How to: better itch.io page for your game jam submission


During the last game jam I joined (The GameDev.tv Game Jam 2022), I saw a lot of people create the WebGL version of the submission.
Here are a few suggestions on what to do to make the page a bit better looking.

1.
If you are working with Unity3D same as me, in the Player Settings -> Settings for WebGL, set some reasonable resolution.
To me, 900x600px works well.
Also, select the Minimal WebGL template, it will remove all the labels around your game. 

For other frameworks/engines, the same resolution recommendation should be applied.

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2.
In the itch.io page of your game set the viewport dimensions.
It should be set to the size of canvas size + 16px, in my setup it's 916x616px.
The game canvas will be aligned nicely, not trimmed.

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3.
On the game page, hit the Edit theme.
You will see the settings panel on the left side.
Here you can do some final touch, e.g. set the colors and/or font.
The best is when you pick something very close to the game theme/mood.

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And that’s it, three steps, three minutes, and the game page looks much better.
Keep creating, keep playing!

Cheers!

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TY very much for putting this info on the interweeb.

Nicely done.