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Whether it's game engines, new algorithms, designing the perfect mechanic, working with a team, marketing, creating sounds, or coming up with a captivating story, anything about game development goes. Share tips and techniques, or find insights posted from other members of the community.

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StickyTipCreating a GIF for your game

Since many people on itch.io used animated cover images I figure we should have a thread with some GIF creating resource...

started by leafo Dec 28, 2015 Last page

26 replies

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investus.itch.io

2 days ago

StickyTipFavorite Game Making Tools

Thought it might be fun to have a thread where everyone could share their favorite tools for making games. I'm gonna use...

started by flankstaek Dec 02, 2015 Last page

131 replies

30,391 views

SupersizeMyHeart

44 days ago

StickyTipDistributing pre-release builds with itch.io

I see a lot of devs using a mix of these techniques to distribute early builds of their games/tools: .zip or installer i...

started by Amos Jan 10, 2016

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StickyPersonal Games Resource List

Since itch.io is full of very interesting personal games, I thought it would be the best place to post something like th...

started by Vaida Dec 04, 2015

18 replies

21,401 views

IshikuraKanako

Jan 01, 2024

StickyMental Health in Games Resource List

After having a blast making the personal games resource list , I decided to compile a list of games, articles and other...

started by Vaida Dec 15, 2015

20 replies

8,261 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

ProgrammingHow to make a world infinite in pygame??

So, here is my question, I have made a game in pygame, that I am yet to share with the itch community, but my problem is...

started by lemoncleaver 19 days ago

7 replies

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lemoncleaver

47 minutes ago

Design3D World Studio 6 - Web-Page and Sign-Up Sheet is LIVE!!!

The Web-page and Sign-up sheet is below. If we can get at least 200 people interested and signed up.. Joshua Klint will...

started by DrWho 13 days ago

1 reply

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Frontline Studios

1 day ago

ArtBeginner's guide for putting together asset packs?

Might just be impatient, but I'm getting tumbleweed w/this question on bluesky, so I thought I'd try here. If there is a...

started by Shalmons 3 days ago

1 reply

38 views

Frontline Studios

1 day ago

ProgrammingTalo - an open source backend for managing players, leaderboards, stats + more

Hey everyone! I wanted to share the project I’ve been working on: a set of tools for building games faster and a dashb...

started by Sleepy Studios 20 days ago

2 replies

90 views

frogdot

2 days ago

TipClassic games renewed

Hello everyone, This topic is addressed to programmers, particularly those skilled in using various game creation softwa...

started by rafnet 7 days ago

1 reply

72 views

Frontline Studios

2 days ago

How to make a gacha mod?

**HELLO I AM TRYING TO MAKE A GACHA MOD HOW TO MAKE IT? TY

started by CuteCupcxkec Jan 10, 2023 Last page

49 replies

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MTSyntho Dev

3 days ago

WritingWhy do people don't download android games on itch

For the past few years when I joined itch I realized that only a few people download my game.

started by PixelDot 7 days ago

3 replies

117 views

Frontline Studios

4 days ago

MarketingB2B Marketing Collab - Case study

B2B Marketing Collab INTRO Hello, For the ones that don’t know me, my name is Cristi P. and I represent 16 BIT NIGHTS...

started by 16bitnights 9 days ago

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ArtSeeking Feedback: Designing Top-Down Game Characters with Only Left and Right Vi...

Hi everyone, I’m working on a top-down game and looking for ways to optimize the time spent creating character art and...

started by Archi Const 11 days ago

1 reply

68 views

DarkBloodbane

10 days ago

ProgrammingGodot tutorials?

I went through the official Godot tutorial already, but then I started to make my own game and realized I basically don...

started by esotericpig 22 days ago

2 replies

117 views

esotericpig

14 days ago

What are the best sites to use sounds from for the game?

I'm making my own game, and here the question of sound effects arose. What sites are the best to use sounds from? Or do...

started by AwfulStuffForAwfulKids 19 days ago

5 replies

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Aim studios

15 days ago

ProgrammingQuestion On Educational Games

Is there any prior precedent for games that blend romance with educational experience in an adventure game context? The...

started by SRWeaver 18 days ago

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ProgrammingHello looking for coding expertise when it comes to creating a competitive onlin...

Hello as a game developer I will admit while not helpless in coding it is a weak spot. That's why I was hoping to get th...

started by tic458 18 days ago

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Which games engine and what kind of games?

Hey! I am a newbie here, so please be understanding. I am a very average programmer, so I am looking for "No Code" games...

started by GamesForgePL 74 days ago

8 replies

318 views

Arcane Creations

23 days ago

Help for a game I'm making

Hey I have a couple questions about a game I'm making(I'm relatively new to making games) and I just wanted to know if t...

started by ewbenne@outlook.com 53 days ago

4 replies

162 views

ZayGex

23 days ago

Unity WebGL build does not detect mouse clicks on part of screen

I have a Unity application ( https://will9371.itch.io/probability-calculator for reference) that works fine in the edito...

started by Will9371 Feb 09, 2024

4 replies

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Will9371

26 days ago

New Voxel Animation tool

After a long time spent exploring different ways to implement #Voxel #animation in #Voxy , it is now ready for you to pl...

started by kenculate 27 days ago

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DesignCool Button Editor for Your Games

Cool application for novice developers and for those who want to save time on creating buttons for their games. In this...

started by Andrey Andrievich Sep 12, 2024

4 replies

351 views

Andrey Andrievich

30 days ago

TipFree Leaderboard service for games

Hey, I’ve been developing my Leaderboard product and it came to a state where it would help to gain some feedback! It...

started by erSt 59 days ago

3 replies

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erSt

31 days ago

I need help creating an inventory and equipment system

Log in Programming Inventory and Equipment Code Thread starter HaisenX Start date Yesterday at 11:54 PM Tags #help #prob...

started by HaisenX 42 days ago

2 replies

159 views

Gar Garag

35 days ago

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