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Filudi is invitation only. You ask for an invitation, staff sends one, you create your account, and from the console you create a game, upload versions and ask for a review. Staff approves the game and activates the version that goes live.
The invitation
Section titled “The invitation”Fill the request form: your email, what you build, a few lines about it. Nothing is sent to you at that point; staff reads the requests and invites. The invitation is an email with a link that works for 7 days. Open it, choose a display name and a password, and your account is active. You can enable a one-time code (TOTP) on the account page; staff accounts must.
The console
Section titled “The console”developers.filudi.com/console is where you work. Sign in with your email and password. The top bar switches between your games and your sites; an account with one game lands on it. Each game has:
| Screen | What you do there |
|---|---|
| Overview | Pending or approved, the live version, the sites that list the game, the next step |
| Settings | Name, descriptions, categories, tags, orientation, mobile, minutes |
| Media | Cover, screenshots, a short video |
| Versions | Upload a zip, preview it, request its review |
| Leaderboards | Declare the boards and read the scores |
| Statistics | Who plays, how long, where, across every site that lists the game |
| Members | Invite another account to the game (owners only) |
| Distribution | filudi.com only, or any approved portal |
An account that owns nothing yet sees the two paths, games and portals, with a button for each.
Pending, approved, live
Section titled “Pending, approved, live”A game you create is pending. While pending you can do everything above: configure it, upload drafts, preview them. Nothing is public and no site lists it. Staff approves the game from its queue; the API sends them an email for every new pending item, so you do not need to ask.
Each version you upload is a draft. When a draft is ready, press “Request review” on it. Staff plays the preview and activates the version: it becomes the one filudi.com serves, and the previous live version goes back to draft. Only staff activates. A version of a pending game cannot go live, so the first review waits for the approval of the game.
Members and roles
Section titled “Members and roles”The account that creates a game is its owner. An owner invites members by email: an existing account gets the membership, an unknown email gets an invitation that carries it. A member has every right of the owner except inviting and removing members. Nobody but staff deletes a game.
What you cannot do
Section titled “What you cannot do”Activate, retire or delete a version; approve your own game; list a game on a site that does not list it yet; see anything about money. filudi.com has no ad network and pays nothing today; the console shows usage statistics only.
Your first bundle takes a game from the playground to a version under review.