›

How do I upload a game to OUYA?

SolenixSolenix Posts: 2Member
in General Development
I click "Add a Game"

The next page tells me to input

Title
Android package name *
Expected
Developer permission

Everything is easy to understand but one thing is leaving me very very confused. Android package name. What's an identifier? Where? What is a manifest? I just want to upload a file. Where do you find out your identifier anyway? Am I missing something? Is there something secret that everybody knows about but I don't?

Anyway, I'm new to this stuff. So I need a little help.

Comments

  • SpoonThumbSpoonThumb Posts: 426Member
    First off, you don't need to add a game on the web portal until it's finished and ready to be put on the store. While you're developing, you can just follow the OUYA docs to get your game onto your own console, where you can test it, but other people won't be able to see it / download it

    Title is the title of the game as it appears in the dev portal. I think it's also the name it gets listed under in the store. In any case, title is the name of your game!

    Android package name is the package name of your game. All java (and by extension android) games have a package name that must be unique in the whole world! Most people use a convention of com.yourwebsite.nameofgame as that shouldn't be copied by anyone else

    Every android game has a manifest file, called AndroidManifest.xml. If you have a look at the android sdk docs, it tells you all sorts of tags and permissions you can add into it. Whatever game engine you are using should allow you to at least access it somewhere buried deep in some settings folder or wherever, and let you change it. You need to add one line to specify whether your OUYA game is a game or an app. Check the OUYA docs for the exact syntax

    Expected date is just when you plan to release your game. Once the game is created in the ouya web/dev portal, you can just change the date again, or turn off auto-release. Developer permission is whether you want to allow OUYA to talk about your game in their videos or marketing stuff, list it on their website etc. Unless it's a beta that you don't want to do any marketing on until later, might as well select yes

    After that, you'll come to a second screen, where you need to again enter a whole bunch more information about your game, as well as upload screenshots and upload the .apk file for your game (the android file the game comes packaged up in)

    Finally, you get a screen with a list of all your games, and options to edit information about them, submit them for review, or if they passed review, to publish them to the store
    Twitter
    Website
  • SolenixSolenix Posts: 2Member
    Alright. Thanks very much. Hope this post will clear things up for others who need help as well.
  • AmazingSparckmanAmazingSparckman CanadaPosts: 344Member
    I find it dumb that the Ouya doesn't have a way to FTP files to it... not everyone has their computer next to the TV.

    They should fix that in the next update.
    Udemy Instructor

    https://www.udemy.com/nocode2dgames/


  • ShushShush Posts: 178Member
    You can setup ADB to run over Ethernet, (search the forums), then your PC can be anywhere that WiFi or Cat5/6 can reach.
Sign In or Register to comment.