A brand new homepage for 2018

Indie Game

Team FunTrove

September 6, 2022

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In our 2017 yr in evaluate submit we hinted at updates to our homepage. Over the previous few weeks we have been incrementally pushing out performance and right now we’re able to inform you what’s new!

The itch.io homepage was historically a grid of video games picked by our crew. Although it was easy to implement, there have been many elements of itch.io we needed to advertise however did not have house for. Additionally, with round 200 new video games added per day, we have now extra builders than ever in search of promotion.

After some experiments, we have selected grids of various modules. The design is versatile sufficient that we are able to proceed so as to add new sections as we provide you with them. If you may have any concepts for modules you’d prefer to see depart a remark.

Here’s what’s new with the itch.io homepage:

Dark theme

For no good cause, itch.io’s homepage had a darkish coloration scheme for a few years, whereas the remainder of website used mild colours. We’ve determined to unify the design with a constant header and matching coloration scheme. It felt a bit unhappy eradicating the darker colours although. Many websites today present a darker possibility, so why not itch.io! You can discover an choice to allow a darker theme out of your account settings web page. The darkish theme is a piece in progress, so not all pages are transformed, however you will discover it obtainable for a lot of of our generally accessed pages.

New from these you comply with

Following creators is an effective way to point out help whereas being up to date on what they’re as much as. If you are not actively watching your feed you might miss new releases although. We’ve added a brand new module on the highest that exhibits tasks launched by your followers that you have not considered but. Have you missed any new video games out of your followers? Go have a look

Fresh video games

Our featured video games part, though up to date usually, has a restricted variety of slots and might really feel a bit stale for those who go to the homepage usually. We determined {that a} secondary part with video games added extra steadily can be an effective way to offer extra builders extra eyes whereas giving guests one thing new each time they go to. Fresh video games are pulled from completely different collections created by itch.io customers together with curation from our crew. We hope that it helps put a highlight on attention-grabbing issues which will have in any other case been missed. (BTW, to devs, posting in launch bulletins might help you get noticed for this part)

Game jams now simpler to identify

Previous we had recreation jams combined in with video games. That was complicated… Now you get a devoted row to see featured upcoming & ongoing jams.

Recommended accounts to comply with

Following creators on itch.io is nice. It’s so nice that we just lately wrote a information about why it’s best to do it. It will make you content, and the individual you adopted glad. In order to get you to comply with extra we have added a module to the homepage with accounts you may be excited about. This checklist is pulled from tasks you have beforehand interacted with not directly (downloaded, rated, bought, and so on.). If you have not adopted anybody but, give it a shot!

A everlasting spot for gross sales & bundles

When we have beforehand carried out site-wide promotions we’d insert an inventory of attention-grabbing issues on sale. In retrospect, there’s actually no cause to not have this module all the time obtainable since there’s typically all the time one thing attention-grabbing on sale! If you may have a developer’s account you will additionally discover recreation improvement assets as properly.