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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

14 hours 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

16,116 views

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

22,614 views

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

7,485 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

MarketingGame Pricing - Increase with Updates

Hello, I'm thinking of creating a game that uses a similar payment model to what Minecraft did. I will release the game...

started by MyOldDeadInn Nov 23, 2017

2 replies

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MyOldDeadInn

Nov 24, 2017

MarketingHow can you tell if your game is complete?

I am developing a sandbox game and I'm running out of things to add. I am thinking of how much this needs if I want to m...

started by RexTGun Nov 15, 2017

3 replies

530 views

AnnRodela

Nov 22, 2017

TipGodot Engine and pixel art games

Hi all! A few weeks ago I wrote a short guide-article on *everything* you need to know to start using Godot Engine for p...

started by William Tumeo Nov 16, 2017

3 replies

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William Tumeo

Nov 17, 2017

ProgrammingCan you fit a text game in a 64kb download?

Can you fit a text game with pictures in a 64kb download? Kind of like this screenshot . It's for a game jam...

started by mekka Sep 19, 2017

4 replies

530 views

Phill

Nov 15, 2017

TipIndie game publishers

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could tell me about good indie game publishers. I know about GOG and Devolver Digital, but...

started by Fasold Publishing Sep 17, 2017

2 replies

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Fasold Publishing

Nov 11, 2017

ProgrammingBDX - 3D Blender-Integrated Game Engine

Hey, there! I wanted to just pop in here and let you guys know about an open-source cross-platform 3D game engine that I...

started by SolarLune Feb 07, 2016

11 replies

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SolarLune

Oct 24, 2017

ArtLooking for UI Designer

i have made a game and need help coming up with a good ui design. should be pretty easy stuff i just cant seem to finali...

started by zacattakk Oct 19, 2017

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What do you consider a unique RPG game?

Hi, I'm currently making an RPG game but I am stuggling and confused on how to make it stand out from the others. I obvi...

started by noodle Oct 06, 2017

2 replies

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noodle

Oct 11, 2017

ProgrammingHelp with links to other Website pages in itch.io game

Hey Everyone, First post here, so I hope its in the right place. but basically, I've got a small problem with my first g...

started by Jarrod Cooper Sep 14, 2017

4 replies

3,556 views

leafo

Sep 29, 2017

ProgrammingRandom Map Generator

This tutorial project is a tutorial and demo for programmers on the effectiveness of Wang Tiles for generating random 2D...

started by Locomule Sep 27, 2017

2 replies

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Locomule

Sep 27, 2017

ProgrammingGood HTML5 game engines?

Hi! I'm SUPER new to this site and was wondering if there are any other good game engines for HTML5 other that the one t...

started by technogeek156 Sep 22, 2017

5 replies

907 views

Jae Deran

Sep 26, 2017

DesignScience and Technology in Video Games

Hey all! I hope this is the right place for this post. I am super new (...5 minutes now?) to itch.io, but I was told thi...

started by lolkennon Jun 16, 2017

1 reply

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Olive

Sep 23, 2017

ProgrammingBuying a development tool or using a rough compiler?

I've seen dozens, if not hundreds, of pretty simple games, at least if compared to those of the great video game softwar...

started by Paolo Fassin Sep 19, 2017

1 reply

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leafo

Sep 21, 2017

DesignGame Testing Tips?

Hey there, I've been looking to refine my games, but I've been having trouble finding testers both here and out in the p...

started by dunamisStudios Sep 12, 2017

1 reply

395 views

leafo

Sep 12, 2017

TipCan you help me ? - Download without download option

Hi ! I have a question about "Analytics" Section, could you help me please ? Well, i don't understand why i have "downlo...

started by Deleted Account Sep 07, 2017

1 reply

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leafo

Sep 07, 2017

ProgrammingWhat's the hardest genre of game to make? The Easiest?

I've looked this up before and it's not going to have any influence on my game design in the near future, but maybe some...

started by rickEofC Aug 27, 2017

12 replies

7,028 views

Cloaked Games

Aug 30, 2017

TipIm working on that dreaded last 10% of a game. any tips for survival?

I am working on a game and I'm on that Dreaded last "10%" of a game. which in actuality is said to be more like 90% of d...

started by RexTGun Aug 26, 2017

6 replies

556 views

RexTGun

Aug 27, 2017

I'm a newbie who needs some help

I just started with itch.io and I have finished developing a game. But this game contains images that are NOT free for u...

started by tthuma Aug 09, 2017

3 replies

492 views

woodsmoke

Aug 17, 2017

TipGodot Game Engine

I wonder if anyone heard about. Originally developed by Okam Studio; Godot Game Engine is an advanced 3D/2D game engine...

started by Fortoj Jan 08, 2016

9 replies

3,165 views

ToffeeTrish

Aug 16, 2017

Programmingcity generating tips/help needed (c# unity)

So I'm working on a transporting tycoon game and I just can't get past the city generating problem. I store the world ti...

started by Deleted Account Aug 10, 2017

2 replies

509 views

kcaze

Aug 11, 2017

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