How to make a browser game and publish it online

To make a browser game and publish it, build it on iDos Games, check the test version and deploy it: the game opens at its own address that you can share right away. When you are ready to show it to everyone, you publish it to the idosgames.com catalog, and later you can connect your own domain.

A browser game is the easiest kind of game to share: one link, no install, it runs on desktop and phone. What usually takes time is not the game but the hosting, the domain and the updates. Here they come with the project.

Step 01Build the game

Open Create, describe the idea and answer a few questions. The AI coder builds a playable project; you change it by chatting - see create with AI. For a very small game the platform starts from the minimal template.

Step 02Check the test version

What you build in the AI coder is the test version. It opens at its own test address, for example abcd1234-dev.idos.games, and does not affect players. Open it on your phone too.

Step 03Deploy it for players

In the version history press "Deploy to prod". The build you tested goes live as it is - nothing is rebuilt on deploy. Your game now opens at its own address:

Address	What opens there
{id}.idos.games	The live game
{id}-dev.idos.games	The test version
idosgames.com/app/{id}	The game page in the catalog: play, about, comments

Step 04Publish to the catalog

The catalog page appears when you publish the game to the catalog in the dashboard. Until then the live address works on its own, so you can test with friends first.

Step 05Connect your own domain

On paid plans add a domain such as play.yourgame.com in the dashboard, create the DNS records it shows, and the game opens at your domain. More - in publishing and sharing.

Updates

Every next deploy replaces the live version for everyone. Game settings (store, quests, economy) are sent to the live game as a separate action, so a code release never overwrites them by accident.