hello... a fan of your games and was worried about the visa censorship... i'm from PH but when i search "Cruel Serenade" the game doesn't come up... maybe i'm doing something wrong with the search but just wanted you to know....
p.s.
when i search 'bitshiftgames' what appears is 'Barshiftgames'
i used the itch.io search bar... dunno what shows if i search on google.
Cruel Serenade 1 is indeed still showing in search, though you have to actually do the search, it won't be an auto-suggestion. Be sure that "Show content marked as adult in search & browse" is turned on in your account settings under "Content."
It's also worth mentioning that the games have been around long enough now that they all come up easily in Google. If you even need to pull them up quickly, just search there and bypass whatever Itch may be doing completely.
Ah, that makes sense then. And to be clear, the censorship has certainly effected me, and many other creators in a variety of ways. It's still not clear what the long-term situation will be with being able to BUY these games on Itch. But for now, they are indeed at least somewhat viewable and purchasable. And thanks, glad you like games!
Allegedly Collective Shout only demanded the takedown of a handful of games. They could be lying of course, but if that's actually the case, it seems likely someone at Itch freaked, blanket de-listed, and they are now picking through them, possibly with a lawyer or some cc rep or god knows what, and whenever they manage to finish things will be listed again. Until the next wacko Karen comes along and this happens all over again. But we'll see.
Heard Mouthwashing got nailed. Unclear if hard ban or just delisted though, haven't looked. Seems like that'll mint a lot more new pissed off people, that game seemed to be fairly successful streamerbait.
It's been all day, almost every day for five days now. Hanging in there though. Hoping to slowly roll back a little now and return to actually making games.
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Will there be an Android version?
No, desktop only for these games.
hello... a fan of your games and was worried about the visa censorship... i'm from PH but when i search "Cruel Serenade" the game doesn't come up... maybe i'm doing something wrong with the search but just wanted you to know....
p.s.
when i search 'bitshiftgames' what appears is 'Barshiftgames'
i used the itch.io search bar... dunno what shows if i search on google.
god bless dude.
Cruel Serenade 1 is indeed still showing in search, though you have to actually do the search, it won't be an auto-suggestion. Be sure that "Show content marked as adult in search & browse" is turned on in your account settings under "Content."
It's also worth mentioning that the games have been around long enough now that they all come up easily in Google. If you even need to pull them up quickly, just search there and bypass whatever Itch may be doing completely.
Also, out of curiosity, what is PH?
oh... PH is the short term for the country i live in. Philippines... lol
oh thank god the game isn't affected by the Visa censorship, i guess i just didn't know that there was a setting needed for it to show...
i've always used the bookmark i have of bitshiftgames on my browser so i never really used the search function on itch...
hope you're doing great... take care man.
love your games and your vision on em.
:)
Ah, that makes sense then. And to be clear, the censorship has certainly effected me, and many other creators in a variety of ways. It's still not clear what the long-term situation will be with being able to BUY these games on Itch. But for now, they are indeed at least somewhat viewable and purchasable. And thanks, glad you like games!
Seems we have both survived the ban waves.
that's a good sign <3, i dont think were in the clear yet.
hopefully this wraps up soon
Ey Miro!
Allegedly Collective Shout only demanded the takedown of a handful of games. They could be lying of course, but if that's actually the case, it seems likely someone at Itch freaked, blanket de-listed, and they are now picking through them, possibly with a lawyer or some cc rep or god knows what, and whenever they manage to finish things will be listed again. Until the next wacko Karen comes along and this happens all over again. But we'll see.
Heard Mouthwashing got nailed. Unclear if hard ban or just delisted though, haven't looked. Seems like that'll mint a lot more new pissed off people, that game seemed to be fairly successful streamerbait.
Mouthwashing apparently got taken down months ago due to it just being a link to steam with no actual itch content.
According to Leafo on the discord atleast.
Pff, wouldn't be surprised. As usual, social media is a morass when trying to get proper info.
how are you holding up with all this stress?
this put a tonne of new work on my game...
It's been all day, almost every day for five days now. Hanging in there though. Hoping to slowly roll back a little now and return to actually making games.