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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

9 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

22,611 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

ProgrammingAre Hybrid AIs the Answer to Better Gaming AI?

https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JakobRasmussen/20180326/315812/Are_Hybrid_AIs_th... Our very own Jakob Rasmussen wrote t...

started by Unleash Mar 26, 2018

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Issue with game display

used the following code with p5.js in my player class: function Player(xx,yy, minX,minY,maxX,maxY){ this.pos = createVec...

started by smv Mar 11, 2018

3 replies

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smv

Mar 25, 2018

DesignUsing GNU in project

Okay so recently I had a problem in figuring out how to do something. Recently I found the GNU utility called wget could...

started by toizeito Mar 18, 2018

2 replies

318 views

toizeito

Mar 19, 2018

DesignGathering User Data with google scripts

I am looking into gathering user data from a visual novel that I am working on. I think that some of the puzzle pieces a...

started by toizeito Mar 14, 2018

7 replies

521 views

toizeito

Mar 18, 2018

ProgrammingHelp Request - Mouse Lock Issues with Unity build

I'm having a weird issue where my cursor will not lock in the game window. I've tried just about every combination of "E...

started by Justin.kau Mar 13, 2018

1 reply

760 views

Justin.kau

Mar 14, 2018

What's your strategies to promote your games?

genuinely curious to those who expose their games out to the world. how do you go about it? any tips/life lessons to tho...

started by oz2mura Dec 06, 2015

21 replies

7,039 views

Alexandr Shvab

Mar 13, 2018

DesignMining cryptocurrencies in game

Hi friends, I would like to ask your opinion about integrating a cryptocurrency miner into your game for monetize your p...

started by josergc Mar 12, 2018

1 reply

252 views

No Time To Play

Mar 12, 2018

"There was a problem loading your project"

Hello everybody, i did a game with construct2, then i exported the game in HTLM5 compressed upload. And when i try to st...

started by BouleDeuFeu Mar 11, 2018

6 replies

3,246 views

BouleDeuFeu

Mar 11, 2018

What is wrong with my Textures?

Hey guys, what is wrong with my csgo textures?

started by LeseN Mar 11, 2018

1 reply

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LeseN

Mar 11, 2018

Can you tell me if mechanic is good?

I developing game https://stoarch.itch.io/boomtris test release is here https://stoarch.itch.io/boomtris/download/7Jcp0b...

started by Stoarch Jan 23, 2018

6 replies

550 views

Stoarch

Mar 10, 2018

MarketingWhat's your favorite screen capture software?

If you've made youtube videos of your games, what software have you used/do you like best/do you avoid at all costs? I'm...

started by marximus Feb 06, 2018

9 replies

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null

Mar 09, 2018

MarketingWhat to do to give my game the best chance of "going viral"?

I know it isn't an exact science, but there have to be some ways of increasing the chance of it happening. The problem i...

started by Dariusz "Darkhog" G. Jagielski Jan 03, 2018

8 replies

2,279 views

Jackalsoft Games

Mar 08, 2018

What are the thing we have to make in a game so the game legal is the person/com...

Hey guys i m new in game development i completed mu first game and uploaded it on aptoidewhuch is signed using unity but...

started by sufiyan anwar Mar 06, 2018

3 replies

328 views

woodsmoke

Mar 07, 2018

Programming[GODOT] Deal with slopes in a platformer

Hello there ! I'm began using the version 3 of Godot since 2 weeks or so and I'm facing a problem with slopes tiles. Let...

started by Disktra Feb 16, 2018

2 replies

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Disktra

Feb 23, 2018

java and css question?

Hey all, please forgive my absolute lack of knowledge i have in coding n such, so if any of this comes out sounding stup...

started by xArcausx Feb 22, 2018

4 replies

315 views

xArcausx

Feb 23, 2018

ProgrammingVideo Tutorial - Createa a Side Scrolling Shooter in Pixel Art (8-bit) with Co...

Hi everyone, I am creating a new series of tutorial to teach how to create your first games with Construct 2. This tutor...

started by Biim_Games Feb 20, 2018

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MarketingItch.io NULL support

Itch.io says that taxes for EU sales get collected and cut off from the payout. This really happens on a payout. So in t...

started by Agger Interactive Feb 14, 2018

356 views

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[HELP] Collaboration Asset Sharing Software or Websites

I'm looking for something where my team and I can post the art and code for a game were making. What does itch.io reccom...

started by ToastSub Feb 09, 2018

1 reply

311 views

No Time To Play

Feb 09, 2018

Is developing a game from scratch live on itch.io a good idea?

Hi, I'm new to itch.io ! I have game that I've just started. Its at the very very 1st playable prototype stage. Is is a...

started by Sandwich_Generation Jan 30, 2018

3 replies

611 views

triplefox

Feb 04, 2018

Programmingembedding game/tool on my site

is there a way to keep the user on my site when they start an embedded game? i'd even create a paid membership area to a...

started by xArcausx Jan 30, 2018

7 replies

2,705 views

leafo

Feb 01, 2018

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