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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

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

30,650 views

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

TipHow to make my game page better?

I have been trying to make my game page more appealing. I have added a trailer, some screenshots, backgrounds, etc., but...

started by Pikku-a Jun 27, 2018

13 replies

4,132 views

RealPpTheBest

Jun 28, 2019

Game designers

I'm working on GDD on the first title I'll work on. But don't have budget to afford the designer. What should I do? Any...

started by ShrewdJack Jun 25, 2019

4 replies

418 views

criacuervos

Jun 26, 2019

Aseprite & Rpg Maker Mv Question

So how would I take the preset outside tiles from RPGMaker MV and convert each individual tile into a resolution or a ca...

started by Asymmetric Jun 24, 2019

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Need help figuring out movement.

I am making a game, Sky . It is tile-based, so you are completely on a single tile at any time. I'm wondering if it woul...

started by CatUsername Jun 21, 2019

5 replies

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CatUsername

Jun 23, 2019

Tax information for hobbyist game developers from Germany / EU

Hi fellow game developers, I'm a freetime game developer from Germany that has a regular fulltime job as an employee. Gu...

started by Wend1go Jul 19, 2018

8 replies

5,020 views

Ravee

Jun 22, 2019

Which game development tools do you use?

Hi, I am learning dev games recently. Are there any excellent game development tools recommended?

started by felicialee Jun 22, 2019

2 replies

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felicialee

Jun 22, 2019

Erotic Games Hardware Integration

I'm no game dev. Far from it. I am a simple user. But, I have a suggestion that I'd like to air. A lot of sex toys have...

started by EccentricJim Jun 19, 2019

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DesignPushing RPG Maker MV a little more beyond its limits - some testing

started by Kibou Entertainment May 23, 2019

7 replies

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Kibou Entertainment

Jun 17, 2019

ProgrammingWhat is the secret to have many objects in Unity?

Hello, I would like to know, how to have normal performance in Unity when there are a lot of objects on the screen. Why...

started by gamebalance Jun 15, 2019

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SOLVED: Mixamo models acting glitchy and strange?

Ok, so I don't think I am the first one who has this problem but I can be the last one who has this problem. If your mod...

started by RealPpTheBest Jun 11, 2019

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ProgrammingPlacing sprites without an editor

Hey I am working with an artist friend on an html5 game and we want to try something other than Unity. It's a really sim...

started by DoctorDog Jun 07, 2019

1 reply

331 views

firecat

Jun 08, 2019

ProgrammingVisual Novel / Point and Click Making Tools

Does anyone know any good Programs (Downloadable or Browser based) for making Visual Novels or Point and Click games? I'...

started by Jonny Vox Jun 04, 2019

3 replies

848 views

No Time To Play

Jun 05, 2019

Artsinging, artists and programmers.

There are great artists both in the cinematographic and musical field of great scope: Alice Merton, Tom Cruise, Meg Ryan...

started by Paolo Fassin Jun 05, 2019

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ProgrammingMade an Auto-balancing prototype for arbitrarily shaped vehicles.

I couldn't find anyone else that did this online so I decided to post this so other people can find it in the future. To...

started by Kaktusz Sok May 27, 2019

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Classic Point & Click Game Develop -- beginer question

Hello, This is my first post :) I looking for information/help how to design classic Point & Click Game. The old school...

started by Tomasz May 05, 2019

4 replies

662 views

Matthew L. Hornbostel

May 27, 2019

ProgrammingJavaScript's for loop is surprisingly fast

I recently remarked on how JavaScript's forEach array method is very slow compared to using a standard for loop . One of...

started by Turnaround Games May 23, 2019

1 reply

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FMProductions

May 23, 2019

ProgrammingProcedural Generation survey for thesis

Hello, I am a student doing my dissertation on Procedural Generation. For any game Dev out wanting to help I have create...

started by SVGaming May 12, 2019

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How do I use 3d Assets in a 2d Platformer in Godot?

This is my first time making a game, and I'm looking to make a platformer with 3d assets for the player and opponents. I...

started by Malbinderoth May 12, 2019

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MarketingWe want to create a tool to help fellow devs - looking for feedback

My friend and I are considering a project to help fellow game developers be successful and we're looking for feedback. W...

started by itCompiledThrsNoBugs May 11, 2019

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ProgrammingProcedural Generation Survey for Dissertation

Hello, I am a student doing my dissertation on Procedural Generation. I have created this survey on Procedural Generatio...

started by SVGaming May 11, 2019

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