like it to be present here
Yes, a new topic with a suitable title will let people who can help with that particular issue spot it more easily.
As for your game's visibility, now I notice something: you're not, in fact, selling the actual game but only a Steam key. Or rather, the instructions for how to get one. This is strongly frowned upon here, and it's likely that our admins simply didn't approve your game for inclusion in searches. Can't believe I missed this detail until now. You'd be better served by removing any downloads and the minimum price, and using the dedicated field to show a proper Steam button on your game page.
Thanks a lot for your continuous help, Im sorry I did it the wrong way, never pretended to make things the way they are not accepted here, I removed the file, but Im not sure about the minimum price you mentioned, if its on sale here (the key not the actual game files) then shouldnt I keep a minimum price? Steam strongly remarks that I cant sell on lower price outside Steam and so I fixed same price. I think the Steam button should be there (well I see a Steam link dont know if I should show other button), tried on my friends account and the Steam key is not show yet, as you said this is separated issue, but just to know if all is fixed to make the game appear in search I wonder if all is correct now
Well, it's not on sale, is it? Since you're not selling the game here. But look on your game's edit page, under App store links. (Edit: below the tags.) You can use those to show a nice big button that sends people to Steam, and that's that.
Of course, it would be even better if you sold the actual game here and offered a Steam key on the side. We have an external key system just for that. But if you don't want to, that's fine.
Well I re-did the cover to ensure size is correct, I thought this issues make the game impossible to launch but anything can happen I guess, and in any case Im still having same issue, because this is the first steam game I publish maybe I missconfigured something but I sure checked on everything twice at least. Anywa Im glad your game is out =)