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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

19 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

30,575 views

SupersizeMyHeart

61 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

21,800 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

8,302 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

ProgrammingDefining a minimum Unity "Project Version" for multi-member team?

Let’s say I’ve got a team of multiple game devs working in Unity. Is there an easy way to setup the project so it re...

started by scottnm Jul 24, 2022

2 replies

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scottnm

Jul 24, 2022

Marketinggameplay gif

Here is a new gameplay gif of my game Orcs That i use on the Orcs site, that i like to share

started by WIZ GAME STUDIO Jul 23, 2022

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Can I Create Anything Good Here On A Chromebook

Can I?

started by D-Duck Jul 22, 2022

1 reply

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No Time To Play

Jul 23, 2022

Basic code assistance

Here is what I have: default choices = [] default do_susan = False label start: # stay inside this loop as long as we di...

started by Deadpool209977 Jul 22, 2022

3 replies

396 views

Deadpool209977

Jul 22, 2022

ProgrammingShould I use a MIT license for my code?

For context: I downloaded someone else's code which was licensed MIT because I'm not all that great at programming, woul...

started by CyberRobotnix Jul 16, 2022

3 replies

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Identical Games

Jul 20, 2022

ProgrammingAltUnity Tools

AltUnity Tools is a UI test automation framework for Unity apps. It helps you to achieve end-to-end functional testing u...

started by AltUnityTools Jun 15, 2022

2 replies

425 views

AltUnityTools

Jul 19, 2022

Let's talk about making RPGs

I'm interested in connecting with other RPG developers. What kinds of RPGs do you like to make? What technologies do you...

started by Midnight Spire Games Jul 03, 2022

6 replies

485 views

Hugues Ross

Jul 18, 2022

multiplayer online game

Hello, Is there any game created with Gdevelop? I wish to find a tutorial for doing that, Like Ludo club for example.

started by elkattan Jul 13, 2022

1 reply

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elkattan

Jul 17, 2022

Just to Prove a point

for the last 4 years I have been trying to find a team. for the last 10 + years I have spent my time as a indie music pr...

started by Soul-Lock Jul 17, 2022

5 replies

389 views

mid

Jul 17, 2022

How to put our default logo instead of unity loading bar and logo

How to put our default logo instead of unity loading bar and logo in the start.

started by Abdul Rehman Rana Jul 05, 2022

3 replies

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drusepth

Jul 14, 2022

TipI recommend OBS

I recommend OBS screen recorder its open source and fast.

started by WIZ GAME STUDIO Jul 07, 2022

3 replies

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WIZ GAME STUDIO

Jul 14, 2022

{Unity} How would you add a first person controller to a 3D model?

So I'm trying to add a first person controller to a fully animated 3d character in unity, I wanted this to be similar to...

started by C99iscoden Jul 10, 2022

1 reply

568 views

investus.itch.io

Jul 13, 2022

Addressables to Load one Level Bundle in itch free or make a UnityPackage Templa...

If you know a part how to solve, than we can see and share the solution here. 1. Addressables that has bundles to load f...

started by investus.itch.io Jul 13, 2022

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TipLevel design process?

hey all, after years of waiting I'm finally getting myself into game development! I'm a programmer by trade so that part...

started by thebigmoose Jul 11, 2022

12 replies

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PaulsGames

Jul 12, 2022

ProgrammingTool for gamepad support in HTML5 games

Gamepad support in HTML5 games is currently pretty bad. Even if a framework or game engine says it supports them, in pra...

started by 3p0ch Jul 10, 2022

1 reply

277 views

Tadgames

Jul 11, 2022

Any way to get localStorage (or other ways to preserve state) to work?

I tried searching before deciding to ask this but found no definitive answer. Is there a way to use localStorage? I'd li...

started by Alaric von Teplitz Jun 01, 2022

7 replies

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pritt

Jul 11, 2022

ProgrammingUnity or Unreal Engine, first time making game

So, I've been wanting to make a low poly fps game for quite some time now. Been getting into blender to the point where...

started by Just Mob Jul 10, 2022

2 replies

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Just Mob

Jul 11, 2022

WritingFree multi-language translation tool

Hello! I make a lot of RPG content and was looking for inspiration from different languages for the names of abilities a...

started by foxstriker9 Jul 03, 2022

2 replies

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foxstriker9

Jul 04, 2022

ProgrammingScythe Cards | A simple open-source subtitle system for Unity3D

Hey guys, one of our programmers recently created this open-source tool, we wanted to share it here as well in hopes it...

started by Scythe Dev Team Jun 29, 2022

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Why game not save data?

Hello everyone. Game made in Unity. Use for saving "PlayerPrefs" . Game not save data. Putin in Jail (Beta) by TomatoWay...

started by TomatoWay May 12, 2022

2 replies

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Eldwood

Jun 28, 2022

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