{"author_link":"\/author\/fasterthanlime\/","author_name":"fasterthanlime","author_uid":"52767","comments":[{"author_name":"cxsquared","author_uid":"23711","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:41am","epoch":1450067760,"text":"Really cool app. It's always nice to see good tools to play more LD games."},{"author_name":"fasterthanlime","author_uid":"52767","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:04am","epoch":1450079940,"text":"After discussion, I disabled voting for this entry, see here for why: https:\/\/twitter.com\/fasterthanlime\/status\/676298647236120576 \r\rComments on itch are better directed at the github repo: https:\/\/github.com\/itchio\/itch (or 'Help => Report Issue') or the itch.io community forums"},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:22am","epoch":1450084620,"text":"Wow this sounds great, will have a look at it, after a duty shift at the offive after only 3 hours of sleep ;)"},{"author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:29am","epoch":1450092240,"text":"good work man, it's cool to see itch games [along with my own] on a desktop client, and the installation process couldn't be simpler [although, I do hope you add html games support in the near future!]."},{"author_name":"chunkybrewster","author_uid":"24281","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:39pm","epoch":1450107240,"text":"Love this! And love that it works with collections, which is something I never used on itch.io... until now! This will really help a ton with playing Windows entries in jams. Thank you!!!!"},{"author_name":"Atmog","author_uid":"46404","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1450113060,"text":"Does this work with .rar files ?"},{"author_name":"hexagore","author_uid":"34027","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:30pm","epoch":1450113900,"text":"This is cool. I've made a special downloadable version of my own entry and added it to itch.io just to test it out. Works great! :)"},{"author_name":"fasterthanlime","author_uid":"52767","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:38pm","epoch":1450117980,"text":"The app does not support the .rar format at this time, nor is it planned.\r\rIf you're looking for a good, modern compression format I recommend .7z instead!"},{"author_name":"Pusty","author_uid":"55076","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:41pm","epoch":1450125360,"text":"wow this is awesome! I'm not sure why some of my games run some not (although it's awesome that they ran!). Also what if someone is releasing various versions? Well anyways can't wait to see more!"},{"author_name":"Gravity Games","author_uid":"17764","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:04pm","epoch":1450130340,"text":"Huh, seems cool. I'm giving this a download, I'll try to get my entry working with it later."},{"author_name":"5you","author_uid":"46758","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:44pm","epoch":1450136340,"text":"Didn't all this existed, i'm gonna give it a try!"},{"author_name":"fasterthanlime","author_uid":"52767","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:43am","epoch":1450147080,"text":"0.9.3 is out, you can alt-click on a game's thumbnails to see a log if your game failed to install\/run properly!"},{"author_name":"Ben Allen","author_uid":"45512","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:16am","epoch":1450149060,"text":"This is fantastic"},{"author_name":"bfmags","author_uid":"65301","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:01pm","epoch":1450184160,"text":"awesome!"},{"author_name":"TaylorAnderson","author_uid":"39104","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:31pm","epoch":1450203960,"text":"so glad this has finally come out. itch.io is a fantastic website and i'm so happy that its now a fantastic app."},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 1:44am","epoch":1450402740,"text":"You have no idea how happy this makes me! I love itch.io!!! Great work :D keep it up!"},{"author_name":"dx0ne","author_uid":"11733","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 11:40am","epoch":1450438500,"text":"Just wanted to thank you a million for this. You rock!"},{"author_name":"Cherishing.Team","author_uid":"65910","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 4:15pm","epoch":1450455000,"text":"+1 for awesomeness"},{"author_name":"Tanton-H2X","author_uid":"55854","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 4:17am","epoch":1450584720,"text":"wooooo!\rReally Nice!!\rHope it for a looong time!"},{"author_name":"laaph","author_uid":"3320","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 1:25am","epoch":1450833600,"text":"Is there a way to change the directory that the games are kept at (specifically on OSX)? I might try trickery with symlinks."},{"author_name":"local minimum","author_uid":"24765","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 3:17pm","epoch":1451833920,"text":"Hi. I'd love "Random LD34 game" collection (working on tag). Maybe actually trending tag or something in general. It is a bit annoying to have tabs open in the browser as it works at present, but I guess this is just an interim thing. Great work though."}],"images":["ld34\/52767-6373567fda8a98b2b6bdc1ceb0f58d78.jpg","ld34\/52767-63f7ddf746983ec783bd1e1378a06390.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/itch.io\/app","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/itch.io\/app","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/itch.io\/app","text":"Debian+Ubuntu"},{"url":"https:\/\/aur.archlinux.org\/packages\/itch\/","text":"ArchLinux"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/itchio\/itch\/","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6136","g_author":"52767","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"6192","g_title":"itch","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"21","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/52767-shot0-1450064623.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/52767-shot1-1450064623.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"itch is a simple launcher for itch.io games\r\n\r\nI made it so it would be easier to play other people's Ludum Dare entries \u2014 it's not a game, you can't vote for it,\r\nbut I did finish a lot of its features during the jam, to get it ready for rating season, so I hope you find it useful anyway!\r\n\r\nYou can read up on my journey here: http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/author\/fasterthanlime\/\r\n\r\n========= Instructions ============\r\n\r\n * The easiest way to test games is to first ADD THEM TO A COLLECTION from the itch.io website.\r\n * All your collections should show up in the client (you can always click around and\/or restart if one is missing).\r\n * THIS IS PRE-ALPHA SOFTWARE, be gentle with it!\r\n * Please report any issues here: https:\/\/github.com\/itchio\/itch\/issues\r\n\r\n==============================\r\n\r\nAs a developer, all you have to do to make sure your app can be run with itch is:\r\n\r\n * Have a single top-level executable in an archive (.zip, .7z, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2), or an InnoSetup\/NSIS\/MSI installer\r\n * Tag your uploads properly (the little windows\/linux\/osx logo checkboxes when uploading a game)\r\n * That's it!\r\n\r\nMake sure to test that it launches fine for others within the app. For now, you can run itch from the command-line to see debug output.\r\n\r\nIf you're really lost, ping me on twitter with the URL of your entry, and I'll try to see what's up.\r\n\r\n(Also, yes, this is an official itch.io project, and we'll be supporting it, adding bugs and fixing features.)\r\n\r\nHave fun!\r\n","title":"itch"}