Compile game not showing pictures (help) and best way to make a WIP available on patreon?

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Hi wise one,

I have noticed that my compiled game doesn’t show images. Is this fixable?

Also, what do people find is the best way to share their wips on patreon (or other sites), to give a limited audience access?

I am using a One Drive link, which needs to be downloaded to work (or else it gives a javascript error). But no pictures show from the compiled game.

Is there a smoother way to share things with interested backers? How do some old hands do this to the best effect?

Thanks in advance. I am pretty clueless about these things.

EDIT: Also, sorry if this is the wrong forum- not strictly development.

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I don’t know about fixing the image issue I’m afraid, but I’d recommend password-protected itchio pages that contain a compiled file that can be played in the browser, or just having a Dashingdon page that you set to private and put up the link on Patreon and nowhere else.

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Thanks Harris,

The DashingDon idea sounds ideal and I know that images show up here so this is the old ‘two dragons with one ice bolt spell.’

I’ll try this out next time I attempt to sort out a demo link. :smiley:

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Just to be on the safe side, did you check if the images were in the location the compiled game was trying to find them from?

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Ah- I think I may have exposed myself to stupiditiis.

So, the images are not compiled with the game?

This would be it then.

Thanks @LiliArch

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I am not sure, but I’d imagine it’s worth checking.

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Images are not included inside the HTML file. You have to keep them in the same relative path you used in the game.

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So the compiled game is a html file? That explains it then. (I haven’t used the compiler myself, so I didn’t know; I only knew the format the games are published on Steam.)

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@cup_half_empty @LiliArch

Many blessings!

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That’s right. The output format is an html file, but it includes only the scenes. Any extra assets, like images or audio files need to be “bundled” (zip) together with the file when uploading to itch.io.

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That makes sense, can’t convert image or audio to html.