The Problem: Today, it’s difficult to upload an update to your Game Icon.
The current process requires uploading your icon to another game to have the image pre-approved. You then upload the icon again once it’s been approved, this time to the main game, so that it can instantly appear to your players.
We follow this process to remove the possibility of our players seeing a pending icon:
The proposed solution: Keep our previous Game Icon visible until our new icon is approved.
This would remove the entire process listed above. Additionally, players would see fewer pending icon images on the Games page, on their Recommended, and on their Home.
I agree! We really need this addition. Seeing a game with a pending icon really makes it look unfinished and less official, making me or others less likely to click it. Keeping the old icon temporarily would also help keep the games page looking “clean” and finished. (Also not having to upload the icon onto a separate game first would be nice )
I’d like to think you could still check progress in the place settings. It’s just that the player facing icon will be whichever was most recently uploaded and approved by moderators.
I would certainly enjoy such a feature - it would be nifty. While uploading to another test place isn’t terribly hard (and would arguably still be better even with this feature in place - since using pre-approved images allows you to control the exact time the icon appears on your game, it would still have to be the method for events & large updates, where timing matters), this solution would generally save time and hassle.
Because of the aforementioned issues, I would almost like a scheduling feature where you get to decide when the game icon changes to a new one (you would submit the new one in advance, then it would be approved, later auto-changing once the scheduled date arrives).
Thanks for sharing this feature request. Interestingly enough, one of our interns worked on this and almost finished. We’re going to see if we can finish and ship it - will let you know.
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