{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/karsyf\/","author_name":"Kwrky","cat":"LD #29","categories":["LD #29"],"comments":[],"epoch":1398745800,"event":"LD29","likes":5,"metadata":{"p_key":"81426","p_author":"Kwrky","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"290543","p_title":"Packaging your game","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1398745800","p_likes":"5","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"source_url":"2014\/04\/29\/packaging-your-game\/","text":"<p>This is something that so many people get wrong that I felt I had to make a semi-angry post about this.<br\/>\nI am reviewing games for LD at the moment, and SO MANY of them are a pain in the ass to install, or just straight up don\u2019t work!<br\/>\nAs I review each game, as I encounter problems I am going to post then below.<\/p>\n<p>1) HOST YOUR FILES ON DROPBOX, NOT MEDIAFIRE.<br\/>\nWHY IS MEDIAFIRE EVEN A THING ANY MORE. MEDIAFIRE IS A PIECE OF SHIT.<\/p>\n<p>2) Your game shouldn\u2019t default to full screen.<br\/>\nIf you do this, I hate you. Particularly if your game can\u2019t be windowed AND you didn\u2019t put sufficient tutorials in the game so I can\u2019t figure out what to do without alt-tabbing.<\/p>\n<p>3) No I will not compile your game from source.<br\/>\nIf you seriously want me to do this, you better supply the compiler, compile script and libraries in your download.<\/p>\n<p>4) Please tell me what to do. Roughly is fine. Just a hint \u2026<\/p>\n<p>5) For standalone players, your zip file better not have 3 or 4 nested directories just to get to your game.<\/p>\n<p>More to come as I encounter them\u2026<\/p>","time":"April 29th, 2014 4:30 am","title":"Packaging your game","title_was_empty":false}