How do I add an index.html file so I can compress it as a zip. and upload it to a site

ETGgames · November 2014

The game jam 'indies vs pewdiepie' is coming up and I'm testing to see if i can upload a game salad game to the game jolt website - BUT I NEED AN index.html TO BE IN THE ZIP FILE. IS IT ALREADY INCLUDED, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE PACKAGE CONTENTS OF A .GAMEPROJ FILE I CANT FIND IT.

The_Gamesalad_Guru · November 2014

Are you submitting the GS file? They only supported way to do HTML a of your game is through the arcade which you can embed in a website similar to how you embed YouTube videos. A straight GS file is not webbased so there will be no index file.

ETGgames · November 2014

I want to submit a Gsproj File with the index. There is no support for embedded games in the website I'm trying to upload it to, game jolt

jonmulcahy · November 2014

@EthaneusTheGreat said:
I want to submit a Gsproj File with the index. There is no support for embedded games in the website I'm trying to upload it to, game jolt

That's not possible with GS. They want an html5 game and currently GS does not allow you to export to html5.

gyroscope · November 2014

@EthaneusTheGreat in future, please don't type in caps - it's seen as shouting and so not very good Forums etiquette. I'll amend your title to upper and lower case at least.

(There's no need to add "Help me" either - we're here to help you and anyone else anyway.)

crazycam99 · November 2014

@EthaneusTheGreat have you found a solution? I am thinking in participating

ETGgames · November 2014

I contacted game salad and they said this: EthaneusTheGreat,

So we currently don't have HTML5 export, but one options might be to make an index.html file that has the embed code in there.

The file would look like this:

ETGgames · November 2014

ETGgames · November 2014

ETGgames · November 2014

I have no idea what that means as I can't code, but I someone can help me make an index.html file with this info, great!

crazycam99 · November 2014

Thanks tell me if you get any additional information

BigDave · November 2014

the HTML version trick does work!

PH03NIX · November 2014

Any update from gamesalad on whether this works or not @EthaneusTheGreat‌ ?

ETGgames · November 2014

Wait, Big Dave, how did you did that? How do you get that into a file and how did you know what to type in to get it???!?

ETGgames · November 2014

I did all of that, and got the index file, but the game doesn't show up when i try to play it, it just shows the index.html file. I tried submitting it with the gameproj file and without it

jonmulcahy · November 2014

@EthaneusTheGreat‌

the gameproj file is your project file and has nothing to do with the html file.

you need to publish your game to the arcade so you can play it like this:

http://arcade.gamesalad.com/games/125886

then you take the embed code in the bottom right. it looks like this:

<iframe src='http://e.gsrca.de/125886?s=560&mode=embed' width='560' height='452' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' style='border:none;' mozallowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen allowfullscreen />

then you construct your HTML file and insert that iframe block of code into the example you were provided with. You basically just copy the code into notepad and save it as a .html file:

<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<iframe src='http://e.gsrca.de/125886?s=560&mode=embed' width='560' height='452' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' style='border:none;' mozallowfullscreen  webkitallowfullscreen allowfullscreen />
</body>
</html>

then open that html file in IE or something and it works:

ETGgames · November 2014

This is what i made into the html file. When i open it, it takes me to my browser, but it doesn't open my game. Instead, it just shows me that code. I did everything exactly like u said but its still not working

ETGgames · November 2014

see it gives me this

ETGgames · November 2014

ETGgames · November 2014

well now I've tried it with making the 'http://e.gsrca.de/125927?s=560&mode=embed' part a link, and on the game jolt site, it shows up the code just as it does on the browser, but if I click the link, it works! I just want it so the player doesn't have to look at the code, then press the link in the middle of all this code, to play the game. Also, the link onset take me to the gs site with the game, the game plays just how it should ! GETTING CLOSER

ETGgames · November 2014

I think the problem is getting the code to actually start on its own. even jonmulcahy's code did the same thing as mine is

jonmulcahy · November 2014

@EthaneusTheGreat said:
I think the problem is getting the code to actually start on its own. even jonmulcahy's code did the same thing as mine is

what browser are you using?

ETGgames · November 2014

i tries safari a chrome from my mac

ETGgames · November 2014

EUREKA!!! I FOUND THE PROBLEM! IM SO STUPID!

so basically, what i was doing wrong was saving the code i had made in textedit as a .html

After multiple attempts, i figured out that this was what i was doing wrong! i had saved the code as an index.html file directly from textedit. In fact, what i needed to do was save it as an rtf (rich text format - the default option) THEN in finder click get info and change the extension from there. WOW. I hope none of you had to go through this extreme pain.

ETGgames · November 2014

additional info: http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/74014/game-jolt-pewdiepie-game-jam-submission-how-to-get-accepted

gamestudent · February 2019

Does anybody know if this is still the procedure, say, if I wanted to upload to Itch.io?

How do I add an index.html file so I can compress it as a zip. and upload it to a site

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