Wow, itch.io certain has modified rather a lot because it first got here out! Starting at this time everybody now has entry to a model new video games feed. If you’re logged in, you could find your private feed right here: http://itch.io/my-feed

If you don’t have an account but you’ll be able to take a look at the featured feed right here: http://itch.io/featured-games-feed

Read on for the highlights:

Now’s a greater time than ever to start out following your mates and favourite builders on itch.io. Anyone you comply with will now contribute to your customized timeline with the issues they do on itch.io. This contains issues like creating new video games, updating present video games (like setting a brand new value or updating the sport’s description), including new recreation information, including a demo, including new screenshots, creating collections, including video games to collections, and score video games!

Just click on the My feed button within the header to get entry to your feed. (For the builders, you could find a hyperlink to your recreation administration panel within the drop down menu)

Your customized feed web page adjustments barely relying on the way you’ve used itch.io thus far. If you haven’t adopted anybody but, or your feed is simply empty, it will likely be full of occasions from customers which have been featured by itch.io. Additionally a useful banner explains the situtation: 

In addition to the feed there’s a column of beneficial actions on the proper. If you haven’t completed establishing your account you may see some useful recommendations on the highest:

If you’re new to itch.io then you definitely’ll discover featured video games from the homepage there. If you’ve been round for some time then you definitely may see Games to price and Users to comply with.

The Games to price sections lists some video games you’ve downloaded or performed however haven’t rated but. You can shortly price the sport, or if you happen to desire to not see that recreation, dismiss it. 

The Users to comply with part suggests some customers you may need to comply with. If you’ve bought a recreation or rated a recreation extremely then the developer’s identify may present up right here. Additionally, to offer you some context, a few of the developer’s hottest video games are listed beneath their identify. Like the video games part above, you’ll be able to dismiss any customers you don’t need to see.

In the header of the web page you could find new Following and Followers counts. Feel free to click on both to be taken to a brand new web page the place you’ll be able to handle your follows from a single location.

Phew that’s rather a lot! We’re not achieved but, lets take a look at a person occasion:

Clicking on the date of the occasion will take you to a everlasting hyperlink for the occasion which you could share. To the proper of the date you’ll discover just a few icons. Depending on if you happen to created the occasion or not the icons may be completely different. Everyone has entry to the center. If you see an occasion you want click on the center to love it!

If the occasion belongs to you then you’ve gotten entry to delete and edit buttons. Feel free to delete an occasion if you happen to suppose it’s not related or helpful to your followers.

The edit button permits you to change the textual content of the occasion. By default itch.io writes a little bit blurb summarizing what occurred. If you need to be extra particular or reveal some extra info then click on the edit button and add your personal textual content. You may even add textual content to occasions that may usually not have an outline.

itch.io begins you off with three completely different feed tabs. Your customized one, the featured video games feed, after which the worldwide feed. The featured video games feed contains video games which have been featured or tagged by itch.io in some unspecified time in the future. The international feed is all the pieces occurring at itch.io.

That’s all for now.

Enjoy the brand new video games feed!