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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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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

45 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

55 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

RPG Maker MV to HTML, how?

Hi, I want to release a small demo of a game I made on RPG Maker MV, it has an option to deploy for Web browsers but aft...

started by PixelentGames Jan 22, 2019

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ProgrammingError question

I tried posting this on the general questions area as well, but hadn't gotten any feedback yet...throwing it out here in...

started by PappasBiology Jan 14, 2019

1 reply

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PappasBiology

Jan 14, 2019

DesignI need help with my old games I made?

How do I rip my old Unity games I made?

started by Super Davis Don Jan 07, 2019

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TipAdvice for Solo Developers

"Advice for Solo Developers" ABOUT ME. For the past several months, I've been putting my all into developing my own indi...

started by Jay Arnold Nov 17, 2018

7 replies

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Yal

Jan 02, 2019

Designcan someone answer some question about a possible game i wanna make

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfG00W-FgqLl4kX92VEIyptXeXIzE__FZlspXi-...

started by megaoy Jan 02, 2019

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ProgrammingIn game dev console for unity games

If you were interested in the dev console from Source games, then this console is pretty much that. GitHub link . It fin...

started by Phill Jan 01, 2019

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ProgrammingUnity Physics Climbing Game

I just started a project in Unity3d. In the game you can drag the hands and feet of a character to move them. This way y...

started by R O N I N Dec 30, 2018

1 reply

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woodsmoke

Dec 30, 2018

Tower defense pvp Mobile game

Can anyone create a tower defense game, where you send your own units and build towers to win the game.

started by Colaksan Dec 28, 2018

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[HELP ME] Unity HTML5 + Playerprefs vs Updates

Hi, I'm developing a, HTML5 game that uses playerprefs to store data. It works perfectly. BUT I want to keep updating th...

started by Alfred Alves Nov 30, 2017

10 replies

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cpitkin

Dec 27, 2018

Want to upload my game, but it's apparently too many files.

Hello, I've seen this posted before, but I need my account adjusted so I can upload more files for a game. I've seen it...

started by Rothers Dec 26, 2018

1 reply

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leafo

Dec 26, 2018

ProgrammingHTML5 game : Save data locally

Hi, I'm wondering if it is possible to save data client side or even server side (I doubt for this one) ? I did a quick...

started by Acid Prank Jan 26, 2018

7 replies

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Adventuron

Dec 21, 2018

MarketingKickstarter or indiegogo?

What funding website should i use to promote my game? Kickstarter or indiegogo? Pink vs Green (Yea splatoon 2 colors i k...

started by RainbowMagical Dec 18, 2018

4 replies

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firecat

Dec 18, 2018

How many levels in a puzzle game is enough to publish

Is 18 levels for example enough in a puzzle platform game to release a Alpha to the public?

started by Sebastian Nov 23, 2018

2 replies

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theresearcher

Dec 18, 2018

TipGot my WMR headset, want to try it, but...

I'm having trouble figuring out how to get it to work on itch.io games. I thought I'd start with the Wolfenstein 3D game...

started by davididev Dec 09, 2018

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Does anybody here need some creepy domain names?

I have a whole bunch of random domain names lying around (from an abandoned ARG), and thought I might as well offer them...

started by Yitz Dec 04, 2018

1 reply

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Yitz

Dec 04, 2018

ProgrammingLife-Saving Tip for Debugging Unity Games

Just felt like posting this here because it's something that apparently some people don't know about, and I have no idea...

started by DStecks Nov 28, 2018

4 replies

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bpangburn

Dec 01, 2018

newbie on animation

Hİ I've been improving myself for months and I've decided to make a platformer game with my knowledge but I need a 2d c...

started by BlueSeth Mar 23, 2018

3 replies

444 views

Zeke Polaris

Nov 29, 2018

Hey guys we have released a new game that we made for epic mega jam in 7 days, since we had limited time our commitment...

started by Cosine Interactive Nov 16, 2018

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How common is a Java installation

Hello, I am a Java developer and also the games I have done recently are in Java. I was wondering if games are delivered...

started by sandcastlegames Sep 17, 2018

2 replies

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h1G_hadezbladez

Nov 15, 2018

ProgrammingHow to allow IP of my server?

My game can't connect to my server! I think it's because itch is blocking IP of my server. Is there any way to allow COR...

started by marataziat Nov 12, 2018

1 reply

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leafo

Nov 12, 2018

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