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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

2 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

44 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

21,378 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

8,260 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

TipUnite 2024 & Cool new Unity stuff

Hello! I wrote a blog post about the cool new tech we can expect to see from Unity in the coming years: https://itch.io...

started by HYPLAY Sep 23, 2024

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DesignHorror Game Flow/Progress

I was wondering if anyone has advice on designing the progression of a horror game. There are four characters, two you n...

started by TaLvYsH Sep 05, 2024

1 reply

174 views

ohmygiggles

Sep 22, 2024

Hi I'm new here

Hi Everyone, I am Medhansh a high schooler. I've been into programming since i was 10 years old and now, I wanna get int...

started by Medhansh69 Jun 23, 2024

3 replies

348 views

Gublu

Sep 20, 2024

Monetization

Hello all, Do you know of other ways to monetize or other alternatives to independent sales sites?

started by PixelFurax Jun 01, 2018

4 replies

9,154 views

novicearts

Sep 20, 2024

going to learn game development with unity

I need suggestions what should I do and what I should not do while learning game development. I am not following any par...

started by Gublu Sep 18, 2024

2 replies

160 views

Evolutionary Games

Sep 19, 2024

Programming3D hand to hand combat help please.

Looking for conversation with people who have made a hand to hand combat system in unreal engine to help me decide if th...

started by tic458 Sep 15, 2024

1 reply

131 views

SNIPER

Sep 17, 2024

ProgrammingAutosave in Twine (Harlowe) visual novel

Hi there! I'm good at writing texts (at least I'd like to think so), but I'm a terrible programmer. And I really need yo...

started by Kaigal Aug 27, 2024

1 reply

130 views

Wild Island

Sep 12, 2024

Working with Video Game Composers Inquiry

Hi Devs, I'm doing some research and I am hoping to get some constructive feedback. I am curious. What are some of the h...

started by gamercomposer Sep 11, 2024

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Playtesting before making the game public

Hello, I am making a game which is now in somewhat playable state but requires a lot of polishing (what I mean is it may...

started by deuxb Sep 09, 2024

2 replies

179 views

deuxb

Sep 10, 2024

ProgrammingRenpy Help Camera for player in viewport

Hello, I need help creating a camera that centers the view on the player in a viewport. I've tried several things, but n...

started by zebra3d Sep 03, 2024

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How do I make a simple, decision-based game?

Hello! I'm trying to make a simple decision-based game with multiple ending, just one of those simple ones that are quit...

started by bucket Sep 03, 2024

2 replies

195 views

No Time To Play

Sep 03, 2024

DesignWhich type of generation should I use for my game?

I am making a procedual dungeon crawling game but I can't decide between two different types of generation. Current gene...

started by Gub Aug 28, 2024

7 replies

271 views

Magicsofa

Sep 02, 2024

DesignASMR Games on Itch

Hey all. I see quite a few ASMR games on Itch but no topics in the community so I'm starting one. Do you have an ASMR ga...

started by Noggin Means Brains Aug 29, 2024

3 replies

152 views

Noggin Means Brains

Aug 30, 2024

ProgrammingHelp Renpy problem

Hello, I have a small problem. I suppose the answer must be quite simple, but no matter how hard I try, I can't achieve...

started by zebra3d Aug 04, 2024

1 reply

150 views

Snakey33

Aug 24, 2024

ProgrammingC++ help

hello I am a C++ learner and I want to make games for my projects but actually doesn't know that how to make it?

started by AdityaSKhorne Jul 28, 2024

4 replies

261 views

Snakey33

Aug 23, 2024

Programming[Help] Rotating FPS Camera

Hey, I'm new to dev. If I rotate the player's gravity, how can I change the FPS camera appropriately? Effectively, how c...

started by shenanigans303 Aug 22, 2024

1 reply

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K. A. Laherty

Aug 23, 2024

TipPlay AGS games on Linux natively

I have seen a number of projects made with Adventure Game Studio which do not offer Linux build, even though the engine...

started by advega Aug 17, 2024

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Tiled - Help with border objects

Hello all. I am looking for someone with experience that may be able to help me with an issue I am dealing with in regar...

started by pixelfps Aug 10, 2024

2 replies

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pixelfps

Aug 15, 2024

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

315 views

Hodslate

Aug 14, 2024

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