Do people still buy text games?

How many people if so?

How likely are you to buy a text game rather than playing one for free?

How much more are graphical games valued compared to text games?

Are text games "modern"?

Finally, what do YOU think of text based games?

• No adult content allowed 

• Yes games , assets , game trailers   Etc... are allowed 
• Each person can only share one game a day , to prevent spamming 

For example here's my game : 

Speed of Life : The Ultimate Racing Experience

https://towi-1.itch.io/speed-of-life-3d

Experience the thrill of racing at lightning speed and dominating the competition in Speed of Life. Drive restored vintage cars through stunning landscapes and challenge drivers worldwide in intense one-on-one races. Prove yourself as the best and become a legend in the world of speed.

I'm assuming there are people here who are Attack on Titan fans.

I made a video countering the popular consensus that that worm thing that goes into Ymir is hallucigenia (Which imo has no basis other than it looks like it.).

Rather than spam I'll wait to hear if anyone wants to see it.

This is appropriate right? Plz be soft if it isn't.

Ayup

What can I do?! I'll keep it like this...more or less one problem...

The photos of the other novels are also disappearing, what can you say?! That's fine.

Why?

The Site is Brand New so there are not many games listed now but with your help this site could become something

Its Possible to View Games and Fav/UnFav them and Add your own game

you do not have to register to use this site

its also possible to view most fav games by genre

i will be promoting this site on social media so get in for some free advertising :)

like i said the site is nothing without games posted so with your help it could become something good.

thanks for reading

and here is the link to the site Games Heaven Website

- No sexualized image here

- No liking toxic people

- Don't be racist or comment racist memes

- Don't be desripectful to someone that has their face looks bad for you, or else I'll block you, unless that's a toxic person

- Don't even hack others.

- Don't send offensive videos

- Don't send desripectful videos.

High-ranked admins of this community:

- namdh (me)

- JohnnyWelte16 (he helps me with moderating this community with rules, my friend)

Here you can all promote your own games. I hope that everyone at least visits games here. 

https://thecatgamecompany.itch.io/thecat

I am probably not the first person to ask this question and probably not the last. I have seen lot of other devs page and see comments and ratings but mine 2 or none. I have been pissed off lately and starting to rethink my Software Engineer/Game Designer career. Maybe I am not designing my page well. Help me  decide

https://ansel-games.itch.io/

I have been on itch.io for 3 years now but my dashboard still says

Is this good or bad?

I’m organizing the Small Devs Bundle and looking for developers to participate.

• Each developer can include up to 3 games
• Free or paid games are welcome

• Developers will receive a share of any sales from their games

Sorry, submissions are already closed. You can check out the bundle here: Small Developers Bundle! by RipeAvocadoGames and 7 others - itch.io

I just wanna ask how is important for you to protect your game from being copied? I mean, Steam provides protection and if you buy a game you can only play it via Steam desktop app. Itch doesn't do that adn I see that everyone published games here.

I think a big studios want to have their games protected to maximise their revenue, while small studios or solo devs don't care very much about that.

What about you? What do you think?

emikn4

and

Timmdd26

: do NOT click the links!! The messages are scam and the links only contain malware!!

I didn't get to play very far cus school started back up again and i can't find the deleted file in my recycle bin. Id really appreciate anyone who knows what game im talking about.

https://rcandymangmailcom.itch.io/potion-icons-pack-fantasy-rpg-item-assets

Sender's account :   Emizo   (A member registered  Feb 08, 2025)

This is what the SCAM message posted looks like : 

 UPDATE AVAILABLE — NEW VERSION OUT NOW! The latest update has been released and is ready to download: → https://www.patreon.com/file?h=144282237&m=569842956

For your safety and to ensure you get the correct build, please download only from official links like this one.

 UPDATE DETAILS:

• Fixed several bugs reported by players
• Improved stability for a more reliable experience
• Added new content and small feature upgrades
• Refined UI elements and visual details
• Minor gameplay improvements and optimizations

Update now to enjoy the upgraded and smoother version!

: This message is a scam!! There is no update!!  NO DOT click the link on the message, it is malware!! Repost all the messages you come across!! I have reported several and I have sent a message to the support@itch.io.

Stay safe everybody!

I am interested in the anthology format applied to video games.

UFO 50 and Dark Pictures Anthology, while being most prominent examples, are multiple games from single dev.

I would like to apply more traditional and curated approach to anthology, which is prominent rather in literature.

What do you think about it? How would you do this, if you would organize such projects?

I made this site mainly because i liked to give people space to promote about their projects and try to build a small  community

https://vasnic.wtnet9.site

Submissions will be open until Monday 11:59 PM (so there can be time for everyone to review and accept the bundle), and the bundle will be published Friday.

Here is the link to submit your pixel art assets: https://forms.gle/kTo3eUWRborugiCw9

Both FREE and PAID assets are allowed.

Cheers

But anyway I recently injured my arm (just a scrape or rugburn. I don't think I need to be seen.) and I am not really worried about it but it does hurt. This is also happening at a pretty busy time for me in relation to my projects.

