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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

44 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

54 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

25,827 views

IshikuraKanako

Jan 01, 2024

ProgrammingFirst-person view in Unity

How do I make the mouse centered in Unity and how do I make it so that you rotate the camera by moving the mouse?

started by NullXer Sep 24, 2019

2 replies

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lemon cosmos

Sep 25, 2019

RPG Maker mv game to publish on play store -Please help-

Hi good day, I was wondering if anyone knows how to publish an rpg maker mv game to google Play store. I have paid for t...

started by JBo Sep 18, 2019

3 replies

807 views

firecat

Sep 22, 2019

ProgrammingLIRE Horror game. Development Update : Testing AI

Hi, I decided to create youtube channel to make LIRE progress updates. This is update that I am working on now you can v...

started by ZheroIsland Sep 14, 2019

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Problem hearing sound with some games on iPad/Mobile

Hi guys, i've noticed that with some games (particularly ones made with the Bitsy game engine) that on mobile platforms...

started by starsblackanddim Sep 13, 2019

1 reply

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leafo

Sep 13, 2019

DesignTips on Boss Design needed...

What makes a boss good like in game? Like making it enjoyable or unique to a game?Cos im now making a 2D platformer game...

started by CamkoalatiXD Aug 13, 2019

3 replies

577 views

lemon cosmos

Sep 10, 2019

Art freelance pricing

I'm a pixel artist. I know there's no 100% accurate way to charge client tasks but what pixel artists can do is break do...

started by imonk Sep 10, 2019

3 replies

417 views

BearWitnessGames

Sep 10, 2019

Scripting language for AI?

So i am making a game that will be requiring some "some-what intelligent creatures". I am coding this in C/ASM because i...

started by X2Sたr Sep 08, 2019

2 replies

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X2Sたr

Sep 09, 2019

TipGood Game Engines for Beginners?

Anybody know any good Game Engines? I'm talking like GameMaker style and quality, and not Unity (Waiting for the Visual...

started by Polygon Aug 10, 2019

5 replies

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Linda Wong

Sep 09, 2019

Using DnD Monsters in other games

I want to add in my game some Dungeons'n'Dragons monsters (like Mindflayers, Gnolls, Sahuagins and Beholders). But my ga...

started by MagicFool Aug 02, 2019

14 replies

1,115 views

Jeroen P. Broks

Sep 06, 2019

ProgrammingMultiplayer Online Game Jam?!

Hi everyone, I'm asking for ideas and feedback to make a Multiplayer Online Game Jam! (#MOGJ) Check the draft of the ide...

started by endel Sep 04, 2019

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Programming403 error first time loading a data file from streamingAssetsPath in unity webGL...

On the very first attempt to load a data file from the streamingAssetsPath (i.e. I upload a new build to itch, and the V...

started by tinkerla Sep 02, 2019

2 replies

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tinkerla

Sep 03, 2019

TipPublishing an iOS app made with Unity on a Mac

Hi, My Web search skills have deserted me. All I am after is a step by step guide on how to publish an app, made using U...

started by John Vella Aug 11, 2018

5 replies

2,041 views

Paper

Aug 22, 2019

Design2D Isometric Chracters

TLDR; Is 2D Isometric sprite creation/animation more work than it's worth for someone noob enough to have to ask? A litt...

started by sandsawks Jul 19, 2019

2 replies

565 views

Makhor

Aug 19, 2019

How to calculate efficiency in tower defense games?

Using only DPS and the cost, what's the formula to determine if it's better to place multiple of the same tower or purch...

started by noyiu Aug 13, 2019

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TipPlayer controls in the game..no more scrolling down

I been doing this lately on all my new games where I have a joystick icon that when the user hovers over the icon with t...

started by Mig Creates Games Aug 05, 2019

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ProgrammingGame Team

Does anyone want to help make a game in unreal engine 4 with me Anyone who is familiar with the engine

started by Mayo Jul 24, 2019

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ProgrammingHelp with a script (GM: Studio 1)

Am I writing in the right category for asking help? I'm making an Action Platform Game (but I 'm working to other projec...

started by MagicFool Jul 19, 2019

2 replies

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MagicFool

Jul 20, 2019

ProgrammingC++ Game Development

Hello all, I have a question about C++ development. Basically, how would I go about doing it? With stuff such as SDL, SF...

started by LebbyFoxx May 10, 2019

8 replies

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mid

Jul 19, 2019

TipPoint and click/visual novel/dungeon crawler?

Im looking for a development software that can develop a game that fits a point and click, visual novel, and dungeon cra...

started by Anxious_Gamer Jul 14, 2019

2 replies

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wildroseinteractive

Jul 16, 2019

ProgrammingDungeon Kit - Make Zelda-like Games (Unity Asset)!

Hello! I've recently finished making an asset for the Unity Asset Store that allows you to make zelda-like games! Sorry...

started by Sam Penberthy Nov 26, 2016

1 reply

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tequyla

Jul 10, 2019

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