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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

116 replies

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lot6

8 days ago

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

20,207 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

6,784 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

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

15 replies

14,866 views

Denizonmus

Jun 16, 2021

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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what programs i could use for making games

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

9 replies

6,041 views

FOas34

5 hours ago

AI and A*pathfinding

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

11 replies

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mid

13 hours ago

Need help with godot engine

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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How to make a gacha mod?

**HELLO I AM TRYING TO MAKE A GACHA MOD HOW TO MAKE IT? TY

started by CuteCupcxkec Jan 10, 2023

16 replies

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PolyBlank

2 days ago

ProgrammingAltTester Tools - Test Automation framework for Unity Games & Apps

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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Design[Free Unity Asset] ThunderFire UX Tool For UI Designers

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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DesignWhere to Start

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

2 replies

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tulipblues

4 days ago

Object scratch jam (IN PROGRESS

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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searching for resources regarding game development (warning cause i got sus synd...

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

4 replies

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hacknorris

5 days ago

good day, afternoon, or night. I need your help

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

7 replies

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No Time To Play

6 days ago

Sprite making

what are the tools you are using for making sprites, animations?

started by nejisko 68 days ago

10 replies

276 views

poison.ivy.maze

7 days ago

Linux game publishing and shared / dynamic libraries

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

8 replies

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Teknologicus

8 days ago

ProgrammingNew Input System - Force the release of button press (Unity) (Help)

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

4 replies

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K-hunter87

10 days ago

6 people full time + 12 months = 1 game (3D "point and click" adventure game lik...

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

3 replies

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redonihunter

15 days ago

Xonix engine

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

2 replies

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quou

15 days ago

Debugging browser games

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

1 reply

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Tadgames

17 days ago

ArtCan anybody recommend an asset pack of fearsome enemies?

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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Estimating net Revenue from steam game sales (minus Returns, Regional pricings...

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

3 replies

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hechelion

18 days ago

TipWhen is the right time to have an artist for a Visual Novel game?

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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How Would I Go About Making A Game, And How Do I Ask For Help?

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

16 replies

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Gulshan Negi

21 days ago

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