So anyway, what should I do? Am I being a wimp? Should I continue working on my game stuff or should I take a few days to recover? I know this is probably a stupid question but it is the first time I have ever had to make a decision like this.

But more interestingly, in my opinion, he has a series where he streams an average of half an hour of gameplay of underrated Itch games. And I think he may aim to stream exclusively Itch games - as in games that are on Itch but not on Steam, though I could be wrong there.

A cool thing that he does for the episodes though is that you can join his discord and arrange a voice call for the stream so that you can co-commentate on your game. It's a really good social feature. If you don't want to speak, you can type and lurk in the Twitch chat to add your details.

He's always looking for good Itch games, but as he says, it's hard to find them often. So, submit your best games to him and see in real time how well someone plays them.

Here are some episodes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOA_JbdT9v0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TackbG0Cys

TODAY IVE DID THE MAJOR BUG FIX IT WAS VERY PAIN FULL AS ALWAYS SO IS THERE ANY WEB DEV OR APP WHO HAVE SAME EXP WHILE FIXING HUGE BUGS   

BTW BEGIN A FULL STACK WEB SOLO  DEV IS VERY PAINFULL EXP

WHAT ABOUT YOU ?

Well I was playtesting my prototype and literally all that's there is basic movement, 3 collectables to touch.  and a platform with a grass texture I made on it.

I have become obsessed with it. Even in its current tiny state with no enemies or much of any platforming or anything I could not stop playing it.

I guess maybe I can tell if its fun.

I’m part of the Gaming department for Anime Central, the largest anime, manga, and Japanese pop culture convention in the Midwest, and we’re opening applications for indie developers who would like to showcase their games, meet players, connect with other devs, and get some visibility for their projects.

We’re big supporters of indie creators, so we’ve set up an Indie Showcase area with:

• 🎮 Affordable demo tables
• 📰 Opportunities for press exposure
• 🗣️ Feedback from players
• 🤝 Networking with other creators and industry guests

If you’re interested in showing your work or want more details, you can check out our info page and fill out an application here: https://www.acen.org/video-gaming/ 

Or feel free to ask me any questions below—I’m happy to chat.

Thanks, and I’d love to see some of your awesome projects at the event!

after months of hard development, ideas, design, failures and so on, and despite we are still working hard on our idea of a new game marketplace more fair and equal, we can finally have several features done, and we can start to see some light at the horizon.

But we now really need your help again, and please let me personally tell you thank you so much for all the previous help that many of you gave us before.

We listed several key points we were working on, devs side in our platform. Our goal is to have a marketplace able to let gamers explore and discover new games they want, both indie and commercial, instead of brutally forcing them to buy what is currently trendy. But please tell us some additional features that you want to have in a game marketplace.

Visibility & Community

• Effective Discovery and Curation: no tricky algorithms will define how your customers will find your games. In addition, we are constantly working to clean the store design, add powerful search functionality, and curated sections for indie titles or specific genres.

• From Indie to Major: feature indie titles equally alongside bigger titles, with fair discoverability (no burying small developers).

• Data Analytics and Market Insights: access to data on player behavior, market trends, and sales performance enables developers to make informed decisions about their game and future projects.

• Community Engagement Tools: features like forums, review systems, and communication channels allow developers to interact directly with their players, build a community, and gather feedback.

• Marketing Support: we will run promotions and sales events, we are also running rotational sections based on game genres.

Business & Financial Key Points

• 0 Cost Publishing: we don't charge you to publish products, we reward you with more points.

• Fair Revenue Split: from 85% up to 93% split.

• Transparent and Secure Financial Handling: we handle tax compliance (like VAT), and we also offer secure payment processing via Stripe.

• Pricing Control: you can manage prices and run sales and promotions yourself, aside from our promotion bundles.

• Monetization Support: built-in support for various monetization strategies, including in-game purchases, DLC, and microtransactions, helps maximize potential revenue streams

Development & Operational Tools

• Ease of Use & Integration: creating a store page for your games/products is a very easy and fun process in K Storm Studio Marketplace. Also, integrating and protecting your game with KSS is easy, and we provide a small piece of code and example to use for many of the commercial game engines.

• Copy Protection: connecting your game to the KSS System and the KISS DreamGate, your game can only be played by those who have purchased.

• Efficient Patching System: gamers can easily update their games directly from the KSS DreamGate app. Vendors can manage their files from their store page product editor.

• Customizable Product Page: easily customize your game store page with our creation tools.

• Customizable Vendor Store Page: after registration, you will get your own store that you can customize with some best features to better engage with your customers and remain in touch with them.

Please get in touch, tell us your wishlist and feedback.

Thank you!

First let me just link my portfolio to show that I'm probably at least a somewhat credible person to listen to.

What got me into pixel art?

