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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

30,632 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

21,916 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

Unity 2D Game

Hello everyone, first, I want to say that Im sorry but my english is not the best and I hope you will understand what Im...

started by CHIP303 Jun 19, 2020

3 replies

324 views

CHIP303

Jun 23, 2020

DesignImproving as a Game Designer

Been on a journey on trying to improve myself as a developer, but with a big focus on design. Was wondering if anyone ca...

started by Ichit Jun 20, 2020

2 replies

324 views

Afloof.dev

Jun 20, 2020

TipGuide: Optimizing Unity's Build Sizes

Hello, everybody! I wanted to share with you all the article we published yesterday in our blog! I specifically cover ho...

started by BusyBytes Jun 20, 2020

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MarketingGiving itch.io Private tax information

I'm a citizen of Canada. I'm doing the tax interview with itch.io and got to the part asking about my TIN (Tax informati...

started by ZShapard Jun 07, 2020

2 replies

2,109 views

LolaBo

Jun 17, 2020

DesignResident evil type of games

Hello there everyone i hope you all are safe in these corona hard times i always had this in my mind and here it goes...

started by xUnknownLightx Jun 13, 2020

4 replies

385 views

Afloof.dev

Jun 15, 2020

TipHelp with FPS

I just need tips on approaching an fps.

started by PatrickR2020 Jun 13, 2020

8 replies

451 views

criacuervos

Jun 15, 2020

ProgrammingItch.io API's

I'd like to interface with Itch.io via a Discord bot. The APIs I read about don't seem to really get into the public asp...

started by 2mOlaf Jun 15, 2020

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TipHow to approach an online FPS project?

Hello, I have developed games in Unity for about 7 years now, and I decided I wanted to make an online FPS game for my n...

started by Choof Jun 05, 2020

2 replies

331 views

quartsof

Jun 14, 2020

ProgrammingDesign patterns in Unity

In software engineering , a software design pattern is a general, reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem with...

started by quartsof Jun 14, 2020

4 replies

426 views

Seth Drebitko

Jun 14, 2020

TipPackaging a fiinished game

I'm a (very) amateur game developer and I'm working with IntellijIDEA and Java Swing to create really simple stuff. What...

started by RoboPesce Jun 12, 2020

1 reply

294 views

mid

Jun 13, 2020

ProgrammingHTML5 CSS on index.html for canvas resize

Heya - I've done lots of gamedev before, but am giving a try to some HTML5 stuff. I'm having issues writing CSS on my in...

started by Lachlan Kingsford Jun 09, 2020

1 reply

724 views

Lachlan Kingsford

Jun 11, 2020

Chrome is detecting my game as dangerous

I just upload an updated version of my game and when I download it, this message appear: translation: "File VortexGame...

started by CerealGodGames Jun 07, 2020

1 reply

802 views

firecat

Jun 09, 2020

ProgrammingHow big of a game can I make with Pico-8 (plus pluggins/etc)

Hey, so I'm new to game making and coding (like a month in), and I found out about Pico-8 a week ago through celeste thi...

started by Speertorin May 15, 2020

5 replies

1,130 views

Dan Cooke

Jun 08, 2020

Unity iOS App crashing on opening

I am currently using Unity Version 2019.3.13f1. When I export my iOS game, open it on xCode, plug in my iPhone and click...

started by LNA Studios (Lucius Amberg) Jun 06, 2020

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ProgrammingGoogle admob not working

hello i am using google admob in my game test ads are working but real ads or not, no requests shown no nothin at all bu...

started by Sadeq Jun 06, 2020

298 views

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How to Create Java Applet or HTML

Hi, I am wondering if anyone knows how to create a java applet class. I am using eclipse to make my java project, but wh...

started by Chrand123 Jun 03, 2020

8 replies

1,406 views

No Time To Play

Jun 05, 2020

MarketingCan a premium quality game be financially viable if launched for free?

I would like to preface this post by saying this is my first game, and it is nothing special. but i have worked full tim...

started by 2 Stupid Devs Apr 20, 2020

3 replies

513 views

Afloof.dev

Jun 03, 2020

ProgrammingWhat TYPES of games are the most challenging to create?

I've learned that some games sound easy to make . . . but then when you try and create them you find that they may not b...

started by 40wattstudio Jun 01, 2020

11 replies

425 views

No Time To Play

Jun 02, 2020

ProgrammingNew 2D Game Engine for Indie Developers Coming Soon

Hey all you aspiring indie game devs! Sleepless has been working on little a 2D game development environment. Its goal i...

started by Sleepless Inc. May 31, 2020

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Make unity2d game able to play on browser

I am a fresher.I have made 2D game in unity(2019) and post it in game jam as a option only downloadable.But I also want...

started by Prateeks3 May 29, 2020

2 replies

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May 29, 2020

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