Hey everyone, I launched a site called itch.io for indie games about 6 months ago and I’m looking to have your game be part of it!

itch.io gives you a platform for creating a customized webpage page for your game along with free host for downloads. When I last wrote about it only supported downloadable games but I’ve enhanced it to work with flash/java/unity games as well! (HTML5 coming soon!)

In my opinion the coolest part of the site is that it lets you set a minimum price on downloads for your games. For example, you could set a minimum price of 0,  people would be able to download your game for free, but if there’s someone nice who really likes your game they could throw some money your way. I think it’s really empowering considering most of us probably create games to give out for free but never really give players the option to pass some money back up to the developer.

I’ve been really enhancing the site over the past few months, one of the latest features I’ve added is the ability to set minimum prices on individual files. So you could offer your game for one amount, but encourage people to give a little more to get extras like a soundtrack, more levels or maybe even other games you’ve created. I’ve got a lot more features planned that are coming up soon after this Ludum Dare.

Anyway, enough blabbing, check out some of the games on the site: http://itch.io/browse

And here’s the FAQ if you want more information: http://itch.io/about/faq

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