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Publishing the Game on CloudNovel

Now that you've basically finished making a dress-up game, let's finally show this game to the world by publishing on the CloudNovel site.



Checking Off the Checklist

When you're publishing a game on CloudNovel, it will go through a screening that will determine whether your game can be published on the site. Here is the checklist that you should carefully check before publishing to speed up the screening process.


❏ Open the project's Settings

First of all, you have to go to the project's settings. You can do so by clicking on the 'Settings' tab on the top navigation bar here.





❏ Naming Your Dress Up Game

It is possible that the name of your game has changed after going through several iterations. You can edit the name of your dress-up game here.

Please take a note, the game's title should not contain the word 'test' - in the context that the game is a test project, or else it will be disapproved immediately.




❏ Write an Attractive Description


A good description can make a player stay to play the game while waiting for it to load. Thus, make sure you write a nice description that will describe what the game is about!





❏ Give Credits Where It Due

Underneath the description box, you'll find a credit section box. It is important to appreciate the people who have provided assets to create the game. Therefore, you should attribute their works to this credit section.

If you own the assets, you should also let that be known, to help you speed up the screening process.





❏ Uploading a Cover Image

Regardless of your project's type, you should be able to enjoy a direct upload of a cover image of the game. 

A cover image is very important as it is the first thing that CloudNovel users see when they find your dress-up game on the site.

Additionally, to pass the screening, it is a requirement to have a cover image so you should upload a nice-looking cover image!





❏ Adding Relevant Tags

Tags are optional but they can be a help when a user is trying to discover a game to play. Adding relevant tags can help them find your game.





❏ Maturity Selection

Please rate the maturity of your game properly. By default, it is set to 'All' but if your game contains adult materials, please use 'Mature' instead.





❏ Privacy

Last but not least, you should select the privacy of your game.

By default, it is set as 'Apply to be Listed' as you'll need to get through a screening process before your game can be listed and playable to the public.

However, you may also want to change it to 'Unlisted' if you only wish to share the game with your close friends by sharing the links of the published game with them. The unlisted game does not need to get through the screening and the game can only be played if someone has the link to the published game.

Currently, it is not possible to unpublish your game so if you accidentally publish it, you can instead choose the 'Private' option so the game will only be available to your account only.







Publishing the Game



After you check off all the lists above, you're ready to publish the game!

Click 'Save Settings' to finally publish the game and show it to the world!





What's next? Although you've finished learning the basics of creating a dress-up game, there are still more features waiting to be tried by you. If you want to go further with your dress-up game, you can try the 'Advanced Documentation' for the CloudAvatar which will be updated real soon!