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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

22 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

64 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

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

TipNew Tutorial: Swipe Detection in Construct 3

Swipe Detection is a functional trick in Construct 3. If you want to know how to detect user's swiping and understand wh...

started by DoonDookStudio Oct 19, 2021

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HOW DO I UPLOAD RUNNABLE EXE FILE?????

I made a py game runnable without pythoin????

started by Croenoss Oct 18, 2021

1 reply

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goodbunnystudio

Oct 18, 2021

Programminggame develop

how do i get started making a game (sorry for my bad English)

started by KeanoK Oct 15, 2021

9 replies

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AstroCookie

Oct 15, 2021

MarketingThe journey so far

10 months ago I published my first (*) game called Dreamland to Itch.io back then I set myself pretty low expectations f...

started by Lolscrubs Oct 14, 2021

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ProgrammingHow to calculate arena points? (RP, BP etc.)

Hey guys, I'm developing an rpg arena game. Main focus will be 1-1 fights in the arena. But this is the first time I'm d...

started by Nudist Oct 13, 2021

2 replies

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Nudist

Oct 13, 2021

How to add a song to a scene ?

In the original game, the song "bopeebo" uses this scene below: (the first) And the song "south" uses this scene below...

started by bh7825 Oct 10, 2021

1 reply

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quou

Oct 11, 2021

ProgrammingHow to Create Spawn Prefab in Random Location?

We are creating a 2-D vector assets with a fade-in animation that flash multi-colors. But the tricks is that we tried to...

started by Art Ink Studios Sep 19, 2021

7 replies

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Art Ink Studios

Oct 09, 2021

I am a beginner in UNITY

I am game developer and I am going to start using unity does it require C++

started by Nkiko hertier Oct 01, 2021

5 replies

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Cimeto

Oct 09, 2021

ProgrammingHow to make the popular game "Toon Blast" with Construct 3 + Project File

New Tutorial: How to make the popular game "Toon Blast" with Construct 3 There are many versions of the game, why should...

started by DoonDookStudio Oct 09, 2021

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ProgrammingQuestion about manual sprite assets management

Hi, I am playing around and trying to create a simple 2d game using OpenGL and C#. I am doing this for education so I am...

started by ppbitb Sep 09, 2021

6 replies

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Identical Games

Oct 08, 2021

TipWhat tools do you use to run automated tests for your Unity browser (WebGL) game...

Do you use any assets to help you with this task?

started by AltomTools Oct 06, 2021

1 reply

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quou

Oct 07, 2021

DesignHow long should an RPG be?

I'm making an RPG game called Nodes, and I was just wondering how long is an RPG usually, or how long should one be? I t...

started by Dreemore Sep 25, 2021

8 replies

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Dreemore

Oct 05, 2021

FMOD and Wwise fast rendering

I am working on adaptive (interactive) music player and library like this one https://filmstro.com/ For now I made demo...

started by Evgeni Doudar Oct 05, 2021

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how to be a terrible developer ( i want to be a terrible dev)

hello, i am currently making a game but i want some ideas on how to be an A hole, i have already a screen that is a pink...

started by alinestempest Sep 12, 2021

7 replies

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ronynn

Oct 04, 2021

R&D games

Hi all. HOpe everyone is safe. I have a few questions about Twine. Just wondering if its possible for me to use it to ma...

started by analien Sep 30, 2021

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Artdoes any one want to help make a cloud system(CS)?

ok I made it up but I will tell you what it will be, a cs is like a operating system but more accessible kind of like sw...

started by Pizza.co Sep 26, 2021

7 replies

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Pizza.co

Sep 27, 2021

ProgrammingHow to Make A Flappy Game in 23 Minutes + Source Code

See how we create the popular game fast and easily The mechanics of this game is taken from the famous game " Flappy Bir...

started by DoonDookStudio Sep 26, 2021

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Unsure of where to start and how to organise in a larger development project?

I have a few plans for a larger game than my usual tiny arcade style games and it'll involve a lot of different features...

started by sadiebunni Sep 22, 2021

3 replies

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Crumblin' Cookie

Sep 25, 2021

TipCreating games in a single file

itch.io's formatting doesn't behave itself when it comes to code. Because of this, here it is in plain HTML . This tutor...

started by quou Sep 23, 2021

8 replies

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Nkiko hertier

Sep 24, 2021

TipGMS2 Top-Down or 3/4 Perspective Depth

Hi all, Had an idea for a flexible system for handling drawing actors, collision objects, etc in GameMaker Studio 2 and...

started by CURSED BOOTLEG INC Sep 21, 2021

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