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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

130 replies

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IslandWind

19 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

20,187 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

8,166 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

Marketingadvertising

advertising is a whole new level for gamedev and artists very hard to get noticed much for example here on itch.io I get...

started by Einar Jan 09, 2024

6 replies

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16bitnights

Mar 29, 2024

MarketingIdeas for Marketing and Promotion?

It's very hard to promote my game and i'm confused on what to do. My game is called Cubic Void and I kinda need some ide...

started by BlobbyWeirdThing Mar 26, 2024

8 replies

290 views

Hodslate

Mar 29, 2024

ProgrammingHow to switch camera and control between multiple characters like in FIFA? (Cons...

I'm making a game, and so multiple characters are involved, which the player can use at any minute by pressing SHIFT. Bu...

started by Pizberry Mar 27, 2024

2 replies

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Pizberry

Mar 28, 2024

Godot 2.5D Basic Movement ( Beginner ) Question

How do I make the character rotate 360 degrees (like Sonic) when jumping? I used this video: Example

started by zoranmilenkovic Mar 24, 2024

4 replies

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zoranmilenkovic

Mar 27, 2024

ProgrammingIn cursor grab_mode: confined, how to get event for escape key pressed

Hello, I am making a game in bevy I have exported a wasm build into a bindgen build and it can run in the html canvas. I...

started by Kammil Mar 26, 2024

2 replies

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Kammil

Mar 27, 2024

MarketingWhat would be a good price for this game?

I’m soon going to release Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword , but I’m not sure what would be a good p...

started by Pikku-a Mar 13, 2024

4 replies

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Pikku-a

Mar 19, 2024

Blueprint Isn`t working! Help me!

I created a blueprint that works like a code lock, when all the digits are filled in it checks if I picked the right cod...

started by Dragon Studic Mar 12, 2024

1 reply

175 views

No Time To Play

Mar 12, 2024

WritingStory Development

Hi All, Like many other people on here I'd like to make my first game. I don't have any experience with any of this. I s...

started by Sirion Feb 18, 2024

8 replies

698 views

Sirion

Mar 12, 2024

question

So I have this twine made HTML with my game consolidated to a zip folder with the pictures for said game......But when I...

started by CurrentGames Mar 10, 2024

1 reply

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No Time To Play

Mar 10, 2024

ProgrammingGameMaker vs Construct vs Fusion vs 001 Game Creator vs Godot vs Gdevelop.!

What are your comments on these game making programs? Thanks. They look really powerful for game development!

started by rcbasicfans Jul 30, 2020

19 replies

5,665 views

SPAW Productions

Sep 09, 2020

TipTips? / Any Interest? Plans for Remaking a Very Old Game (Steamland / Locoland)

(I was not entirely sure where to put this, as it is looking for mainly discussion, but also encouraging interested user...

started by spacenerdy Feb 18, 2024

1 reply

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PurplePanties

Mar 05, 2024

ProgrammingWhat are the best ways to Improve as a Newer Game Developer?

I've been coding on and off for about 3-4 years but it's all been non-witten coding and I've been trying to get better a...

started by CoderEli Mar 02, 2024

10 replies

367 views

Nichathan

Mar 04, 2024

Unity WebGL build does not detect mouse clicks on part of screen

I have a Unity application ( https://will9371.itch.io/probability-calculator for reference) that works fine in the edito...

started by Will9371 Feb 09, 2024

3 replies

477 views

Nichathan

Mar 03, 2024

TipDrawing Unity gizmos in builds

In the Unity game engine, theres a useful thing that can help you debug your games, this is the Gizmo toggle. First, an...

started by Phill Nov 15, 2017

3 replies

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vincurekf

Feb 21, 2024

ProgrammingOAuth check license.

Good day. I decided to publish my game on Itch.io. However, I don't want users to be able to just copy the .exe file. I...

started by RomaBlackRat Feb 09, 2024

2 replies

306 views

redonihunter

Feb 19, 2024

ProgrammingTips for reducing memory usage with addressables in Unity?

Hi, I’ve been recently trying to use addressable assets to reduce memory usage in Unity - I already looked at a tutori...

started by NullXer Jan 11, 2024

4 replies

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NullXer

Feb 07, 2024

MarketingI have a problem with promote my game

Hey readers, well, I have an indie game, but the problem is that I want to make it grow, however, I don't have friends w...

started by KittyCreamPuff Feb 02, 2024

18 replies

675 views

redonihunter

Feb 07, 2024

ProgrammingAAA Features for Indie Studios - Simple & Affordable Roblox-Style Creator Econom...

Hey all, I co-founded a startup called Asset Layer ( https://www.assetlayer.com/ ) which built a backend platform to mak...

started by DersHere Feb 05, 2024

1 reply

183 views

DersHere

Feb 05, 2024

ProgrammingHTML5 local storage is lost at every update.

I've seen many three years old threads about this, and looks like it is not yet fixed. The issue is that the games statu...

started by Omiod Sep 06, 2022

6 replies

874 views

Humane Tiger

Feb 04, 2024

ProgrammingGame Trophies/Achievements

Steam. Xbox, PS4, etc. have trophy/achievement systems. Even games not on a platform with achievements may display achie...

started by Identical Games Jun 28, 2020

2 replies

623 views

SugarGames Productions

Feb 01, 2024

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