Downloaded a game from itch.io. How to run?

[cinder ice]

Do I unzip??

[tepid hare]

Double click the zip file, see what happens

In some cases you will get a window that makes it available for you to install the game

[cinder ice]

this? @tepid hare

[tepid hare]

Okay extract the files and see if any of those files in there opens the game

[cinder ice]

ok

[tepid hare]

I think it should be the file with the gear ⚙️

[cinder ice]

ok

[cinder ice]

witch?

[tepid hare]

Okay nevermind hold on for a moment

[cinder ice]

oh wait i see package installer

do i use that

or software manager

[tepid hare]

Not sure, ill ask around 1 sec

[cinder ice]

ok

[summer shale]

right click, go to properties, make it executable, then try again

[smoky shadow]

man, that's something I always forget to do...

[cinder ice]

where propwtrys?

[summer shale]

right click on the gear file

[cinder ice]

ok

[blazing bloom]

(show screenshots of what you see when in doubt, so other can help you easily)

[summer shale]

you should see a little rectangular menu with a few options of stuff to do to the file

[cinder ice]

yay!

works!

[blazing bloom]

Downloaded a game from itch.io. How to run?

[tepid hare]

Any idea why this is not by default executable?

[summer shale]

idk tbh

might be bc zip is a windows way of compression, and it doesn’t preserve unix perms

[smoky shadow]

Well safety, for one. You don't want just anything being an executable unless you wanna bork your machine.