Hey, hey! Time for some more updates. This past weekend I worked on some changes to give you more control of your game pages. There’s a new Settings tab when you’re managing your game.

Google Analytics Integration

Developers have been asking for this for a while now, and we’re happy to deliver. You can now use Google Analytics to track a plethora of info and stats about your game pages. See where your traffic’s coming from, and more.

Just plop in your Google Analytics Tracking ID and the metrics will flow right into your Google Analytics account.

Disable (or Enable) Advertising

One of the cool things about Game Jolt (at least people seem to think so) is that we share ad revenue with developers. But what to do if you don’t want to make money from a particular game? Maybe you’re making a game to raise awareness for a social issue, maybe a user license prevents you from profiting or maybe you just don’t feel comfortable receiving advertising revenue.

Now you can get rid of the ads on your game pages and stop ads from playing before browser games by simply flipping off ads! *snicker*

Hide (or Unhide) Comments

Over the many years of its existence, Game Jolt has become a reliable source of feedback for games in every stage of development, from before the first alpha to beyond the official release.

Although most developers actively seek audience feedback, we want to be inclusive to those who, for one reason or another, do not. Maybe your game generates too much controversy, or maybe you’re simply not ready for feedback yet. Whatever the reason, you can now disable comments altogether, with the option to always go back to allowing them.

Note that any comments that were there before you hid them will come back when you unhide them. So it’s not just a way to delete critical comments! If you get a comment that’s truly off-topic, offensive, or spammy, you can always contact us: mailto:[email protected]

Turn Ratings Off (or On)

By default, we allow people to rate work-in-progress games, but now you can disable ratings on any of your games, for any reason. You might have an early WIP that you feel doesn’t yet warrant a rating. Maybe you just don’t want to make your game ratable at all, ever.

Fine with us! But keep in mind that good ratings help generate exposure for your game by moving it up in the game listings. And you always have the option of turning ratings back on again.

Well then, on to the next thing!

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