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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

18 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

20,776 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

8,200 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

Text-to-speech problem

Hi everyone, I need help with text-to-speech. My game uses mp3 and ogg instead of voiceover: text-to-speech from Windows...

started by Pizberry Aug 08, 2024

1 reply

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Eldwood

Aug 15, 2024

TipHow to market my game and make my game popular?

Hi! I have made my own games on itch io but they are not that popular. Do yo have any tips for promoting and marketing m...

started by TheCatGameCompany Jul 02, 2024

2 replies

306 views

Hodslate

Aug 14, 2024

ProgrammingShare a mini 2d pixel art game engine: rust_pixel

RustPixel is a 2D game engine written in the Rust language, supporting both text and graphical rendering modes. The text...

started by zipxing Jun 14, 2024

3 replies

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zipxing

Aug 13, 2024

DesignTrends in Puzzle Game Development: What’s Hot in 2024

Puzzle games have always held a special place in the gaming industry, captivating players with their blend of mental cha...

started by studio saffron Jul 29, 2024

4 replies

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studio saffron

Aug 07, 2024

Error: Game too laggy!

Hi, I'm making a raycaster game on pygame, but it's too laggy! Here is the code for it, and let me know what i have to f...

started by spraypaintdev Aug 05, 2024

1 reply

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No Time To Play

Aug 05, 2024

ProgrammingCreate game

Traduire du texte avec votre appareil photo hi, I'm new please can anyone help me create a game

started by Henock2p Jul 29, 2024

3 replies

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No Time To Play

Aug 01, 2024

HELP!! Very edgy horror themed visual novel questions.

I'm thinking about creating a visual novel for with extremely edgy and graphic as well as adult themes. I wasn't to post...

started by CharlieDio Jul 23, 2024

2 replies

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CharlieDio

Jul 28, 2024

TipThe Art of the Prototype (a blog post about getting the most out of your prototy...

Hello! I recently gave a short talk about prototyping, and I thought I'd turn it into a blog post so everyone gets acces...

started by HYPLAY Jul 19, 2024

1 reply

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Aim studios

Jul 28, 2024

How to make a gacha mod?

**HELLO I AM TRYING TO MAKE A GACHA MOD HOW TO MAKE IT? TY

started by CuteCupcxkec Jan 10, 2023 Last page

46 replies

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Ryan hiriams jr

Jul 27, 2024

Can Unreal Engine games be made playable on the web?

Can Unreal Engine games be made playable on the web?I want to publish my game on the web. Unreal 5.2. HELP PLEASE

started by caliskangiga Jul 19, 2024

2 replies

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WayfarerGames

Jul 19, 2024

Programming[Unreal] Rotate first person character and camera

Long story short - How do I rotate the first person camera and character if gravity changes? I've gotten it so that the...

started by shenanigans303 Jul 19, 2024

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help me how to make weightless

help me how to make weightless stones in Unity! I need the objects to stand still and then when they are stepped on they...

started by Kamronus Jul 07, 2024

3 replies

247 views

Kamronus

Jul 11, 2024

ProgrammingJIVA's Tigerhareram , programming suite for "dosbox"

i have programming suite to making dosbox games , for dosbox-x (newer windows dosbox runing good v dosbox-x) it is for f...

started by JIVA Jul 07, 2024

1 reply

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JIVA

Jul 10, 2024

MarketingGame Trailer Case Study - 16 BIT NIGHTS

Hi folks, I am writing a case study regarding our trailer debut in hopes that it will help some of you in your game deve...

started by 16bitnights Jun 17, 2024

3 replies

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16bitnights

Jul 01, 2024

ProgrammingImplement Accessibility into your game

Hello, I am a software engineer in the last semester of my college, and I am doing some research on accessibility in gam...

started by marcelojrs Apr 30, 2024

3 replies

440 views

Feathervoid

Jun 24, 2024

TipBrand New, Any Tips?

Hey whats up guys, I decided that im going to start my journey in game dev after watching a few videos about it recently...

started by azamsauce Jun 14, 2024

2 replies

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Salbei

Jun 20, 2024

DesignReflecting on 20 years of indie game design

I wrote this yesterday as a postmortem to my 20 year career of indie game development. I've been wanting to write a gene...

started by Dylan Cassidy May 06, 2024

5 replies

770 views

Magicsofa

Jun 15, 2024

ProgrammingHow to package a Unity game with lots of graphics

Hi, I'm developing a roguelike game, that will have lots of 2D graphics. They are pngs that are not too heavy, but as th...

started by Louis Dubois Jun 13, 2024

4 replies

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Louis Dubois

Jun 14, 2024

TipGeneral game dev tips

I have some little tips on improving games. Keep in mind that I'm not really a solid 10/10 game designer myself, so if y...

started by TheMetalCarrotDev Jun 13, 2024

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Ren'Py

Is Ren'Py pretty much the best visual novel engine, or are there others that are just as competitive? If my question is...

started by TheMetalCarrotDev Jun 08, 2024

1 reply

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hechelion

Jun 09, 2024

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