Publishing and exporting

You've been working hard on your game, and you're ready to put up a public version for beta testing. Maybe you've even finished the beta testing stage, and you're at that exciting point when you submit the finished game for publication.

Choice of Games/Hosted Games LLC handles the actual publishing and selling of ChoiceScript games, and you can learn more about that here. If you're looking for a way to get your project running outside of CSIDE for public beta testing purposes, read on!

Exporting as Compiled Game

A compiled game is a single file; clicking it runs your game in a web browser tab. To compile a game, right-click the project header bar and select 'Export: Compiled Game'. You'll be prompted to select a save location for the compiled file in either a new or existing folder.

Compiled games can be hosted online on a private web server, like any other website, or via Dashingdon for beta testing purposes (see below for details).

Note: If you wish to include images within your compiled game, please see the topic on Image Scenes.

Exporting as Scene Files

You can export your game as individual scene files, either as a backup, as a play-test version for your beta testers, or as a completed game for submission to Choice of Games LLC when looking to publish.

To export your scenes, right-click the project header bar and select 'Export: All Scenes To Folder'. You will be prompted to select a save location for your scenes in an existing or newly-created folder. Scene files can be uploaded to Dashingdon's free ChoiceScript game hosting service to create a public beta test of your game online (see below for details).

Public Beta Testing - Dashingdon.com

When you're ready to share your game during the beta testing process, Dashingdon offers free hosting for your game, either as a compiled file or as a collection of .txt scenes. Dashingdon.com also supports images, a save plug-in, automatic Twitter announcements when your public beta is updated, and more.

Please see the Dashingdon:Free ChoiceScript Game Hosting website or the service's forum thread for more information, or to make a free account.

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