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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

23,476 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

6,997 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

3,395 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

7,816 views

DevRoids

Apr 28, 2024

DevelopersSearch for itch.io post tags

Where can I find the syntax to search for exact post tags like LFG , Jam , LFS , LFP etc.: Syntax should be displayed wh...

started by amusei123 Jul 10, 2022

919 views

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Help For New Developers!

When I was new to Itch.io I really didn't know where to start of as a game developer so it took me a lot of time to unde...

started by GG - Good Games Jul 07, 2022

8 replies

2,682 views

Aboghazy

Apr 22, 2024

DevelopersAdding Spoiler Text to your Game Description

All you need to do is switch to HTML mode, then add a <details> tag with another <summary> tag to say what it's about an...

started by ImNotJahan Jun 04, 2022

14 replies

117,012 views

flynger

11 days ago

How to report game pages the right way

Hey, everyone. A quick reminder: if you see a project that you have reasons to think is pirated, contains malware or oth...

started by No Time To Play Apr 23, 2022

3 replies

2,646 views

myuhinny

May 19, 2022

how to use the widget/embed for your game

if you want to put your game on your website or on an itch.io comment, usually you put a link to your game but there is...

started by Novai Games Studios Jan 07, 2022

4 replies

5,655 views

jfkEO1010etc

Aug 15, 2023

DevelopersHow to put Scratch games on itch.io?

OK, so i wanted to publish my games on another website (instead of scratch all the time) and wondering how to create a n...

started by kani Jan 02, 2022

2 replies

1,510 views

GGD3V

Jan 16, 2022

SellingHow do I make my assets visible?

Hello, I'm Talha! I can't see my published assets in the game assets section, even though I have filtered correctly. But...

started by talhagulbahar Dec 16, 2021

4 replies

1,120 views

talhagulbahar

Dec 16, 2021

how to get my gam popular

its really unpopular been unpopular for over year

started by Alex Dec 09, 2021

13 replies

1,453 views

Alex

Dec 27, 2021

Selling2D Game Asset Creation: Looking for suggestions

Hi everyone! I am getting into game dev, but coming from an artist perspective that is proving to have it's challenges...

started by Stoic Daemon Nov 25, 2021

708 views

No replies yet

SellingHow do i get people play the game and not only enter the page?

Hello. i have 13 game on itch, in most of the games i have a lot of views but a really small number of plays and downloa...

started by fire_soldier888 Nov 01, 2021

6 replies

1,551 views

nekozuki

Nov 25, 2021

DistributionGame Developer Name

Hey all. I'm about to publish a demo for my first game. But I'm stuck on the username I should use here on itch and othe...

started by DanielTsc Oct 27, 2021

6 replies

2,349 views

elis_o

May 26, 2023

DevelopersGame startup time is taking a lot for any game

Hi, as the title says any game I try to play it takes so long, sometimes it takes 30 mins for a 20MB game and sometimes...

started by Gabriel Ruiz Oct 24, 2021

5 replies

828 views

Gabriel Ruiz

Oct 25, 2021

How to promote my game assets

Hello! It's my first time selling a tileset that I made. I'm not done yet, i'm still updating it overtime. But I would l...

started by Lappdub Aug 25, 2021

6 replies

1,762 views

Lappdub

Sep 16, 2021

I intend to do a Game Jam for a cause--any suggestions to make it successful/pop...

Okay, I’ve played around with doing game jams the last year-and-a-half, even doing one with a prize (though something...

started by Zed Hanok Aug 17, 2021

2 replies

809 views

Sarainia

Oct 22, 2021

How to Itchfound?

started by Suspended Account Jun 23, 2021

1 reply

949 views

(Abandoned Account)

Jul 27, 2021

DevelopersBest ways to bring attention to your games without seeming annoying

Hi, lots of questions with people asking how to get attention to their games, so I decided to write some methods here I'...

started by Yana May 03, 2021

9 replies

2,168 views

MarthGDL

Jul 01, 2021

I want to request an CSS, What are the disadvantages?

I want to request a CSS from itch to create custom edges to content on my page and animated buttons there are any disadv...

started by fire_soldier888 May 01, 2021

2 replies

801 views

No Time To Play

May 01, 2021

DistributionProtect Browser Game?

Is there any way to protect a browser game from being downloaded on Itch.io? I was talking about it with a friend becaus...

started by CleanWater May 01, 2021

2 replies

885 views

CleanWater

May 01, 2021

What is the best way to make a good looking game page?

Hello! I've seen lots of different game pages for lots of different games here, and I wanted to ask the community: What...

started by chez_dev Mar 08, 2021

5 replies

1,628 views

virtualplaystudios

Jun 19, 2023

SellingUsing Payoneer payouts vs Paypal to earn more

tl;dr You can earn about 1.1% more with Payoneer instead of Paypal payouts, and it's quite easy to setup. Here is a tip...

started by Auburn Sounds Feb 05, 2021

4 replies

2,955 views

Aruma Studios

Feb 13, 2023

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