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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

59 days 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

69 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

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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

26,047 views

IshikuraKanako

Jan 01, 2024

ArtBeginner's guide for putting together asset packs?

Might just be impatient, but I'm getting tumbleweed w/this question on bluesky, so I thought I'd try here. If there is a...

started by Shalmons Jan 31, 2025

6 replies

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Shalmons

Mar 13, 2025

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 May 06, 2024

6 replies

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approxamatrix

Mar 13, 2025

ProgrammingI'm working on a StepMania clone in HTML5. Please help me here.

I like StepMania, I also like Phaser. So I decided to create a StepMania clone with Phaser. The game can parse and play...

started by Retora Mar 12, 2025

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TipWhen is it "Good Enough"? - Learning Game Development

For a while now I have been thinking about this question. It never really seems to come up in the online tutorials or vi...

started by crazyhoundgamedesign Mar 10, 2025

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TipAvailable for any Game Mod, Tester or Community manager gig

Highly motivated and experienced gaming professional seeking opportunities as a Game Mod, Tester, or Community Manager...

started by Cle_ver Feb 23, 2025

1 reply

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noviko_dev

Mar 05, 2025

ProgrammingWhat game development software sould i use?

Recently I have been using multiple game engines to try to find the one for me (I’m a beginner) I need some opinions o...

started by BeepBlopBoop Mar 01, 2025

12 replies

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BeepBlopBoop

Mar 05, 2025

ProgrammingGodot 4.3 -> Godot 4.4 Migration

I just opened my game (small plug, Dicetro ) in Godot 4.4 after a few months development in Godot 4.3. I was super happy...

started by ChillyDudas Mar 04, 2025

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ProgrammingMinecraft

نعم، يمكننا استبدال الأشكال البسيطة بصور حقيقية لجعل اللعبة أكثر...

started by MSTREDRN2 Feb 25, 2025

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ProgrammingOAuth check license.

Good day. I decided to publish my game on Itch.io. However, I don't want users to be able to just copy the .exe file. I...

started by RomaBlackRat Feb 09, 2024

4 replies

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RomaBlackRat

Feb 18, 2025

ProgrammingGong from C code to Web Assembly

Soo I'm trying to choose between the low level librarys in order to start experimenting with gamedev. My first guess is...

started by PibeCaverna Feb 11, 2025

2 replies

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PibeCaverna

Feb 12, 2025

Advice and help to create a game

Hello, I'm a French developer and, with a friend who's also a developer and musician, we want to create a game inspired...

started by mat555kliro Feb 06, 2025

2 replies

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Frontline Studios

Feb 07, 2025

Any ideas for me?

The question is simple, if you have a PSX shortish style horror game idea that I can use then that would be wonderful!

started by Hamman11 Feb 04, 2025

6 replies

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Hamman11

Feb 06, 2025

TipGodot 4 AnimationPlayer+AnimatedSprite2D

I was creating the attack animations for my turn-based RPG game in Godot Engine 4 using the AnimationPlayer and the Anim...

started by Alex Requiemd Feb 06, 2025

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WritingI have many ideas for RPG maker games, I'm looking for some people to collaborat...

I have so many ideas and I would love to work together on a project, I feel my strongest skill is writing the dialog/sto...

started by GRAYF0X5 Feb 06, 2025

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ProgrammingHow to make a world infinite in pygame??

So, here is my question, I have made a game in pygame, that I am yet to share with the itch community, but my problem is...

started by lemoncleaver Jan 16, 2025

7 replies

625 views

lemoncleaver

Feb 04, 2025

TipClassic games renewed

Hello everyone, This topic is addressed to programmers, particularly those skilled in using various game creation softwa...

started by rafnet Jan 27, 2025

1 reply

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Frontline Studios

Feb 01, 2025

WritingWhy do people don't download android games on itch

For the past few years when I joined itch I realized that only a few people download my game.

started by Groovy Devs Jan 28, 2025

3 replies

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Frontline Studios

Jan 30, 2025

MarketingB2B Marketing Collab - Case study

B2B Marketing Collab INTRO Hello, For the ones that don’t know me, my name is Cristi P. and I represent 16 BIT NIGHTS...

started by 16bitnights Jan 25, 2025

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ArtSeeking Feedback: Designing Top-Down Game Characters with Only Left and Right Vi...

Hi everyone, I’m working on a top-down game and looking for ways to optimize the time spent creating character art and...

started by Archi Const Jan 23, 2025

1 reply

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DarkBloodbane

Jan 24, 2025

ProgrammingQuestion On Educational Games

Is there any prior precedent for games that blend romance with educational experience in an adventure game context? The...

started by Bequest De Cendres Studios Jan 16, 2025

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