Answers for developers, publishers and site owners on monetizing and distributing web games.
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itch.io does not ban AI-assisted games outright, but disallows AI-generated imagery designed to resemble real photographic people. There is a voluntary AI Assistance tag system (AI Assisted, AI Graphics, AI Audio, AI Text, AI Code) creators can apply to their page.
CrazyGames' public documentation does not list a specific rule about AI-generated content. Games are judged like any other submission: they must pass the initial QA check, meet the technical requirements, and then perform well in Basic Launch before wider rollout.
Fingerprint every build file (JS, WASM, data, audio) with a content hash in its filename, serve those hashed files with a long, immutable cache lifetime, and serve the entry HTML (and any manifest that points at the hashed files) with no-cache so players always get the latest pointer to the newest build.
Generally yes: the developer who ships the game is the one a rights holder or portal will contact first, regardless of which AI tool generated the asset. A few AI vendors offer contractual indemnity for outputs; most do not, so check each tool's terms before using an asset commercially.
Use the CrazyGames SDK's Data module for cloud saves (synced per logged-in user, or LocalStorage as guest) and the Leaderboards module for scores, client-side or via the backend Leaderboard API. Both require SDK integration and the correct submission toggles.
Put saves in a public table with an owner column, enable Row Level Security on it, and write a policy that only lets each authenticated user (or anonymous auth user) read and write their own rows. Query it from the browser with a publishable key, never a service key.
Push your built HTML5 game (index.html, JS, WASM/data files) to a GitHub repository, then enable GitHub Pages in the repo Settings under a branch or via GitHub Actions. The game is served as static files at a github.io URL, ready to link or iframe into portals.
Cloudflare Pages Free allows up to 20,000 files per site and 25 MiB max per file. Netlify has no total file limit but caps at 54,000 files per directory. Both serve static assets free and unlimited; check per-file counts before uploading a WebGL build with many small assets.
For a lightweight browser game, pick a small 2D-first engine or library (Phaser, Construct 3, GDevelop, or plain Canvas/WebGL), export to HTML5/WebGL, keep the build small so mobile browsers don't drop off, and use browser storage APIs for saves.
Bind pointerdown, pointermove, pointerup and pointercancel instead of separate mouse and touch listeners. Pointer Events fire for mouse, touch and pen from one API, carry a pointerId for multi-touch, and need touch-action: none in CSS to stop the browser from scrolling or zooming the canvas.