Why did I try my hand at pixel art? Well I started around year 2014 or 2015 and originally I was into indie game development, so naturally I needed some kind of accessible art form to use for my game. Pixel art seemed the easiest to come by. I ended up publishing a small arena game, but with terrible pixel art graphics. I was actually embarrassed about it that I ended up just deleting it! It was honestly kind of fun though.

Why did I try to full-time it?

Because I wasn't satisfied with the art for my little 2-week developed game, I wanted to improve my pixel art style. This took many years (and is still ongoing), and part of the reason for that was because most of my days I'd have to work a regular job (such as factory or cashier jobs) full-time and only off work is when I'd practice drawing pixel art with a PC and mouse. I also always had analysis paralysis over choosing more stable career paths, but enjoyed making pixel art, so in the meantime I'd usually be putting pixels on the screen. Eventually, it started to get to a point where I thought my pixel art skills could be marketable to game developers and this was a turning point where a few times I tried quitting normal jobs a few times to try pixel art full-time.

The hard reality (for ME, but maybe not for you)

I've always assumed that "following your passion" was the way to go. At least that's what I would often hear from internet gurus while growing up in my 20s, but the reality for me is that it's just very hard to make any profit at all from pixel art, even after many years. Now I'm not claiming to be a business/marketing expert and neither am I claiming to be an artist who can skillfully draw or animate anything I ever want, but the very first obstacle is already the biggest struggle: I usually just can't find any work. I've tried building an art portfolio, I've tried listing my contact info on my portfolio and social media. I've tried Upwork (a freelance site), I've tried Discord, I've tried forums, I've even screen recorded a video of my animated portfolio as my pinned message on social media... but I usually just can't find work and I don't know what to tell you. I'm not even trying to sound bitter, but I'm not exaggerating either so it might sound like I am. I can go months without a single art job that pays a livable hourly wage.

It might sound like im frustrated (and it kind of is honestly), but I'm not just trying to rant and guilt trip everyone into giving me their wallets. I'm sharing the truth about what it has been like to pursue pixel art as a career like my whole life depends on it.

There's less freedom than you might think

Pixel art is fun and games when it's off work and you can choose if and how you want to do it, but you lose that freedom when it becomes your job. That's already a big difference and you might not realize it until you've lived it long enough. Instead, when it's 24/7, it becomes the only thing you're allowed to do, Gary Vaynerchuk-style, and you can't say "no" anymore to just do something else for fun. Want to practice Guitar? "Nah, I have to work on my art portfolio". Want to learn C++? "No, practicing some UI design" Want to try 3D modelling? "Nope, I gotta animate my 2D sprite here". Want to read this book here? "Nope, drawing".  Pixel art becomes the priority over everything else.

Isolation 

That just covers losing time for other activities. The other issue hard to ignore is you start to feel like you live under a lonely rock. Socializing is less frequent, love is less frequent. You basically become a pixel art workaholic and all the small talk you know enough to talk about is pixel art because you forget everything else in the world.

Summary

Pixel art is a fun hobby, but life offers a variety of hobbies, skills to learn, and relationships to live a fulfilling life, but making pixel art your career can take a lot of that away. I would say keep that normal job of yours and don't be ashamed of it for now. Not until you see enough signs that you can live off of pixel art alone AND you are comfortable with that. I don't think money is worth anything if you just end up grinding all the time. 

I don't plan on quitting pixel art/animation anytime soon, but sometimes I genuinely wish miss the freedom I use to have back when I was just a humble cashier. I wanted to share insight of what I do today, and the hard, unmentioned, reality of it so you don't feel ashamed of your normal 9-5 job and quit like I did. "Ashamed" is literally how I felt, but I really do emphasize that it is not nearly a strong enough reason to quit and do pixel art as a career. No way! That's all I got for this post, but happy pixelling anyway!

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We’ve built communities, paid fees, followed the rules, and yet, it’s like we’re invisible.

If NSFW creators are no longer welcome, at least say it outright.

Don’t leave us hanging in silence, wondering...

I’m also keen to contribute back to the community during my fieldwork. If you or your team would benefit from support with social media outreach, writing, or narrative design, I’d be more than happy to help where useful.

If you’re open to this—or know someone who might be a good fit—I’d love to hear from you. You can get in touch via:
game.dev.design.research@gmail.com

Thanks for reading, and I'm looking forward to connecting!

-BlobDev

Ever wanted to see your game played by real people in bars, cafés, and gaming lounges around the world?

This is your shot. LUXJAM² is LIVE.

We’re Luxodd Games. We make custom arcade cabinets, and this jam is how we find the next games to showcase on real hardware.

Here’s What’s Wild:

• You build a short, fun game (Nov 20–30)
• We pick 3 winners and port them into real Luxodd cabinets
• They get played in the wild by real humans
• Everyone who submits gets cash  

Yes, cash just for submitting, and a chance to get your game off the screen and into the real world

📅 Dates:

 Starts: Nov 20 Ends: Nov 30

🎯 Theme? OPEN. Build anything that makes players say: “one more run…”

Join the jam. Make history. Let the world play your game.

🔗 Join Game Jam