# Start here

The invitation, your account, the console at developers.filudi.com/console, and how a game goes from pending to live.

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

Fill the [request form](/request/): 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

[developers.filudi.com/console](/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

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

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

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.

## Next

[Your first bundle](/docs/games/first-bundle/) takes a game from the playground to a version under review.