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On Itch.io, is it okay to post a game that is primarily a link to an external site?

A topic by DevMerlin created Mar 13, 2020 Views: 1,791 Replies: 3
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I haven't found anything yet in the rules, but I wanted to ask first to make absolutely sure. I've got a web game that is wrapped by an Angular website. Due to this, it can't really be uploaded separately without a ton of modification, or a new client created for this purpose - the page would be the standard information, and a external link. Is this type of game allowed on Itch.io?

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No one will stop you from creating a page like that, but it may not match our community guidelines so you may not get indexed in our search and browse pages. You can still submit to jams, show on your profile, and do everything else. Hope that helps!

This is why I wanted to ask first - to verify if it would or not! I was reading over the guidelines and rules for external links seem to be about outside stores, such as Steam/etc. I can add the rest of the data - images/etc, just not upload the project due to it's nature. As for the rules on advertising, they mostly seem to be about using game jams / etc to advertise.  The project itself does not contain any ads either.

Thank you for the input! I decided to go the extra route and create a version that can be embedded, after researching multiple options

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