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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

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IslandWind

11 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

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

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GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

MusicVocaloid

For the Vocaloid fandom

started by Mesmerizer Shelby 51 days ago

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Need help choosing program for game!

Hi! I was planning on making a visual novel mixed with a point and click puzzle style game but i wasnt sure what softwar...

started by R0ttt1ngg_P4tchezzzzz 53 days ago

3 replies

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No Time To Play

53 days ago

ProgrammingUnity WebGL VR game doesn't enter VR mode

It loads, I see the viewport, the game is there rendering, I hear the music, but there is no way to kickstart the VR mod...

started by POLYMAD 53 days ago

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Using Debian arm for mobile development

I installed Debian on Android with Termux but I can't get any practical use out of it. I installed Godot but it's very s...

started by Maykel Fernández 56 days ago

2 replies

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Maykel Fernández

55 days ago

TipHow to Make a Game in a Week — Use These Insane 5 AI Tools

In the world of indie game development, speed and efficiency are super important. With tight budgets and short deadlines...

started by Chmerry May 30, 2024

3 replies

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Anton

56 days ago

"Embed in page" doesn't work for browser games

Earlier, when I made a browser game and selected Embed in Page, it would embed in page. If I clicked Fullscreen, it made...

started by Kasper Hviid May 03, 2024

3 replies

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Toksyuryel

58 days ago

TipWhat's your Polish Process?

I struggle with polish. When it comes to polishing up your games for release, what is everyone's approach? Do you throw...

started by ohmygiggles 68 days ago

3 replies

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K. A. Laherty

58 days ago

ProgrammingRust-pixel v0.5.1 release!

https://github.com/zipxing/rust_pixel Online Demo Refactored the underlying rendering module, abandoned the canvas API o...

started by zipxing 58 days ago

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Making 3D games on mobile

I know very well how to create 2D games on my Android phone. https://amdevteam.itch.io/sunnyland But I find it impossibl...

started by Maykel Fernández 63 days ago

3 replies

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Maykel Fernández

59 days ago

DesignBrainstorm - Flamethrower in a game where the player only has one bullet

Hello folks. Please help me come up with an interesting way to implement a flamethrower in a retro arcade game about spa...

started by Combat Dices Team 63 days ago

7 replies

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Combat Dices Team

62 days ago

ProgrammingiPad touch gesture challenges - preventing the dreaded fullscreen swipe-down

Hi crew, I'm prototyping my first itch game, and have been struggling dreadfully against the iPad's default gestures: wh...

started by meditativegames 63 days ago

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ProgrammingNeed a handy tutorial?

Heloo devs beginners and experienced:) i would like to share with you some of my Tutorials regarding Unity usage. If you...

started by FireRaccoon Games 64 days ago

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MarketingTAURONOS : Post-Mortem

Hello wonderful developers, My name is Cristi and I am part of the 16 BIT NIGHTS dev team. Ready for another post-mortem...

started by 16bitnights 64 days ago

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ArtWow - Making game assets is hard

I've been trying to get batter at drawing things I need for what I'm working on. For the artistically talented out there...

started by MagusCurt 71 days ago

4 replies

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MagusCurt

66 days ago

Hi! So...how do you start building a video game?

So I was thinking of making a video game... a room escape game, to be more specific. I have done several plannings on a...

started by Medinut Jul 13, 2022

13 replies

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Deleted Account

Jul 15, 2022

Drawing Level 2D canvas help

I have been working on making a level fully in art program instead of placing pieces one by one It is non pixel art and...

started by Haziq Heartfelt 71 days ago

6 replies

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Haziq Heartfelt

70 days ago

ProgrammingIs it possible to use cookie in web games?

I don't know much about cookie aside from the fact that I could use them as a save system for my web browser game. Can I...

started by Anton 70 days ago

2 replies

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Anton

70 days ago

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 71 days ago

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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 89 days ago

1 reply

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ohmygiggles

72 days ago

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

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Gublu

74 days ago

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