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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

131 replies

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SupersizeMyHeart

34 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

21,148 views

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

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

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Andrey Andrievich

20 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 49 days ago

3 replies

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erSt

21 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 31 days ago

2 replies

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Gar Garag

25 days ago

Design(Series) Advanced Game Design Articles for Setting Up an Infinite Metagame

This is a series of game design articles. They more on the advanced and mature side of topics that dive much deeper into...

started by Reactorcore 40 days ago

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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 55 days ago

2 replies

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rezeze

42 days ago

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 75 days ago

4 replies

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DeKore

46 days ago

TipPlease Help Export FBX to CopperCube 6 (Vroid,vrm,gbl,Blender 3.6 then fbx,MIXAM...

Help i need somebody! I had exported FBX Characters animated in MIXAMO to CC before. But this time i used VROID. No prob...

started by Doktorian 51 days ago

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TipCamera shake in unity?:) EASY!

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

started by FireRaccoon Games 53 days 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 54 days ago

1 reply

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No Time To Play

54 days ago

DesignFree and potentially useful tools that I've stumbled upon

⋄ Free and potentially useful tools that I've stumbled upon ⋄ I'll update it along the way. You're welcome to sugges...

started by Pizza Doggy 61 days ago

4 replies

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Pizza Doggy

55 days ago

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

61 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 67 days ago

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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 78 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

78 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

78 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 86 days ago

4 replies

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K. A. Laherty

84 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 Oct 04, 2024

2 replies

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christianciaro

87 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 88 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 93 days ago

18 replies

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redonihunter

91 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 Oct 16, 2024

3 replies

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Snow140

91 days ago

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