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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

62 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

72 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

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IshikuraKanako

Jan 01, 2024

ProgrammingHelp to create my idea

Hey everyobody. Im new to this whole game developing and could use some help. So ive been thinking of this new game idea...

started by Lislis1 Aug 11, 2025

3 replies

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Hoiby

Aug 22, 2025

MarketingCollaborative Publishing Service? - Outfind Games.

Hi there! We are Outfind , a collaborative publishing service for Chilean indie games , created to support small develop...

started by Outfind Games Aug 21, 2025

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Pygame project, random module problem

I have made a game with pygame, where I used random module to choose a random variables from a list, but somehow the sam...

started by Danger_Drago Aug 06, 2025

8 replies

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Danger_Drago

Aug 07, 2025

DesignI created a financial simulation world and hope to share it with everyone

血色迷雾——架空金融模拟世界四城联动资本循环体系 × 动态经济生态 × 潜伏系统性危机...

started by icecool1007 Aug 18, 2025

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ramps

So i was working in unity and i am having issue with how the character is scaling ramp. Also in certain part on ramp my...

started by CryAK Aug 18, 2025

1 reply

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No Time To Play

Aug 18, 2025

ArtPause menu icon changes

I honestly have no idea if this is the right place to post this but I just changed 2 of the pause menu icons (1 minor ed...

started by TheBargainBedDev Aug 08, 2025

1 reply

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Afloof.dev

Aug 12, 2025

ProgrammingThe first Moroccan-developed PixelArt game ✅⚡😂

Name: Law of the Street " قانون الزنقة " 😂 Game Type: #PixelArt TopDown, like GTA or RetroCityRampage, but...

started by ABOGAMER Aug 08, 2025

1 reply

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ABOGAMER

Aug 08, 2025

ProgrammingCONGRATS, Godot fellas! No more custom .gitignore because of *.tmp

Ladies and gentlemen , I swear I intended to hype you up to go and push for change, but it was merged instantly. YAY! Wa...

started by VeeronTen Aug 06, 2025

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Game Creators/Composers – How Do You Handle Music? I’m Learning!

Hi! I'm working on a new project called SyncGameHub - a platform idea that connects indie game developers and composers...

started by syncgamehub Aug 05, 2025

1 reply

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jamesrollins

Aug 05, 2025

[Game Idea] Dragon Knight Mobile — A Tactical RPG Inspired by Classic & Langri...

Hello all, I’m excited to share a detailed concept for Dragon Knight Mobile , a tactical turn-based strategy RPG desig...

started by SRPG501 Jul 22, 2025

5 replies

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CrashDumpSoftware

Aug 05, 2025

I would like people to help me develope a vr game based of jjba

I would like people to help me make a game based off of JoJo's bizarre adventure I would like the game to be in VR and i...

started by KID_DEVELOPER Aug 02, 2025

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ProgrammingForgive me for asking...

Hi guys, I'm sorry as it's probably a tired question. I'm completely new to game development - the only programming expe...

started by wosnad Jul 16, 2025

5 replies

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b2023

Jul 27, 2025

MarketingI made a dialogue system for unreal engine, only 5 dollars

hello, I made this dialogue system for unreal, if you’re an unreal engine developer, I would highly recommend it. I th...

started by Hope Lion Jul 25, 2025

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Literally changed all my scripts. Solution was actually really simple

So I was trying to figure out why my project was lagging so bad even though my scene contains 2 objects. Which lead to m...

started by TheBargainBedDev Jul 21, 2025

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TipGame idea “Complete This!” – an endless encyclopedic collecting game

Hi everyone, I have an idea for a game called “Complete This!” It’s a game/encyclopedia where players collect ever...

started by Orion Nebula Jul 18, 2025

1 reply

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DarkBloodbane

Jul 18, 2025

Newbie trying to translate an epic story into a VN... and is drowning.

Hey y'all, I've GM'd campaigns for 20 years, had a huge amount of OC's and chaotic plots gone awry, and I wrote a really...

started by Marshall_vulpus Jul 18, 2025

2 replies

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Marshall_vulpus

Jul 18, 2025

ArtHow Do You Handle Client Revisions in Technical Illustration Projects?

Hello illustrators, Technical illustration design often comes with detailed client feedback — dimensions, labels, view...

started by howardelias Jul 17, 2025

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LibroGameCreator 3 - Image in Editor Field

Hi, I'm writing a gamebook called Eternal Path Chronicles : Gateway to Time. I need to place graphics like below into th...

started by ReinhardBehrens Jul 15, 2025

1 reply

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No Time To Play

Jul 17, 2025

TipDevlog explaining my approach to planning monetisation

Over the last few weeks I have been working to figure out how to go from a hobby game developer to trying to make some m...

started by crazyhoundgamedesign Jul 16, 2025

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Horror Game developing

How can I develop a horror game I see that a lot of developers use the same assests,sprite ect so how do i start???

started by timothyc Jul 06, 2025

2 replies

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Afloof.dev

Jul 15, 2025

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