Hey.
Rajen here at Epic Games.
If you clicked on this video, you're likely interested in distributing
your game on the Epic Games Store.
With our new publishing tools, almost anyone
can now distribute their games on the Epic Games Store
and manage that process in the developer portal.
So let's take a look at an end-to-end overview of the Epic Games Store
publishing tools.
After you set up an organization in Dev Portal,
the first thing you'll see is your Dashboard.
This is where you'll see a list of all the products you have access to,
with some of the quick links to configure these products.
On the left side, you can find links to the various sections
of Dev Portal.
The top links take you to sections to configure the organization
and manage player accounts that have access to your products.
You can also find the Store section here to view analytics.
I won't go into detail on these sections in this video,
but I wanted to highlight them so you know what you can find there.
The quick links on the dashboard lead to sections
where you manage Epic Games Store settings, Epic Online Services, Game
Services, and Epic Account Services, as well as view game Analytics.
There are a lot of features to be found across these links,
but for now, we'll focus on the Epic Games Store
section and our publishing tools.
Let's start by creating a new product.
After clicking on Create Product on the left,
the wizard prompts you for the product name and an optional cover
image that will help you quickly identify the product in Dev Portal.
The product is then added to your dashboard,
and you can access it through the left menu or the item
on your dashboard.
For now, let's go right into the Epic Games Store section
to start configuring your product and its store presence.
You'll complete a brief onboarding process
that includes paying the submission fee
and adding some more information about your game.
The landing page of the Epic Games Store section
is your Product Dashboard.
The left menu is now updated to point to the various product-specific
sections.
On the Dashboard, a quick view of the status of your product's release
is available in the General Details tile.
You also have a Product Checklist here,
listing out the tasks that you need to complete to get
your product into player's hands.
Clicking the arrow on each item brings you
to the corresponding section to complete that task.
We recommend you complete the task to publish your product
page as soon as you can to start spreading
early awareness of your game.
Other tasks are important to complete before the launch of your product,
so make sure to review the full checklist.
For more detailed information, you can always
find links to the documentation in the Resources box
on the bottom right.
The links on the left under the Epic Games Store heading
give you more granularity when preparing
for the launch of your product.
In the Release Management section, you
can see a summary of the status of your tasks.
Products are managed in three sandboxes.
You can figure and make edits to your product in the Dev Sandbox.
When you are finished with your configuration,
you push it to the Stage Sandbox.
Once you've verified your product's configuration in the Stage Sandbox,
you submit your content for review by the Epic Games Store team.
Be sure your submission is ready to go
prior to submitting for review to ensure a smooth review process.
When your configuration is reviewed and approved,
you can push it to the Live Sandbox.
But keep in mind that content in the Live Sandbox
is considered public and discoverable,
even if it's scheduled to be viewable to players at a later date.
In addition to release management, you can manage your product metadata
by setting a product configuration and ratings in the Store Settings
tab.
Offers is where you'll manage the catalog of items
that you're selling as part of your product.
Pages are the representation of how your content is
viewed in the Epic Games store.
The artifacts and binary section can be used
to manage builds you have uploaded.
Artifacts act as containers for the items that
are shown in players' Epic Games Store Library,
and binaries are the downloadable builds
that you can upload and associate with each artifact.
Artifacts are created automatically for most offer types,
like base games and demos, but game add-ons
will require additional setup to associated a downloadable build.
Use the Access Keys section to managed keys that
can be redeemed in the Epic Games Store for access to your products
offers.
You will also use this section to generate keys
for testing in the Dev and Stage Sandboxes.
The Localization Section enables you to localize
product details for different regions to best reach users globally.
And lastly, the Custom Price Tier section
enables you to set regional pricing for game offers.
That completes our overview of the Epic Games Store publishing tools,
which you can use to manage the distribution of your game
on the Epic Games Store.
For more detailed information, be sure to check out the documentation,
and when you're ready to get started, head on over
to store.epicgames.com/distribution.
We can't wait to see what you create next, and look forward
to seeing on the Epic Games Store.