Reversi Game Upload

This page is part of the Reversi Tutorial.

Step 7. Upload it to Game Gardens
Note: If you've made it this far, you have a great playable version of Reversi. Congratulations. However, you probably don't want to actually upload your Reversi game to Game Gardens because the basic tutorial version of Reversi has already been uploaded. You can play that version here if you'd like. If you make significant modifications to Reversi or, of course, if you make a whole new game, then definitely upload that to Game Gardens and share the fun.

Once your game is playable and ready to be shared with the world, you can upload it to Game Gardens.

This is the easiest part of all. Just go to the: create a game page

(which will require that you log in so that we know whose game it is) and fill in the various form fields to describe your game.


 * Name: the name of your game! This is what shows up on the Game Gardens website.
 * A brief explanation of the game: just a one sentence description of your game. This shows up in the big list of games.
 * Brief instructions on how to play the game: this shows up on your game's webpage and is where you should explain how to play your game. You can link to images by putting the URL to an image directly in the text.
 * Credits and copyright information: take credit for your game! Also give credit where credit is due. If someone else designed the game, list them in the credits too.
 * The XML game definition: in your top-level game directory is an XML file (called reversi.xml for the tutorial game). Copy and paste the contents of that file into this box.

Then click the "Create" button to register your game with Game Gardens.

Now scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see a new form where you can upload your game's jar file. Click the "Browse" button and locate the reversi.jar file which is in the dist subdirectory of your game directory. Select that jar file and then click "Upload" to upload the code for your game.

Voila! Your game should now show up on the main Game Gardens game listing and you should be able to logon and play with others.

If you fix bugs or make other changes, you can rebuild your game and upload a new jar file using the same interface that you used to upload the first one. When logged into Game Gardens, you should see a link that says "Edit This Game" whenever viewing your game page. That will take you to the page where you can update the description and rules and upload a new jar file for the game.

Thanks for participating in our game creating community!

Next step: Relax and Enjoy Your Game! You're Done!

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