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StickyDevelopersPackaging Your Unity Game for itch.io: A Step-by-Step Guide

This post will guide you through packaging your Unity game on Windows for a smooth upload and download experience for yo...

started by leafo Nov 02, 2023

9 replies

23,539 views

sliphtrexInc

Oct 01, 2024

StickyDevelopersTips for reducing the size of your build

If you’ve ever tried to upload a larger game to itch.io, you may have noticed that we have a default file size limit...

started by leafo May 28, 2023

7 replies

7,009 views

PiroKaoN

Sep 27, 2024

StickySellingHow to host a bundle with open submissions using itch.io Jams

You may have seen some of the larger bundles that itch.io has hosted where we have an open submission period for partici...

started by leafo May 23, 2023

3,398 views

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StickyHow to leave a video comment or reply

You can embed YouTube and Vimeo videos directly into your comments and posts on itch.io. In order to do this, just paste...

started by leafo Aug 25, 2016

16 replies

7,821 views

DevRoids

Apr 28, 2024

How do I get followers??

I have 7 games on itch.io and i want more people to play my games and follow me, right now i have 4 followers. can someo...

started by fire_soldier888 Dec 21, 2020

7 replies

2,726 views

leafo

Feb 12, 2021

SellingMoney for the Honey: A case study of pay-what-you-want pricing on Itch.io

Hello people! Late last month, I published an extensive write-up of my experiences with the first 10 months of selling H...

started by Cheeseness Nov 26, 2020

6 replies

1,571 views

Cheeseness

Dec 27, 2020

DevelopersHow do I promote myself as a composer and sound designer?

Hello everyone! My name is Ramon and I've been a composer for nearly 30 years now. I'd love to get into the game industr...

started by Ramon Solé Nov 13, 2020

3 replies

926 views

pengo mango

Nov 20, 2020

DevelopersPICO-8 and Itch.io - How to nicely upload your game

Hi all PICO-8 users and enthusiasts! Want to upload your game to itch.io, but those huge gray borders are haunting you?...

started by Pipo Nov 01, 2020

3 replies

2,017 views

Everstead Game

Jan 10, 2021

DevelopersUsing the screenshot layout for cool effects

Hey there developers! I was recently enhancing my itch page when I had the idea to use the "sidebar" layout of screensho...

started by SquishyTurtleGames Oct 14, 2020

826 views

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DevelopersUse Devlog to localize your game description

I'm new here and learning as I go along... Itch does not seem to have support for localization when publishing (HTML5) g...

started by tactic Sep 03, 2020

1 reply

1,007 views

Weltenbruch

Oct 03, 2020

How do i promote my game?

I wanted to know how to promote my game within itch, as I see that it is on the front page at least for a day, it is to...

started by RED BONE GAME STUDIO Aug 14, 2020

4 replies

7,275 views

Hodslate

May 02, 2023

Best strategies for gaining ratings and reviews?

Okay, here's some context: I have now made over 30 sales of paid items and had over 160 other downloads of free content...

started by Matthew L. Hornbostel Jul 12, 2020

8 replies

2,574 views

HH Richards

Sep 01, 2020

How to make your devlog stand out / gather audience for your devlog

Hello. I'm a game developer currently working on game called "Hellashapes". Hellashapes is an infinite bullet-hell rouge...

started by ShadowPeterX Jul 13, 2020

4 replies

949 views

ShadowPeterX

Jul 21, 2020

DevelopersFilter fix / game files

first i think your team should fix the filter.if i click Android plus free thats all that should pop up.instead its the...

started by A_Smile Jul 12, 2020

478 views

No replies yet

How do i grow my followers on itch.io

Hello guys! I'm new on itch.io. How do i make a good number of followers? and what are the good forums where i could tak...

started by Anthony Ede Jun 30, 2020

4 replies

1,178 views

No Time To Play

Feb 28, 2023

How to Encourage Let's-Players?

So... there were apparently too many threads from small streamers/Youtubers in the General Discussion forum and, as a re...

started by Krunchy Fried Games Jun 20, 2020

4 replies

889 views

Krunchy Fried Games

Jul 31, 2020

How can I get more views and downloads on a game?

I made game call The Small World, Originally called A small world. And for some reason, I only have 17 views and 1 downl...

started by DiamondLabs Jun 06, 2020

14 replies

15,715 views

Mig Creates Games

Jul 12, 2020

Requesting counsel about selling & blockage & success

Many use Steam to sell their games, however, due to the many comodities Itch.io offers (much suit me best for my situaio...

started by Remy'sHomeAdventure May 31, 2020

438 views

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DevelopersWill the real devlog please stand up, please stand up?

Hi, I'm new to developing and promoting games. I'm struggling to understand how to keep a devlog on itch. I see that you...

started by WillToPower May 24, 2020

1 reply

921 views

No Time To Play

May 24, 2020

How to gather audience for your little game

Currently I have make a little game which is a local 2 players shooting game with little fun mechanics. The sad part is...

started by ShadowPeterX May 21, 2020

8 replies

1,176 views

ShadowPeterX

Jun 29, 2020

DevelopersShould I post my game yet?

I have a game that's playable and, I think, quite fun for what it is. But it's also more of a prototype with very simple...

started by uncleAlias May 17, 2020

2 replies

755 views

uncleAlias

May 18, 2020

DevelopersHow to Get Your Game Noticed: Search Engine Optimization for Itch

Over the last few months I have done quite a bit of research on how to make the best use of Itch to get your game out th...

started by Minoh Workshop Mar 03, 2020

1 reply

2,516 views

leafo

Mar 05, 2020

DistributionSecurity and privacy

First of all, the itch desktop launcher has a handy basic sandbox system which is worth enabling, and I recommended that...

started by Dr-Flay Feb 27, 2020

700 views

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DistributionGoG Galaxy integration

Note: This isn't amazingly useful, but helps with seeing an overview of all your games in 1 place, and you can compare h...

started by Dr-Flay Feb 15, 2020

7 replies

20,972 views

Theotokos Derzhavnaya Bless Putin

Mar 15, 2020

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