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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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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

134 replies

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IslandWind

10 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

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IshikuraKanako

Jan 01, 2024

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

25 replies

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Jackyfied

Jan 15, 2023

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

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GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

TipCamera shake in unity?:) EASY!

New Tutorial in series of 3 minutes tutorials:) today: Camera Shake

started by FireRaccoon Games 19 hours ago

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Does anyone know the edge pairs and vertices coordinates of a icosahedron?

I need to render a icosahedron so I need the edge pairs and vertices. Please give me a an example not a calculation/algo...

started by SNIPER 2 days ago

1 reply

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No Time To Play

2 days ago

Design🔥🔥🔥 A list of free tools I use to make my stuff 🔥🔥🔥

⋄ A list of free tools I use to make my stuff ⋄ I'll update it along the way. You're welcome to suggest to add somet...

started by Pizza Doggy 8 days ago

4 replies

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Pizza Doggy

2 days ago

Art[Help] About imitating PS1,PS2 retro game art style, I need help very much appre...

I want to try some new art styles, like SIGNALIS, Inscryption, Buckshot Roulette, I don't know how to describe this game...

started by rezeze 3 days ago

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Wondering if it's possible to Pack M.U.G.E.N. games with this tool..

There is an application called GameDreamFactory that is capable of running M.U.G.E.N games. on Android at 120FPS from a...

started by Maykel Fernández Jul 24, 2024

9 replies

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Maykel Fernández

9 days ago

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 11 days ago

8 replies

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GamesForgePL

10 days ago

DesignCraft Your Game Worlds with VisionCrafter Basic Edition

Greetings, fellow creators! In the spirit of fostering creativity and simplifying game development, I am excited to intr...

started by VisionCrafterAI 15 days ago

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TipAnother Tutorial on How to Fail Your First Game

Introduction On a cold December evening in 2022, I discovered Stardew Valley game. I had already been fond of pixel art...

started by DeKore 23 days ago

1 reply

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Magicsofa

15 days ago

TipVideo tutorial 3D LP retro pops the easy way, texture and model.

Made a quick tutorial on retro props the quick and easy way ;)

started by Kruk2024 25 days ago

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Looking for ideas and inspiration for planning a game like Hogwarts Legacy

I recently started planning a game. This game is largely inspired by Hogwarts Legacy but also by others in some ways. I'...

started by WhispV Feb 02, 2024

4 replies

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Chorus

26 days ago

Programming[Tutorial] How to create a drivable car on Unity

As a beginner in game development, there is a lot of stuff that I have yet to explore and and there is a lot of stuff to...

started by Biswa_29 Apr 22, 2021

6 replies

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amaraha

26 days ago

Your thoughts on Googleplay?

I'm interested in how other developers feel about the updated requirements to keep your Googleplay developers account...

started by K. A. Laherty 34 days ago

4 replies

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K. A. Laherty

32 days ago

MarketingKickstarter day 1 is done

Hello everyone I wanted to say thank you so far from everyone who has supported my game M.Y.S.O.U.L so far. By next Frid...

started by christianciaro 60 days ago

2 replies

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christianciaro

35 days ago

TipCreating new textures from base texture atlas

Hello :) i got a simple quick tip for everyone struggling on expanding their texture library but still need to have the...

started by Kruk2024 36 days ago

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What Game Engine Should I Use?

Hi! I am working on CLIPS ( https://snow140.itch.io/clips ), a point-and-click horror game with mini-games and a deep st...

started by Snow140 40 days ago

18 replies

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redonihunter

38 days ago

DesignLow resolution or pixelated filter??

This is my first post here and im making a PSX-style game. I'm very divided on something - do i make the game in a high...

started by kodenmachou 47 days ago

3 replies

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Snow140

39 days ago

Programmingconsejos y guias para novatos

muchos llegan al mundo del desarrollo por una razon u otra muchos no sabemos como empezar alguin quiere compartir algun...

started by D19962024 43 days ago

1 reply

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Snakey33

40 days ago

ProgrammingEnemy AI in Unity part 2

Have you seen part 2 creating enemy in Unity?

started by FireRaccoon Games 44 days ago

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DesignWhat elements make a good horror game?

What elements do you think make a good horror game? be it assets, screamers, story, etc.

started by kichokhrizzz 51 days ago

7 replies

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redonihunter

48 days ago

ProgrammingAnyone knows how to access old GDC Vault's videos that are flash-based?

The videos from pre-GDC 2009 on their website seem to be mostly (all?) flash-based. They say "Get the Flash Player to vi...

started by peqvim 49 days ago

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