itch.io has virtually 16,000 video games as of right this moment. That’s rather a lot! When itch.io’s sport looking interface was first launched there have been just a few hundred video games. These days it’s fairly cumbersome to sift by all of the video games with the restricted filter choices out there.

In order to arrange for an improved interface for looking and looking we’re launching a brand new metadata space for all mission pages. You can present issues like out there languages, enter strategies, common session length, multiplayer options, accessibility options:

Additional data relative to the discharge of a sport could be entered as nicely: the license of the sport’s code, and its property (individually), and the discharge date of a sport (if totally different from its publication date on itch.io).

You can beginning tagging your video games proper now by going to the Metadata tab in your sport’s edit panel. To maintain the variety of tabs cheap, the widget (embed) web page, obtain keys, exterior obtain keys have been grouped into a brand new tab, Distribute:

While we work on the brand new browse system and anticipate builders so as to add metadata to their video games, you may discuss with our unofficial browse URL cheat sheet to filter video games by these new fields. Note that many of those shall be empty till all of the builders have had an opportunity to categorise their video games.

If you you may have any concepts or recommendations for extra classifications ship us a message on twitter or e mail.

Enjoy!