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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

131 replies

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TheMetalCarrotDev

19 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

16,386 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

23,155 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

7,681 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

WritingThe Writ Platform Survey #1: A new way to make games

Hello game makers! My name is Alt and I am part of a team working on a new (totally free) game-making platform that will...

started by Althis Dec 09, 2017

2 replies

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Althis

Dec 09, 2017

TipPYGAME? PLZ

I love the fact that everyone is using unity to make games here. And the results are wonderful..But i was wondering is t...

started by Kevinselvan Dec 04, 2017

3 replies

467 views

leafo

Dec 05, 2017

DesignLooking for ideas :)

I am making a game called Trick or Treat (i am also looking for ideas!) Does someone have some good ideas? -Thanks Quint...

started by quintvanoorschot Nov 30, 2017

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MarketingHow do you collect player feedback? Knowing what your community wants in your ga...

It is hard building a community around a game. I think being in constant communication with your fan base is crucial for...

started by ajoris Nov 12, 2017

3 replies

532 views

Jonathan So

Nov 27, 2017

ProgrammingInserting new resource files into a signed OSX XCode app? Possible?

Hey fellow devs. I like having my OSX version signed so that when people download it directly they can just run it: http...

started by notpatchman Nov 16, 2017

1 reply

364 views

leafo

Nov 27, 2017

Names of any active HTML5 publishers/portals?

I want to submit my game there and to those portals

started by IMakeBadGames Nov 25, 2017

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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

544 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

541 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

3,705 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

919 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

447 views

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

398 views

leafo

Sep 12, 2017

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