Prerequisites
Since we encourage developers to ship portable builds, the app supports installing frameworks or libraries your game might depend on.
Here's how it looks for users:
Adding prereqs to the manifest
The simplest possible manifest would look something like
[[actions]]
name = "play"
path = "Game.exe"
(As a file named .itch.toml at the root of your game's folder. See Manifest files for more details)
Each prerequisite you want just needs its own [[prereqs]] entry. For example, if
your game depends on XNA 4.0 and Visual C++ 2010, you could ship the following manifest:
[[actions]]
name = "play"
path = "Game.exe"
[[prereqs]]
name = "vcredist-2010-x86"
[[prereqs]]
name = "xna-4.0"
Prerequisites are not tied to any particular action — any time a "native executable" action
is launched, prerequisites will be verified, and if needed, downloaded and installed.
Available prerequisites
Each category of prerequisite has its own page:
If your game needs a prerequisite that's not on the list, please open an issue so we can add it to our repository.
Please consult the list of requested prerequisites first to avoid opening duplicate requests!