Amos Wenger fasterthanlime

JSON output

Ever since butler has become responsible for downloading, patching, unzipping in the itch app, it has had a JSON-lines output mode.

If you pass --json (or -j) — which the app always does — it'll output lines like this:

{"level":"info","message":"Resuming at 46 MiB / 286 MiB","type":"log"}

first-class transpiler support (pick your syntax sugar of choice, have it be sourcemapped easily in debuggers/stack traces/etc.)
easy & accurate code coverage tools (with sourcemaps too)
integrated console, debugger, memory, CPU profiler, network inspector (a key shortcut away, even in the production version of the app)
remote debugging too (renderer and main process - with the UI showing remotely in a way you can interact with)
great support for integration tests (aka webdriver - you basically send mouse/keyboard events and inspect the DOM to make sure what you expect to happen on screen happens)

I'm so glad you asked!

Buying on itch.io:

Supports creators - our default cut is 10%, but they can pick any.
Lets you play the games you buy, DRM-free, whether you want to use our desktop client or not.

Many platforms out there are fighting for the "best Steam key reseller" title, which often means "the cheapest", and some are famously known for not caring whether said keys were acquired legitimately or not.

(Keep in mind that key reselling is something Valve allows because having more players now means more revenue later. If/when it stops being economically viable for them, they'll have no reason to keep allowing that. Those platforms might have to rethink their model then.)


	#include <windows.h>
	#include <AccCtrl.h>
	#include <Aclapi.h>
	#include <WinNt.h>
	#include <stdio.h>

	#define SafeRelease(x) if (x != NULL) { LocalFree((HLOCAL)x); x = NULL; }

	DWORD AddAceToObjectsSecurityDescriptor (

	// before

	const Component = require("./component");

	class Container {
	render() {
	return <Component/>;
	}
	}

	itch => ./itch (interpreter => /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2)
	libnode.so => ./libnode.so
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
	libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
	libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0
	libharfbuzz.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libharfbuzz.so.0
	libgraphite2.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgraphite2.so.3
	libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
	libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXinerama.so.1
	libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatk-1.0.so.0

	1117 silly decomposeActions remove zopf@4.5.0
	1118 silly install executeActions
	1119 silly doSerial global-install 734
	1120 verbose correctMkdir C:\Users\amwenger\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_locks correctMkdir not in flight; initializing
	1121 verbose lock using C:\Users\amwenger\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_locks\staging-6211b113012dc3ab.lock for C:\msys64\home\amwenger\Dev\itch\node_modules\.staging
	1122 silly doParallel extract 734
	1123 silly doReverseSerial unbuild 734
	1124 silly unbuild zopf@4.5.0
	1125 info lifecycle zopf@4.5.0~preuninstall: zopf@4.5.0
	1126 info lifecycle zopf@4.5.0~uninstall: zopf@4.5.0

	--- many cut lines ---
	1117 silly decomposeActions remove zopf@4.5.0
	1118 silly install executeActions
	1119 silly doSerial global-install 734
	1120 verbose correctMkdir C:\Users\amwenger\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_locks correctMkdir not in flight; initializing
	1121 verbose lock using C:\Users\amwenger\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_locks\staging-6211b113012dc3ab.lock for C:\msys64\home\amwenger\Dev\itch\node_modules\.staging
	1122 silly doParallel extract 734
	1123 silly doReverseSerial unbuild 734
	1124 silly unbuild zopf@4.5.0
	1125 info lifecycle zopf@4.5.0~preuninstall: zopf@4.5.0

	# that's it!
	export GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES=/:/home