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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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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

22 replies

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ScotterMonkey

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

133 replies

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-X-ScornGames

11 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

26 replies

26,770 views

investus.itch.io

Feb 01, 2025

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

25,653 views

IshikuraKanako

Jan 01, 2024

ProgrammingUnzipping game in player's browser.

Hi! I'm a Godot Developer, and I was trying to optimize my web builds (made with Godot 3.5.2) for itch.io releases. One...

started by perons Aug 18, 2023

5 replies

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perons

Aug 20, 2023

ProgrammingRPG Maker MZ how to make a combat system on locations?

if there are errors in the article sorry for my english. And now to the article there are several ways: 1 way: you can f...

started by Kotofey124 Aug 14, 2023

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DesignHonest feedback on a game concept

Hi everyone, I'm an aspiring game dev who is in the process of creating my first game, but I want to check if this conce...

started by Keimu Aug 02, 2023

8 replies

542 views

ivan866_z

Aug 12, 2023

MarketingB2B Marketing

Hello Gentlemen, I want to touch on a subject that I did not notice any deep approach in the wild even though it is very...

started by 16bitnights Aug 12, 2023

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How does the copyright process work and How does youtubers who show their game p...

I wanted to keep my games ideas private for now but the one thing I don't understand how a lotta YouTubers could show th...

started by CosmicStarBurstGAMES Aug 10, 2023

1 reply

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No Time To Play

Aug 10, 2023

In this corner Java and in the other Python, 3... 2... 1... FIGHT!

I am curious about anyone who started scripting with java and then moved into python, was it easy? was it hard? what whe...

started by MrRobotTheMechanicalMan Aug 08, 2023

8 replies

384 views

MrRobotTheMechanicalMan

Aug 09, 2023

RPG Paper Maker plugin help

Hey all! I'm in the process of making my first game and I'm using RPG Paper Maker. Would anyone with experience in makin...

started by Shenanigans303 Aug 03, 2023

2 replies

752 views

Shenanigans303

Aug 04, 2023

MarketingHow to get players and grow

Hey guys first time posting here, I am a game dev working on something in my free time. I am almost done with the projec...

started by sidequestgame Jul 26, 2023

1 reply

226 views

Hodslate

Jul 27, 2023

ProgrammingVideo Tutorials

Hello, I am the creator of the GameDev Quickie YouTube Channel. I am making quick GameDev video tutorials on various top...

started by lubiii Jul 22, 2023

1 reply

326 views

Voltan Games

Jul 22, 2023

Designanyone wanna talk about game design

i keep making small but smart changes to my games and wanna talk about them.

started by MarioMan98 Jul 21, 2023

3 replies

267 views

MarioMan98

Jul 22, 2023

ProgrammingAny other developers here using own custom engines?

I wonder if there are other devs here that use their own custom game engine for their games. All my games are written in...

started by Daniel Brendel Jan 03, 2023

18 replies

1,805 views

KuroGamedev

Jul 22, 2023

ProgrammingAI patrol movement in unreal

I guess the easiest way is show you the blueprint code and see if you can tell me why the character moves to first point...

started by repeatloader Jul 19, 2023

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ArtCreating a 2D platformer tileset

I began creating a 16x16 tileset somedays ago. 2D platformer. I want to cover a lot of enviroments, like caves, graveyar...

started by oninego Jul 06, 2023

4 replies

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oninego

Jul 18, 2023

DesignRandomized Potion Recipe System - Innovative or Infuriating?

I’m currently in the process of conceptualizing an intriguing system for a game I’m developing and would greatly val...

started by FieraRyan Jul 15, 2023

4 replies

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mid

Jul 18, 2023

ProgrammingNeed adicve for game making

Im new to coding and stuff, and I would like to make a Gacha syle game but dont want type of editing programs i would ne...

started by Eclipsekitsune Feb 22, 2022

3 replies

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Evolutionary Games

Jul 16, 2023

Underground Games - Noncommercial and hobbyist devs should emancipate from the i...

For around a half year, I try to locate games that don’t fit within the “market” and - if I find them to be good -...

started by Thunder Perfect Witchcraft Jun 09, 2023

18 replies

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protomo

Jul 11, 2023

TipQuestions to a game test form

Hi everyone! Next week we gonna run a small test tournament for our game Nightsong , with an award for first place (it's...

started by Very Bad Bunny Jun 21, 2023

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ProgrammingExperience the Future of Storytelling with VXLverse: A 3D Game Creator

Dear Itch.io Community, I am excited to share with you a project that I've been developing alone and pouring my heart in...

started by mpoapostolis Jun 18, 2023

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ProgrammingCORS Setting for a WebGL Game

Hi, I want to upload my WebGL Game that can download on demand content from Bucket S3. I'd like to add the CORS setting...

started by MoisesC Jun 18, 2023

1 reply

729 views

leafo

Jun 18, 2023

DesignYo! Need Your Help with these questions about Localization

Hey everyone! 👋 Our company is currently developing a localization tool specifically for gaming, and I would love to...

started by Daniela_AmiraLabs Jun 16, 2023

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