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Need to know how to export so other people can see & play? #185
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I'm trying to figure out how to make a link or something that I can give people if they want to play so it's not just in my laptop. The export to web hasn't worked and I don't know what the other export options are so I haven't tried them, and I'm new so I don't even know if this is possible. Help?
thank u
~Hoppy
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JLevstein commentedon Apr 5, 2019
Hey @Hoppy2003,
This feels quite late after the fact, but you'll need to either host your ink file somewhere and send someone a link to the file or send it to a person directly. Inky doesn't auto-upload your ink file to a server, but it would be cool if it did!
Hoppy2003 commentedon Apr 6, 2019
Oh! thank you for answering @JLevstein I didn't think anyone would haha. I still am kinda lost though, I don't know how to host the file? I'm such a newbie :,) and I tried sending the link but that didn't work
evangelinepapanicola commentedon Apr 12, 2019
Hey @Hoppy2003 !
So when you use the export for web option, you should get a folder that looks something like this:
(The file named "player" in my example will be called whatever the name of your project is when you export)
You need to upload these files to a server, and then you can go to the index.html file in a browser in order to play your story.
I've never used itch.io before but I believe you can host your game here for free! https://itch.io/developers
You'd just need to sign up for an account and upload the files to the relevant area.
I hope this helps 😊
Hoppy2003 commentedon Jun 24, 2019
@evangalinepapanicola i am late to respond to this, but ty! i will try this out :)
lunarcloud commentedon Apr 4, 2020
So, found some instructions at the bottom of https://www.inklestudios.com/ink/web-tutorial/ "Upload to itch.io" That should clear things up hopefully
lunarcloud commentedon Apr 10, 2020
This should probably be closed unless @Hoppy2003 needs more information