Hi,

I'm new to developing and promoting games.  I'm struggling to understand how to keep a devlog on itch.  I see that you can create devlog entries on your game's page and I've been doing that.  I also see that there is a devlog forum where everyone is doing more or less the same.  It seems like the two systems achieve the same end but run in parallel to one another.  Do people just copy and paste from their game page devlogs into the forum?   I want to promote and, more importantly, get feedback on my game.  But I don't want to do twice the work or break some unwritten rule about over-promoting my game on itch.  Thanks for any insight you can provide.

The devlog category in the forum is for people to use before they have a (public) game page. Of course, if you'd rather continue there ever after publishing your game, that's fine too. Both kinds of devlog attract readers anyway, so your time will be well-used.