Quickstart

Publish your first game in 10 minutes

The starter kit is a complete, tiny game with the two Shardvolt hooks already in it. Change it into yours, or just copy the two lines into a game you already have.

1. 1
   Unzip it and open index.html in your browser

   You'll see a working game: catch falling gems with a paddle. Everything is in one file, about 120 lines, with comments. No build tools, no install.
2. 2
   Make it yours

   Open index.html in any text editor. Change the title, colours, speed, what falls, what happens when you miss. Or delete the game part entirely and keep only the two blocks marked >>> SHARDVOLT. Reload the browser tab to see changes.
3. 3
   Keep the two hooks

   Send a score on game over, and listen for the ad-status message so you can reward ads-on players:

   parent.postMessage({ type: 'shardvolt:score', score: 1234 }, '*');
   
   addEventListener('message', (e) => {
     if (e.data?.type !== 'shardvolt:adStatus') return;
     const { adsOn, loggedIn } = e.data;   // e.g. adsOn ? lives = 4 : lives = 3
   });

   Both are optional, but the score puts players on your leaderboard and the perk is what keeps ads on.
4. 4
   Remember the sandbox rules

   No localStorage or cookies (they throw). One index.html, or a zip with it at the root plus your images and sounds. Support keyboard and touch. Under 10 MB zipped.
5. 5
   Upload

   shardvolt.com/publish — pick the file, add a title, a two-sentence description, tags, and a logo if you have one. It lands in your dashboard as "In review".
6. 6
   Review, then go live

   A person checks it loads and isn't anything nasty, usually within a day, and you get an email either way. Once approved it is live: no fee during launch, since ads are not running yet. When they are, you keep 40% of what your game earns.

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