Frankly, I think a desktop app might help with this. At least for me. Heck, could even be cool if y’all created a plugin to automatically add the standalone game exes downloaded to steam
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They have a desktop app, but is not that good. https://itch.io/app
I would prefer an oficial plugin for the GOG galaxy client instead, I manage all the other game launchers there
for me it's hard to directly search for a game, or search for something that isn't on the front page. it's also a bit annoying that on the client after uninstalling a free game it just dissapears from my library
Is feels more like a web browser/PWA and not so much as a client
You can not see the games purchased in a bundle if you disable the web browser, I understand it was to avoid flooding the library but that is unnecessary in a local client
There are no achievements and the statistics are very basic.
the way i see it, if https://itch.io had some sort of API for achievements and game stats that get logged elsewhere, games that support it would *require* the launcher (or some other boneheaded account system), which defeats the point of being DRM-free if it depends on another program
intriguing! it seems a bit clunky to me if users have to pick which version to download, but it's at least a solution (and there's probably very few people who would need to use both versions anyways)
I bought a bundle several years ago that included an insane amount of games (hundreds, possibly), and I have no idea how to see them nor how to get them. I can only find them in my purchase history when I click on that specific bundle.
You need to click the download button for each game, that will make them visible on your library.
Itchio decided to do that to avoid flooding libraries with hundreds of new games/tools when a bundle like yours is purchased.
Not gonna lie, the worst thing about it is trying to learn it exists.
I've never heard of it before.
It looks pretty slick and the fact that I can download and play a game I released HTML only on itch is very cool. Anytime someone asks for a downloadable version I'll be referring them to that.
welp, it seems i’ve been a victim of this even though it was one of my own qualms!! will be downloading asap, although I do agree that I like the idea of plugins/integrations
One excuse: We've been conditioned to ignore banners and prompts on web for years/decades.
Easy to miss it if you mentally filter out all cookie notices, newsletter prompts, and whatever else appears nearly everywhere on the web.
I think my biggest dislike is there is no distinction between something that is in your "library" and what you have installed, specifically free games.
The one thing I intend to use it for, the library, feels very tedious to go through, a big vertical list is not ideal when all I really need is the image and title. As an ultrawide user especially, it feels like there's a ton of wasted space here.
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https://itch.io/app
I would prefer an oficial plugin for the GOG galaxy client instead, I manage all the other game launchers there
You can not see the games purchased in a bundle if you disable the web browser, I understand it was to avoid flooding the library but that is unnecessary in a local client
There are no achievements and the statistics are very basic.
Again a plugin for GOG galaxy would have the same functionality except for access to the store
Tags, genre, specific platform, something other than just games, tools, books
With all the MASSIVE bundles that have been available over these past years I may never SEE half the games in my library, let alone my collections
Itchio decided to do that to avoid flooding libraries with hundreds of new games/tools when a bundle like yours is purchased.
I've never heard of it before.
It looks pretty slick and the fact that I can download and play a game I released HTML only on itch is very cool. Anytime someone asks for a downloadable version I'll be referring them to that.
I have no excuse.
Easy to miss it if you mentally filter out all cookie notices, newsletter prompts, and whatever else appears nearly everywhere on the web.