Thanks for following together with itch.io week. As a reminder, every day this week we’ll be revisiting some a part of itch.io with upgrades and releasing developer interviews with members of the itch.io neighborhood.

itch – The itch.io app

Check out the brand new app web page

We launched the itch.io app December of final 12 months to make it simple to put in and run video games out of your account with out having to futz round with manually downloading. If you had been round for the unique launch you might have remembered it being just a little clunky. It solely listed collections, and plenty of actions would open a browser with itch.io loaded. Well no extra…

We’ve accomplished rewritten the app from the bottom up to offer a wholly new streamlined expertise. In addition to fixing lots of of bugs and getting neighborhood translation for 20 languages, we’ve built-in a lot of the core performance of itch.io straight into the app.

You may at all times seek for particular video games you wished, however now we’ve packed the whole retailer proper contained in the app. This makes it simpler to straight add free video games to your library with out leaving the app, browse our storefront or use the randomizer to seek out one thing new.

We’ve performed this by implementing a browser straight into the app. This means you’ll see developer’s sport pages precisely as they had been meant, alongside contextual actions within the app’s toolbar for downloading, launching or shopping for. Enjoy a number of the lovely pages that creators have made.

The app can now obtain browser based mostly video games for offline play. Sometimes (particularly with sport jams) a number of the finest video games are made for browsers. Now the itch app helps enjoying these video games in-app, even offline. Take a take a look at a number of the latest Ludum Dare submissions to seek out some nice examples.

Lastly, the app is now totally conscious of sport updates. If any of the video games in your library want an replace the app will care for it. The new downloads tab will summarize any issues the app could be fetching. Even the app itself will routinely replace.

We’re actually pleased with the app, it’s been an enormous endeavor, and we hope you’ll benefit from the model new model. Download right here

BTW: if you have already got the app put in simply boot it as much as routinely replace.

Developer interview – Ditto

Ditto is one among our favourite creators, and we’re actually enthusiastic about this subsequent sport, GoNNER. He talks about a few of his experiences releasing his video games, and transitioning to a writer.

That’s all for Monday, see you tomorrow.