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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

24 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

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SupersizeMyHeart

66 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

21,927 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

8,316 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

A survey on Question and Answer websites for game development

Hi everyone! My name is Arthur Kamienski, I am an MSc student at the Analytics of Software, GAmes And Repository Data (A...

started by arthurkamienski Jul 21, 2020

1 reply

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arthurkamienski

Jul 27, 2020

Whenever I press the space button, the page scrolls down. How do I fix that?

i need to press the space bar as it's part of the game. It ends up scrolling down on the page and i can't see the game a...

started by backpack-beepboop Jul 27, 2020

2 replies

542 views

No Time To Play

Jul 27, 2020

Screen estate versus aestetics

Here's a screenshot from the very old game Robotron 2084. Notice how where is a sort of arena (the red line) encapsulate...

started by Kasper Hviid Jul 25, 2020

2 replies

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Kasper Hviid

Jul 26, 2020

ProgrammingWhere to make a semi advanced game for free?

I am new and need a free website that i can make games on anyone have any ideas?

started by Cymaster77 Jul 15, 2020

4 replies

339 views

Odd Atlas Studios

Jul 19, 2020

ArtNeed Help: Unity Sprite Animation

Hello, I am trying to make sprite sheets to test my character animation and import them to Unity, but they keep turning...

started by Madipup Jul 18, 2020

7 replies

901 views

Madipup

Jul 18, 2020

MarketingAre donations to free games rare?

I'm wondering if I want to put my game on itch io for free or paid? Are donations for free games rare... Does anyone hav...

started by ameetnsharma Feb 08, 2020

13 replies

7,652 views

Stiglitz

Jul 16, 2020

How can I put together a portfolio without much experience?

I am looking to put together a solid art portfolio for game design. What do people look for? I mostly focus on character...

started by Madipup Jul 06, 2020

3 replies

1,461 views

Mig Creates Games

Jul 12, 2020

Implementing highscore/leaderboard?

I've a game that is very leaderboard'ish and wondering if anyone has worked with making their own public leaderboard tha...

started by Terzom Jul 11, 2020

3 replies

1,688 views

Afloof.dev

Jul 11, 2020

Coppercube 6 Software Support!

I Try To Make Games In A Software Called Coppercube 6 (Clickable) I Really Want To Make Games In Coppercube To Post Onto...

started by HMGOfficial Jul 01, 2020

9 replies

694 views

aagaming123

Jul 07, 2020

Programmingfix for the DOMException SecurityError on Twine 2 games using the Harlowe (1/2)...

Recently I noticed the iframes for some Twine 2 games like the ones I have were not loading unless the iframe was remove...

started by Efi Jul 07, 2020

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Game / Visual Novel Ideas?

Hello! I am a brand new programmer / game maker, I have been studying how to make games for the past month and I feel I...

started by Hyper11 Jul 02, 2020

3 replies

416 views

NigerianBear

Jul 03, 2020

TipOdd rectangle right click in files in rpg maker mv

I cant see the options for my right clicks in my files. The right click displays a black rectangle that has no words. it...

started by Eczema Jul 02, 2020

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DesignMaking Puzzles is HARD!

Hi Guys, I decided to make a short and simple puzzle game, after playing around with the concept I setup everything to s...

started by GuldorGames Jun 30, 2020

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Any Java Game Developers?

Hi, I'm a rookie developer and I only know basic Java (the only language that I'm learning/focusing at the moment, ). My...

started by Mr. Java Jun 27, 2020

3 replies

495 views

SmokeSomeFrogs

Jun 28, 2020

What are the best game building softwares for newcomers in your opinion?

Hi! I'm new here but really interested in game development and design? My current only (sort of) game building softwares...

started by CallmeShoba Jun 19, 2020

4 replies

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rcbasicfans

Jun 28, 2020

MarketingGetting Youtubers to Play Your Game

Hi everyone! My friend had an idea for a game and managed to get 6 people on board to create it LOL. I was put in charge...

started by SpoonsGame Jun 24, 2020

1 reply

586 views

SUPERSTRING

Jun 26, 2020

Game Titles?

Hey, I have a few ideas on a name for my game that I eventually wish to sell commercially. How can I find out if the nam...

started by ZXD Ryan Jun 25, 2020

4 replies

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ZXD Ryan

Jun 26, 2020

Do people still play rpg maker 2003 games?

So I'm planning on making my first ever game on RPG Maker 2003 since i do not know how to code at all, and if was wonder...

started by capnka Jun 25, 2020

4 replies

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capnka

Jun 26, 2020

MusicHow do I get Music Licences?

Hey, I'm currently in the early stages of making my game and I'm looking into getting music for it. How do I go about ge...

started by ZXD Ryan Jun 22, 2020

7 replies

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Ploobul

Jun 24, 2020

TipUnity Learn Premium Is NOW FREE!!!

https://learn.unity.com JUST WANT TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS!! Unity has announced today that they are offering all of thei...

started by angrysmile Jun 24, 2020

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