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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

21 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

63 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

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

What are the requirements for using cookies?

I am a newbie. I made a game. It works OK on the local server, but doesn't save the level number here (on ITCH). If you...

started by Marker Play Jan 05, 2022

2 replies

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Marker Play

Jan 10, 2022

ProgrammingThe Cool Kids FPS Pack - Quake/Doom Inspired FPS Dev Asset Kit

Quake/Doom Inspired Unity Dev Kit to help you get started on making that future Doom Eternal/Quake Champions spiritual s...

started by ExtraWildGames Jan 10, 2022

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What is, in your opinion, a good game engine?

I want to get into gamedev, but am seriously confused on what engine to use. Unity/Unreal is what most people seem to re...

started by subtra3t Jan 05, 2022

7 replies

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subtra3t

Jan 07, 2022

a text based game engine?

is there such a thing as a text based game engine, as in text based editor/player etc. is it a good ideal to make one?

started by Deleted Account Dec 24, 2021

9 replies

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No Time To Play

Jan 06, 2022

Questions about game engines ?

I'm trying to find a good platform to make my game on I would love something like or similar to the game monster girl ma...

started by Bloodruby02 Jan 05, 2022

1 reply

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quou

Jan 05, 2022

MarketingHow to evaluate game Publishers?

Hey, So, I would like to share a few tips on how to evaluate a game Publisher, that I learn from my personal experience...

started by 16bitnights Jan 04, 2022

3 replies

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16bitnights

Jan 04, 2022

ProgrammingCan a C#/Godot developer explain this to me?

How comes this snippet of code produces no error: using Godot; using System; public class Animation : AnimatedSprite { p...

started by CyberRobotnix Dec 30, 2021

1 reply

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PaulsGames

Jan 02, 2022

What programming languages should I learn for video game development?

What programming languages should I learn for video game development? tellthebell

started by Leo5258 Dec 28, 2021

9 replies

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Fruitfly098

Jan 02, 2022

MarketingWhat type of rewards do you look for when looking at someones Patreon?

I am looking to increase the flow of traffic to my Patreon, but I am just curious to what rewards a user would look for...

started by ArtsFox Dec 24, 2021

1 reply

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rcbasicfans

Dec 30, 2021

MusicHow To Make A Perfect Music To Your Game

Sooo You Need Fl Studio And Find A Tutorial Of Something Like Trap In Fl Studio And Find Way To Put The Music In Your En...

started by HappyDavi Dec 27, 2021

1 reply

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mid

Dec 27, 2021

SCRATCH COURSE 1

here you will understant how to make an XO game using scratch full course at making an calculator in scratch full course

started by Rwanda games Dec 25, 2021

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Programmingoh dear god i just want to create a fun lil gba game without hassle

I notice. there are definitely game engines out there that support the creation of gba games but I know for a fact it do...

started by jezz Dec 22, 2021

5 replies

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Identical Games

Dec 24, 2021

TipI make money with donations ?

I have $200 in donations, I would like to know if I will receive these donations. ?

started by RyoSnow Dec 23, 2021

5 replies

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No Time To Play

Dec 23, 2021

How do you add checkpoints in a 2D Platformer, in Godot?

I've watched several Tutorials on how to add checkpoints, but when I tried adding the code, as well as using a singleton...

started by Danielle's Games Dec 21, 2021

1 reply

858 views

quou

Dec 22, 2021

Help! (unity importing 3d model)

so i have a 3d tractor model, works fine in blender, so i exported as obj, but when i import to unity, has no colors or...

started by Moptropica - Pixel Wiz Dec 03, 2021

4 replies

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Moptropica - Pixel Wiz

Dec 16, 2021

ProgrammingTutoriales Unity español

Hola que tal?, espero todos estén bien. Tengo un canal con varios tutoriales en Unity y busco realizar mas, estos son e...

started by MSGameDev Dec 15, 2021

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MusicSoundfont

what's the best converter for converting a chromatic scale to a soundfont?

started by AMOGUS Dec 13, 2021

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ProgrammingLooking to get started, software feedback?

Hi all, I want to start developing my own games and I'm looking at two possibilities. The first is the more sure bet. I'...

started by Emmett Dec 07, 2021

4 replies

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technicat

Dec 09, 2021

Why there is null reference exception in here?

Im coding with spacesurviver multiple kit. but there is null reference exception isue and no line renderer when player h...

started by silvakim Dec 07, 2021

5 replies

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silvakim

Dec 07, 2021

I need help for player's color index isue

I applied PlayerInfo script and when I join room to test, there are some players with same colors. how can I fix it? The...

started by silvakim Dec 01, 2021

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