This week we handed 200,000 video games on itch.io. That’s effectively, that’s a ton of video games. Truly a couple of human can play of their lifetime. So how do you discover which video games are your jam? Well let’s check out a number of the instruments we have now on the location that can assist you parse this avalanche of content material.
One of the issues I’m proudest of at itch.io is how a lot curation we do. We’re out scouting day by day for model new video games to function. But the place do these superior video games reside? Short reply: in all places. One of the simplest locations to search out new video games is correct on the entrance web page. This is essentially the most ceaselessly up to date place on the location as we throw new video games up there as we discover them. There are additionally just a few algorithmically crammed modules (search for the Fresh Games and Recommended for You sections) and even one for upcoming recreation jams.
If you’re into suggestions that transfer slightly slower, you may take a look at this very weblog! Every week we publish our Recommendations. 2-3 video games per week make the checklist and I share a few of my ideas on what I feel makes the sport attention-grabbing. On high of that we even have weekly write ups that may be something from posts like this to interviews with a few of our favourite builders.
More occasionally than that’s our electronic mail digest. These exit bi-weekly and are a group of all the things on the location. They have a few of our favourite video games, weblog posts, recreation jams, and reductions all delivered straight to you.
Finally is our rarest curation component: The itch.io Selects Bundles. These solely occur 3-4 instances per yr, however every is a group of 6-8 video games supplied at a reduction. These bundles are our manner of shining gentle on cool video games whereas making it even simpler to choose them up.
If you’re extra enthusiastic about discovering your personal video games than testing those we pick, tags are going to be your finest buddy. What are tags you ask, rhetorically? Well my completely actual buddy, tags are hooked up to initiatives by their builders as a manner to assist talk what’s within the video games themselves. This could seem apparent however punching in your favourite style or thought into the search bar on the high of the location will carry up the entire video games tagged with, let’s say horror, first particular person, or cute. You also can refine your searches by including a number of tags (in case you actually desire a cute, first particular person, horror recreation).
If I used to be pressed I’d say our following function is the one I’m most stunned isn’t extra utilized. When you go to any recreation web page you may observe that recreation’s creator. It’s a pleasant little button within the high proper hand nook of the web page that can warn you each time that particular person publishes a recreation, updates a recreation, critiques a recreation, or provides a recreation to a group. This can seem like a whole lot of various things. Some people who curate content material on their very own have collections of attention-grabbing initiatives. You also can discover out when your favourite builders add new video games to the location so that you’re at all times updated. These instruments are versatile sufficient that I’m certain extra makes use of are potential than I’ve even seen.
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