Hello! For the past 8 months, I have been developing an RPG/platformer game, and it's just about done! I have some problems, though.
Early in development, Scratch soon wouldn't allow me to save, not because it hit the file size cap, but really just because Scratch was being Scratch. So I looked to Turbowarp, a website I knew could run and compile larger projects. And it worked!
As the game finished up, I tried to load the .SB3 back into Scratch, but it just wouldn't load. Then I thought of something else.
Itch.io is a website where you can upload games, whether for payment or for free. I have uploaded some of my larger scaled projects on Itch before. So my idea was this:
Compile the Project, and put it on Itch for free! That way, people can play!
But soon I realized that Itch was banned on Scratch. What am I going to do now? If the game does not load on Scratch, and Itch isn't allowed to be directly linked on Scratch, how should I post the project? Any ideas can help. Thank you!

If you believe project size limits weren't the problem, there might be something else preventing your game from being uploaded. Perhaps a single asset is above 10 MB in uncompressed size?

ScolderCreations wrote:

If you believe project size limits weren't the problem, there might be something else preventing your game from being uploaded. Perhaps a single asset is above 10 MB in uncompressed size?

Maybe… Is there a way to fix this? How can I tell? The SB3 file is only 131,000 KB as an uncompressed file.

There are many ways to solve this problem. If the problem isn't that you have too many code blocks or list items, you can try splitting up audio into multiple files if it's really long, or cut costumes into multiple bits. Additionally, drawing things in Vector instead of Bitmap will save a lot of space, but converting from Bitmap to Vector will not.

ScolderCreations wrote:

There are many ways to solve this problem. If the problem isn't that you have too many code blocks or list items, you can try splitting up audio into multiple files if it's really long, or cut costumes into multiple bits. Additionally, drawing things in Vector instead of Bitmap will save a lot of space, but converting from Bitmap to Vector will not.

I think I made a few sprites in Vector. If this works, I will reply later. Thank you!

ScolderCreations wrote:

There are many ways to solve this problem. If the problem isn't that you have too many code blocks or list items, you can try splitting up audio into multiple files if it's really long, or cut costumes into multiple bits. Additionally, drawing things in Vector instead of Bitmap will save a lot of space, but converting from Bitmap to Vector will not.

Hello again. It did not work. I managed to cut off at least 100,000 KB worth of memory, yet it still doesn't load. I tried all your tips, and it does not work. What should I do now?

I know there is a tool somewhere that lets you troubleshoot project file issues… But I don't actually remember the link to it. Does anyone know the link to that tool?

ScolderCreations wrote:

I know there is a tool somewhere that lets you troubleshoot project file issues… But I don't actually remember the link to it. Does anyone know the link to that tool?

Here.

Flowermanvista wrote:

ScolderCreations wrote:

I know there is a tool somewhere that lets you troubleshoot project file issues… But I don't actually remember the link to it. Does anyone know the link to that tool?

Here.

I just loaded the SB3 through the program. No problems detected. Scratch just doesn't like my game, I guess.

supabairy wrote:

Flowermanvista wrote:

ScolderCreations wrote:

I know there is a tool somewhere that lets you troubleshoot project file issues… But I don't actually remember the link to it. Does anyone know the link to that tool?

Here.

I just loaded the SB3 through the program. No problems detected. Scratch just doesn't like my game, I guess.

Wait, you said you edited it through an external website. There is the possibility that you used a block that scratch does not support, so it can't save your project.

ScolderCreations wrote:

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supabairy wrote:

Flowermanvista wrote:

ScolderCreations wrote:

I know there is a tool somewhere that lets you troubleshoot project file issues… But I don't actually remember the link to it. Does anyone know the link to that tool?

Here.

I just loaded the SB3 through the program. No problems detected. Scratch just doesn't like my game, I guess.

Wait, you said you edited it through an external website. There is the possibility that you used a block that scratch does not support, so it can't save your project.

Specifically, did you use any cyan (not sensing) blocks? Those are only in Turbowarp so Scratch won't allow a file containing those blocks to be uploaded into a project.

ScratchCat1038 wrote:

ScolderCreations wrote:

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supabairy wrote:

Flowermanvista wrote:

ScolderCreations wrote:

I know there is a tool somewhere that lets you troubleshoot project file issues… But I don't actually remember the link to it. Does anyone know the link to that tool?

Here.

I just loaded the SB3 through the program. No problems detected. Scratch just doesn't like my game, I guess.

Wait, you said you edited it through an external website. There is the possibility that you used a block that scratch does not support, so it can't save your project.

Specifically, did you use a while loop, for loop, or any cyan (not sensing) blocks? Those are only in Turbowarp so Scratch won't allow a file containing those blocks to be uploaded into a project.

While at first that seems to be true, you aren't actually correct. All of those blocks will work when put in the scratch editor, minus the ones that are cyan but aren't sensing blocks. Additionally, there are some red blocks that only turbowarp supports. Those were the ones I was thinking about. Although, I might be wrong, because I'm pretty sure they're just recolored custom blocks that are hidden from view.

ScolderCreations wrote:

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While at first that seems to be true, you aren't actually correct. All of those blocks will work when put in the scratch editor, minus the ones that are cyan but aren't sensing blocks. Additionally, there are some red blocks that only turbowarp supports. Those were the ones I was thinking about. Although, I might be wrong, because I'm pretty sure they're just recolored custom blocks that are hidden from view.

Oh yeah, thanks.

supabairy wrote:

Flowermanvista wrote:

ScolderCreations wrote:

I know there is a tool somewhere that lets you troubleshoot project file issues… But I don't actually remember the link to it. Does anyone know the link to that tool?

Here.

I just loaded the SB3 through the program. No problems detected. Scratch just doesn't like my game, I guess.

Does your project contain \b anywhere in it? Any projects that do fail to save.

Vadik1 wrote:

supabairy wrote:

Flowermanvista wrote:

ScolderCreations wrote:

I know there is a tool somewhere that lets you troubleshoot project file issues… But I don't actually remember the link to it. Does anyone know the link to that tool?

Here.

I just loaded the SB3 through the program. No problems detected. Scratch just doesn't like my game, I guess.

Does your project contain \b anywhere in it? Any projects that do fail to save.

I resolved the problem! Answering a few questions:
There was a “\b” in it, but it still wouldn't load when I fixed it. BUT, I found out how to fix it! I exported every single sprite and imported it into one project. I fixed the layering, and it was done! It's fixed!