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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

46 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

Tipunable to authenticate butler

Hi Guys, I am attempting to set up butler in Ubuntu running in Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10. I have unpacke...

started by UristGames Nov 20, 2019

1 reply

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UristGames

Nov 20, 2019

Programmingcodeguppy.com - game building website for beginners

I want to present you codeguppy.com - a *free* website that is encouraging beginners to build their own games using the...

started by codeguppy Nov 16, 2019

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Steam test ID

I have been working on a mess around project and its getting close to a great playable alpha. I would like to get people...

started by VirtuosicKitty Nov 09, 2019

4 replies

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firecat

Nov 12, 2019

Profit/Revenue sharing: just, how???

Trying to find information on profit sharing, but am not using the right keywords or something, because I can't find con...

started by Kochabi Nov 10, 2019

2 replies

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Evolutionary Games

Nov 11, 2019

ProgrammingWhere is better to place stat file?

Hi, All! In my game Unity WebGL, I keep statistics on the sequence of passage of scenes by the users. I would like to wr...

started by BrookyTest Nov 09, 2019

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TipHow can I make a discount for a week?

Hi guys, My game will be in 3 days available and public. But I want to make a 10 percent discount for a week, but it dos...

started by Amir Matouk Nov 04, 2019

2 replies

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Amir Matouk

Nov 04, 2019

Need help in game development? Visit my new created you tube channel. Here I'll...

Do you need help in game development? I have created a new you tube channel specially for the guys, who need help in gam...

started by Uju Studio Nov 01, 2019

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DesignFeedback for Save System

Hello, I am working on a system to save the progress of the player within a level. Maybe you can take a look at my game...

started by MuckGames Sep 18, 2019

2 replies

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mid

Oct 27, 2019

MarketingMarketing. Analysis of a list of popular gaming Youtube channels

H! We’re looking back at this post again: https://itch.io/t/577034/marketing-we-analyzed-the-lists-of-websites-and-the...

started by Highly Likely Oct 27, 2019

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TipToo many files

It seems' i have this problem of too many files, i've sent an email to the support but no reply, if someone could help m...

started by The Void Club Oct 25, 2019

1 reply

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No Time To Play

Oct 25, 2019

TipMarketing. Additions!

Dear colleagues! This is an addition of my recent post on website list analysis: https://itch.io/t/577034/marketing-we-a...

started by Highly Likely Oct 23, 2019

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ArtI have no idea how to make something climbable in my game.

I am making a game for a game jam. An simple platformer. And i am wondering how do i implement a thing that you can clim...

started by Deleted Account Oct 21, 2019

2 replies

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lemon cosmos

Oct 23, 2019

DesignDo you prefer ONE difficulty level or MULTIPLE difficulties?

This is a question I've struggled with recently. My game https://vigilantgame.itch.io/vigilant has one hard difficulty l...

started by BearWitnessGames Sep 08, 2019

11 replies

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null

Oct 15, 2019

Programmingjuego de aventura ordinaria en netbeans

hola a todos, soy un programador muy novato pues estoy en media superior, y necesito ayuda para poder crear un juego de...

started by necromancerlugo Oct 14, 2019

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MarketingMarketing. We analyzed the lists of websites and the result was disappointing

It all started when I came across this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/cmp2cx/contacting_press_youtubers...

started by Highly Likely Oct 09, 2019

4 replies

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Nolren

Oct 13, 2019

Makers Nation is an experimental GJ community for making games together.

Makers Nation is kind of like when you hit every tab on the fountain drink machine to create the ultimate beverage. I'm...

started by SALT & PIXEL Oct 09, 2019

2 replies

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SALT & PIXEL

Oct 10, 2019

Designidea to make a game that more customizable for players

you know how people are unpredictable like if they play Minecraft they might draw an L using dirt and then jump off a cl...

started by cobraman612 Mar 03, 2019

1 reply

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XanderIsMLGG

Oct 06, 2019

Art[3DCharacterAsset] Steampunk Bear

Here is 1st of 10 characters in development, coming soon on 3d digital markets. Steampunk character sketch (final versio...

started by TopGameAssets Jun 06, 2019

7 replies

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TopGameAssets

Sep 29, 2019

MusicLIRE Horror game - Info Japan voice Actress for Eve voice

I just want to tell you guys for the voice actress Eve it hasn't reach the goal, so I use my own budget for hire japan v...

started by ZheroIsland Sep 25, 2019

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WritingLIRE Horror game - Update 25 september 2019

Quick update, right now I'm working on the 1st floor of the side west mansion. I want give the best DEMO, so I decided t...

started by ZheroIsland Sep 25, 2019

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