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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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hello! im new to itch.io but i love making games whatever way i can. im just wondering what programs i could use for mak...
started by MarselJ333 Jul 10, 2019
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I am starting a school project and need to make use of the A* pathfinding alg in unity. I have to code it manually and d...
started by Joobleboo 4 days ago
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Hi there I use godot engine for making games. I want to know how we can edit the 'made with godot' introductory scene.
started by The Coding Ninja 1 day ago
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**HELLO I AM TRYING TO MAKE A GACHA MOD HOW TO MAKE IT? TY
started by CuteCupcxkec Jan 10, 2023
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Hi all, We have an exciting new release of our test automation tools for Unity that will greatly enhance your testing ex...
started by AltTesterTools 2 days ago
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Hi, all game developers out there! We're thrilled to introduce the ThunderFire UX Tool - a FREE, user-friendly solution...
started by ThunderFire_UXTool 2 days ago
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Hey, as a newbie in game development in general, should I start learning how to program games first or learn pixel art f...
started by tulipblues 4 days ago
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This is not a game its a object show i am making episode 1 instead of 24 contestants its 14
started by Color friends studios 5 days ago
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im alone gamedev. for the now i was doing small platformers or really basic html games. decided to make something bigger...
started by hacknorris 14 days ago
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I'm thinking of creating a game but I don't know ANYTHING about how to create a game, I need your help for example: what...
started by you are happy? 6 days ago
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what are the tools you are using for making sprites, animations?
started by nejisko 68 days ago
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I don't want to publish the Linux version of my game with a statically linked executable. Is it considered good or bad f...
started by Teknologicus 19 days ago
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I am very new to coding, please bare with me if I post something wrong. The player is able manually pick up and hold an...
started by K-hunter87 10 days ago
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Hello Is it possible to develop a 3D "point and click adventure game" (think of Life is Strange, Syberia (the last two o...
started by thomiass 16 days ago
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Hello, I'm looking to purchase a license for a ready-made game engine for Xonix to use in my project. Ideally, I would p...
started by Bob2323 15 days ago
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First time here, got my browser game up and running (html, js, canvas) but I can't make sure certain things in the game...
started by Theunorg 39 days ago
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I'm about to create a roguelike card game, and I'm currently looking for a great asset pack of fearsome (even creepy) en...
started by Valderson 17 days ago
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Im doing some estimating/planning of net revenue of my game (game just in my head currently) - how much will my company...
started by thomiass 19 days ago
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Background : I'm developing a visual novel game. I can deal with all the story, programming, audio etc except graphs. Cu...
started by pandoleya 19 days ago
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I've wanted to make a game for a long time, but I don't have any coding skills or experience making actual games! I can...
started by Pastry Sep 24, 2022
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