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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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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

128 replies

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o139

1 day 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

16,119 views

IshikuraKanako

Jan 01, 2024

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

25 replies

22,621 views

Jackyfied

Jan 15, 2023

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

7,487 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

Kavykhi.Cloud - development platform for indie game devs

Hi! I’m building Kavykhi.Cloud - a development platform for indie game devs. In short, it’s like itch.io, but with f...

started by quyse 2 hours ago

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Help with bots in C3

Hi everyone, here I am answering people's questions that have crossed over from this article. If you have any questions...

started by Pizberry 4 hours ago

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ProgrammingWould it be impractical to code a game that is running a 2d and 3d version of th...

As a new game developer I know I'm filled with a lot of big ideas so before I go spending hours trying to brute force my...

started by tic458 5 days ago

4 replies

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redonihunter

4 days ago

What can I use to create a game?

I'm new to itch.io and love to program/code games. I am however unsure how to create games on this platform or even if y...

started by Orchid 24 days ago

12 replies

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Orchid

9 days ago

ProgrammingConsolidation (A new game I'm working on)

Already begun programming a new but simple game. So the basic premise of the game is that you play as a dark bluish-purp...

started by GodwayGames 36 days ago

7 replies

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GodwayGames

11 days ago

ProgrammingUsing AI to Build a RPG Game Town - Rosebud AI Tutorial

This is how to customize your own AI Town using Rosebud game template. Join Lisha, our founder, as she changes the NPCs...

started by Rosebud AI Gamemaker 16 days ago

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How many programs would I need to begin developing my own game?

Hey guys, I'm relatively new to this site. I've only known about it since about September of last year. I'm mainly here...

started by R34CTz 20 days ago

6 replies

132 views

Magicsofa

16 days ago

Marketingadvertising

advertising is a whole new level for gamedev and artists very hard to get noticed much for example here on itch.io I get...

started by o139 99 days ago

6 replies

309 views

16bitnights

20 days ago

MarketingIdeas for Marketing and Promotion?

It's very hard to promote my game and i'm confused on what to do. My game is called Cubic Void and I kinda need some ide...

started by BlobbyWeirdThing 23 days ago

8 replies

120 views

Hodslate

20 days ago

ProgrammingHow to switch camera and control between multiple characters like in FIFA? (Cons...

I'm making a game, and so multiple characters are involved, which the player can use at any minute by pressing SHIFT. Bu...

started by Pizberry 22 days ago

2 replies

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Pizberry

21 days ago

Godot 2.5D Basic Movement ( Beginner ) Question

How do I make the character rotate 360 degrees (like Sonic) when jumping? I used this video: Example

started by zoranmilenkovic 24 days ago

4 replies

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zoranmilenkovic

22 days ago

ProgrammingIn cursor grab_mode: confined, how to get event for escape key pressed

Hello, I am making a game in bevy I have exported a wasm build into a bindgen build and it can run in the html canvas. I...

started by Kammil 22 days ago

2 replies

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Kammil

22 days ago

MarketingWhat would be a good price for this game?

I’m soon going to release Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword , but I’m not sure what would be a good p...

started by Pikku-a 36 days ago

4 replies

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Pikku-a

30 days ago

Blueprint Isn`t working! Help me!

I created a blueprint that works like a code lock, when all the digits are filled in it checks if I picked the right cod...

started by Dragon Studic 36 days ago

1 reply

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No Time To Play

36 days ago

WritingStory Development

Hi All, Like many other people on here I'd like to make my first game. I don't have any experience with any of this. I s...

started by Sirion 60 days ago

8 replies

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Sirion

37 days ago

question

So I have this twine made HTML with my game consolidated to a zip folder with the pictures for said game......But when I...

started by CurrentGames 39 days ago

1 reply

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No Time To Play

39 days ago

ProgrammingGameMaker vs Construct vs Fusion vs 001 Game Creator vs Godot vs Gdevelop.!

What are your comments on these game making programs? Thanks. They look really powerful for game development!

started by rcbasicfans Jul 30, 2020

20 replies

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maradan

42 days ago

TipTips? / Any Interest? Plans for Remaking a Very Old Game (Steamland / Locoland)

(I was not entirely sure where to put this, as it is looking for mainly discussion, but also encouraging interested user...

started by spacenerdy 60 days ago

1 reply

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PurplePanties

44 days ago

ProgrammingWhat are the best ways to Improve as a Newer Game Developer?

I've been coding on and off for about 3-4 years but it's all been non-witten coding and I've been trying to get better a...

started by CoderEli 47 days ago

10 replies

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Nichathan

45 days ago

Unity WebGL build does not detect mouse clicks on part of screen

I have a Unity application ( https://will9371.itch.io/probability-calculator for reference) that works fine in the edito...

started by Will9371 68 days ago

3 replies

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Nichathan

46 days ago

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