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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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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

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HKM Industry

1 day ago

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

144 replies

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Helmuth Schmitz

15 days ago

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

24 replies

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Vaida

Feb 03, 2026

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

19 replies

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Vaida

Feb 03, 2026

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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A verifiable alternative to the NoAI tag

I've developed a patent-pending technology for automatically verifying whether content is human-generated or AI-generate...

started by dails08 2 days ago

6 replies

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redonihunter

4 hours ago

TipI'm building a playtesting tool for game developers — would you pay $9/month f...

Hey devs 👋 I've been working on an idea and I'd really like some honest feedback from other developers. After spendin...

started by Airvice 3 days ago

4 replies

110 views

HKM Industry

5 hours ago

DesignBuilding a new type of RTS

As a big fan of legacy RTS games (e.g. Starcraft, Command & Conquer, etc.) and wanting to use my expertise of physics, m...

started by iria-1342 25 days ago

5 replies

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iria-1342

18 hours ago

TipWhy Most AI Localization Breaks Your Game (And How to Fix It)

I've been building a tool that stops AI localization from breaking your game I'm a solo dev, and like most of you, I've...

started by phobopt 1 day ago

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ProgrammingI Made a Small Godot Plugin to Speed Up Repetitive Material Assignment

Hey everyone! While working on 3D scenes in Godot, I found myself repeatedly assigning the same material to multiple Mes...

started by Raykit Studio 2 days ago

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Browser-only, no-install multiplayer 3D — anyone else skipping the downloadabl...

Curious how many other devs here are betting on browser-only distribution for 3D/multiplayer work instead of a downloada...

started by Nyzaverse 13 days ago

5 replies

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HKM Industry

2 days ago

ProgrammingProgramming advice appreciated!

As it stands, I am not a programmer, not even a little. I'm making a video game though so I gotta do it. If anyone has a...

started by J Ambrose 32 days ago

5 replies

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BrownBag64

4 days ago

Tip[New Dev] Is there a list of common Art Styles for Visual Novels?

Not sure if I am asking this the right way, but one of the first issues that I am running into with Visual Novel creatio...

started by BrownBag64 4 days ago

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Do you have a game idea that you won't use?

Hi there, i wanna make a small indie game, maybe by myself, maybe with some people, idk yet. The thing is i don't have a...

started by Vass 12 days ago

4 replies

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YamatoGhost

4 days ago

ProgrammingLooking for someone to help me build a 2D RPG in Python/Pygame

Hey, I'm working on a 2D pixel-art RPG called PhantomX using Python and Pygame. I already have a working foundation for...

started by errorepic 11 days ago

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WritingNew MMORPGS

1. Deutsch 2. Englisch 1. Ich arbeite seit einiger Zeit an einem Konzept für ein Fantasy-MMORPG. Dabei geht es mir nich...

started by Blumenberg 18 days ago

1 reply

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Banana Mole

5 days ago

Design3D World Studio 6 - Web-Page and Sign-Up Sheet is LIVE!!!

The Web-page and Sign-up sheet is below. If we can get at least 200 people interested and signed up.. Joshua Klint will...

started by DrWho Jan 22, 2025

3 replies

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zaydmkr67pro

5 days ago

ProgrammingEver made a game in your own programming language? Well, I did!

A game in my own programming language Yes, it was about time. I started developing my own programming language a few yea...

started by Daniel Brendel Jul 06, 2025

15 replies

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Daniel Brendel

8 days ago

ProgrammingLooking for feedback on Unreal plugin for event-driven gameplay rules

I’ve been building a custom Unreal Engine plugin called RuleForge for my own projects, and I’m trying to gauge wheth...

started by Mini Game Dev 10 days 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 Last page

55 replies

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yuna02974@gmail.com

10 days ago

godot help

i'm trying to make a geomatry dash game is godot, but i dont know how to get the player to move right and only be able t...

started by Dcoder1235 10 days ago

1 reply

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No Time To Play

10 days ago

ProgrammingMade a Ren’Py VS Code extension because existing ones were lacking - includes...

I kept running into limitations with existing Ren’Py VS Code extensions - mainly not being able to jump to definitions...

started by Allure Diffusion Apr 02, 2026

2 replies

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Allure Diffusion

10 days ago

Testers

Looking for Android Beta Testers (Google Play Internal Testing) Hi everyone! 👋 I'm the solo developer of Fire Feast...

started by Jmm042789 13 days ago

2 replies

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Jmm042789

12 days ago

Looking for beta testers after a big new Voidfall update

I recently released a pretty big update for my free game, Voidfall, and I'm looking for a few people to test it and tell...

started by nooxax 12 days ago

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TipHow to start making a small game

I got interested in coding and doing a game perhaps. My knowledge is rather tiny and i am older now and kind of wonder i...

started by Dickmilch Dec 13, 2025

6 replies

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DREAM_SEARCH_REPEAT

13 days ago

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