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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

128 replies

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o139

31 days ago

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

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IshikuraKanako

Jan 01, 2024

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

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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

7,564 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

ProgrammingAdvice on choosing the right PC for game development

Hi, I'm very new to games development, haven't even really started yet. The issue is my current machine is too slow for...

started by ProfFarnsworth 2 days ago

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mid

2 days ago

Unity Problem: Lighting

Hello! i am making game in unity and i use bake light in every scene i have problem that i want to turn off the light on...

started by Cubix Shadows 5 days ago

15 replies

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Cubix Shadows

4 days ago

ProgrammingSNES Games Fanmade Remake?

You Can Like Fanmade Remake SNES Games? ◆SNES Games ■List ActRaiser Soul Blazer Terranigma ◆Video ■ActRaiser Apo...

started by nemesislivezx 7 days ago

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RPG Game...NSFW or Not...that is the question

So I got going with my first mayor effort with game dev, and I have been working on developing and RPG game, in a stile...

started by mr_muerto 8 days ago

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EclecticInk

7 days ago

ProgrammingI Can't upload project WebGL

I apologize if I posted in the wrong category. I've been encountering this issue for several days. I've been trying to e...

started by TheKillQ 10 days ago

1 reply

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Evolutionary Games

9 days ago

DesignOn the Usage of Shields in a Text Only Role Playing Game

During my work on the text-only video game that I'm designing, I've stumbled upon a question that I've always left unans...

started by Turnus 11 days ago

4 replies

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Eldwood

10 days ago

DesignReflecting on 20 years of indie game design

I wrote this yesterday as a postmortem to my 20 year career of indie game development. I've been wanting to write a gene...

started by Dylan Cassidy 12 days ago

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EclecticInk

11 days ago

WritingGame Development in 2024

Game Development industry in 2024 What do you think? No matter how we play games, the game engine industry is affecting...

started by Uju Studio 13 days ago

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My HTML5 prototype is running slow

Hi everyone, today I have uploaded a part of my game (the project is private) to see how it would perform. Unfortunately...

started by Titanwork Feb 04, 2021

23 replies

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Diego Orellana

13 days ago

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