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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

24 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

30,642 views

SupersizeMyHeart

66 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

21,932 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

ProgrammingMy HTML 5 game stolen by dozens of websites

My canvas HTML 5 game Peckin' Pixels ( https://wavingwalrus.itch.io/peckin-pixels ) has appeared on dozens of websites a...

started by Waving Walrus Games Dec 29, 2019

2 replies

642 views

leafo

Dec 29, 2019

Should I buy ads from bloggers to promote the game? Or is it a little effective?

Hello! I recently finished my game (I have been doing it for more than 1.5 years), and therefore, after the release of t...

started by JPStudio Dec 19, 2019

1 reply

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SwipeStudios

Dec 29, 2019

Help Please, Game refuses to make exe all of a sudden

Hello, I'm new to making games and have just finished a game only to have this problem all of a sudden. I'm using gamema...

started by TheSneaK Dec 19, 2019

1 reply

858 views

TheSneaK

Dec 19, 2019

MarketingLIRE horror game - Promoted Limited Tier

I want to promote limited Tier "Duke or Duchess" there's alot painting in the mansion in LIRE. If you support this Tier...

started by ZheroIsland Dec 13, 2019

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Where to make a game?

Hi, I'm not new to game making, but I can't find any free sites that let me makes games. I'm limited to chrome, so I can...

started by Stannator Dec 09, 2019

1 reply

2,152 views

abalonegrass

Dec 10, 2019

TipBeta testing, what was your experience?

Have you run a beta testing session with your game project? If so, was it worth it and could you share your experience?

started by lumatap Dec 06, 2019

8 replies

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lumatap

Dec 08, 2019

How do I upload a RenPy file?

I'm working on a project of mine and I just realized that I don't even know how to upload a RenPy game onto here. Just t...

started by Glubnii Nov 30, 2019

2 replies

3,052 views

firecat

Dec 02, 2019

i need help please

i made a game in unity for android then I wanted to build it ive downloaded unity 2019.2 and then when I try to build it...

started by MrGhantous Nov 30, 2019

2 replies

384 views

MrGhantous

Dec 02, 2019

ProgrammingNew Video from Handyz

Time waits on nobody! 🕒 Learn how to make a Timer system in Unity! Video:

started by Handyz Nov 30, 2019

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LIRE Horror game - Teaser before Demo release December 2019

LIRE Demo will release this december 2019, Here a little teaser~ Make sure you used the headphone \(`•ω•´๑)

started by ZheroIsland Nov 27, 2019

327 views

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Handyz YouTube Channel with Devlogs, Game Development and tutorials!

Hello Itch.io user! I'm a Game Developer from Jamaica and a Youtuber who do game development, If you guys are interested...

started by Handyz Nov 26, 2019

2 replies

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Handyz

Nov 26, 2019

ArtMy new mobile game project?

Demo coming soon!!!

started by arkman012 Nov 26, 2019

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DesignGame Design Tools and Representation?

What do people here think about the link between a game design tool's accessibility and how representative or diverse th...

started by flyingkai Nov 21, 2019

1 reply

346 views

Yal

Nov 23, 2019

Techniques for site locking?

In the interest of not having my game be spread around the internet without my permission (I don't mind people playing f...

started by Polypogon Games Apr 26, 2018

6 replies

1,717 views

leafo

Nov 23, 2019

Tipunable to authenticate butler

Hi Guys, I am attempting to set up butler in Ubuntu running in Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10. I have unpacke...

started by UristGames Nov 20, 2019

1 reply

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UristGames

Nov 20, 2019

Programmingcodeguppy.com - game building website for beginners

I want to present you codeguppy.com - a *free* website that is encouraging beginners to build their own games using the...

started by codeguppy Nov 16, 2019

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Steam test ID

I have been working on a mess around project and its getting close to a great playable alpha. I would like to get people...

started by VirtuosicKitty Nov 09, 2019

4 replies

416 views

firecat

Nov 12, 2019

Profit/Revenue sharing: just, how???

Trying to find information on profit sharing, but am not using the right keywords or something, because I can't find con...

started by Kochabi Nov 10, 2019

2 replies

1,498 views

Evolutionary Games

Nov 11, 2019

ProgrammingWhere is better to place stat file?

Hi, All! In my game Unity WebGL, I keep statistics on the sequence of passage of scenes by the users. I would like to wr...

started by BrookyTest Nov 09, 2019

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TipHow can I make a discount for a week?

Hi guys, My game will be in 3 days available and public. But I want to make a 10 percent discount for a week, but it dos...

started by Amir Matouk Nov 04, 2019

2 replies

620 views

Amir Matouk

Nov 04, 2019

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