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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

25 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

67 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

21,952 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

8,316 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

ProgrammingJavaScript's forEach is very slow!

JavaScript's forEach is very slow! Edit: as has been pointed out in the comments below by epidemian this only effects Ja...

started by Turnaround Games May 08, 2019

9 replies

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Turnaround Games

May 09, 2019

TipThe name of the apk to upload to the Play Store?

To set the name of the apk to upload to the Play Store Do I have to set the name of the apk file to English? Does upload...

started by gogdu May 06, 2019

2 replies

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gogdu

May 06, 2019

Programming[Unity] Struggling to find relevant/up to date 2D Turn Based RPG tutorials

Hello everyone, Unity devs in training here! While a 2D Turn Based RPG (like a Final Fantasy or Pokemon game) might not...

started by Luc_Ienn May 05, 2019

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Has anyone uploaded multiple apks to the Play Store?

I'm going to upload another apk for each architecture https://developer.android.com/google/play/publishing/multiple-apks...

started by gogdu May 04, 2019

4 replies

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firecat

May 05, 2019

TipIndie games, itch & Steam

Recently I've been talking to the 'target demographic'. Pretty insightful so I thought I should share this info. Some ma...

started by Tobop Dec 08, 2018

18 replies

2,218 views

Matthew L. Hornbostel

Apr 29, 2019

Tipnon-scrolling game container

I noticed on this website, the game container scrolls up/down when using the arrow keys for game controls. For my Arcade...

started by napalmz Apr 26, 2019

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MarketingMarket Research Advise

Hey everyone. I've made a few games before, but never with marketing in mind. Before I make my next game I want to find...

started by Gideon the Bard Apr 18, 2019

2 replies

640 views

Gideon the Bard

Apr 20, 2019

ProgrammingAdding a CORS header for my iframe game

The game I have uploaded to itch.io requires a connection to an offsite server to play. The connection from which my ifr...

started by GuildsOfGods Apr 14, 2019

2 replies

1,769 views

GuildsOfGods

Apr 16, 2019

ProgrammingSimple, Accurate Collision Detection

The general advice when making games is to use existing tried and tested libraries as much as possible. The idea is that...

started by Turnaround Games Mar 03, 2019

4 replies

3,226 views

firecat

Apr 11, 2019

ArtReleased script that makes any Unity3d animation frame rate lower! Pixel art st...

Released my script that makes any Unity3d animation frame rate lower real time! Great for making 3d animation look like...

started by Bcubedlabs Apr 01, 2019

1 reply

347 views

Matt Glanville

Apr 11, 2019

ProgrammingHow to export a project in Construct 3

Does anybody know how to export a game in Construct 3? I don't, and i'm pretty stuck....

started by Dreemore Apr 06, 2019

4 replies

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Dreemore

Apr 07, 2019

ArtPracticing Pixels - Help! Ratios?

I'm an artist- but as far as game development, most of the games I've been interested in making? I'm limited to backgrou...

started by sweetghost Apr 05, 2019

1 reply

363 views

Drasnus

Apr 05, 2019

ArtThe best Bundle for game creators

A set of assets of all kinds, music, images, effects, sprites, backgrounds, etc., that can be very useful to all those w...

started by Snabisch Apr 05, 2019

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ProgrammingIn case you've been wondering...

Paramedic Letters is NOT gonna get released at all. Because im lazy and i need to waste all my money for Unity assets.

started by Melancholy Games Apr 01, 2019

1 reply

359 views

Melancholy Games

Apr 01, 2019

ArtSprite makers compatable with superpowers

I'm trying to use superpowers, but I don't know what sprite makers work with it. Does anyone know what works with it? 2d...

started by barkers Mar 24, 2019

3 replies

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No Time To Play

Mar 26, 2019

DesignI need NES sprites!

I need 16x32 sprites, 03 colors, for use in NES project. Thank you very much ================== Necesito sprites 16x...

started by JorgeSpindola Mar 25, 2019

2 replies

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JorgeSpindola

Mar 26, 2019

ProgrammingParamedic Letters Monster AI

As you know, I use multiple AIs to make monsters not get stuck in walls and not go away from you. (or to make them not f...

started by Melancholy Games Mar 23, 2019

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What is the easiest engine to use for Visual Novel game?

Hey guys, I'm working on my own visual novel game ( https://www.patreon.com/californiadreaming ) and I was wondering wha...

started by Magnus Feb 02, 2019

8 replies

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Benevolentwanderer

Mar 22, 2019

ProgrammingWho uses Objective-C/Swift for their games?

Hi, I haven't done game coding/programming before since I'm more of an artist and rarely ever done coding itself. I did...

started by Toxic-Ramen Mar 21, 2019

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DesignStructuring a "larger" game project in RPG Maker

Kicking off a series of articles which explain a few useful things for structuring games in RPG Maker, but these might a...

started by Tanuki-sama Studios Mar 17, 2019

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