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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

2 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

12 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

25,659 views

IshikuraKanako

Jan 01, 2024

ProgrammingIn cursor grab_mode: confined, how to get event for escape key pressed

Hello, I am making a game in bevy I have exported a wasm build into a bindgen build and it can run in the html canvas. I...

started by Kammil Mar 26, 2024

2 replies

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Kammil

Mar 27, 2024

MarketingWhat would be a good price for this game?

I’m soon going to release Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword , but I’m not sure what would be a good p...

started by Pikku-a Mar 13, 2024

4 replies

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Pikku-a

Mar 19, 2024

Blueprint Isn`t working! Help me!

I created a blueprint that works like a code lock, when all the digits are filled in it checks if I picked the right cod...

started by Dragon Studic Mar 12, 2024

1 reply

239 views

No Time To Play

Mar 12, 2024

WritingStory Development

Hi All, Like many other people on here I'd like to make my first game. I don't have any experience with any of this. I s...

started by Sirion Feb 18, 2024

8 replies

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Sirion

Mar 12, 2024

question

So I have this twine made HTML with my game consolidated to a zip folder with the pictures for said game......But when I...

started by CurrentGames Mar 10, 2024

1 reply

208 views

No Time To Play

Mar 10, 2024

ProgrammingGameMaker vs Construct vs Fusion vs 001 Game Creator vs Godot vs Gdevelop.!

What are your comments on these game making programs? Thanks. They look really powerful for game development!

started by david.JamIsFun Jul 30, 2020

19 replies

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SPAW Productions

Sep 09, 2020

TipTips? / Any Interest? Plans for Remaking a Very Old Game (Steamland / Locoland)

(I was not entirely sure where to put this, as it is looking for mainly discussion, but also encouraging interested user...

started by spacenerdy Feb 18, 2024

1 reply

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PurplePanties

Mar 05, 2024

ProgrammingWhat are the best ways to Improve as a Newer Game Developer?

I've been coding on and off for about 3-4 years but it's all been non-witten coding and I've been trying to get better a...

started by CoderEli Mar 02, 2024

10 replies

580 views

Nichathan

Mar 04, 2024

TipDrawing Unity gizmos in builds

In the Unity game engine, theres a useful thing that can help you debug your games, this is the Gizmo toggle. First, an...

started by Phill Nov 15, 2017

3 replies

17,778 views

vincurekf

Feb 21, 2024

ProgrammingTips for reducing memory usage with addressables in Unity?

Hi, I’ve been recently trying to use addressable assets to reduce memory usage in Unity - I already looked at a tutori...

started by NullXer Jan 11, 2024

4 replies

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NullXer

Feb 07, 2024

MarketingI have a problem with promote my game

Hey readers, well, I have an indie game, but the problem is that I want to make it grow, however, I don't have friends w...

started by KittyCreamPuff Feb 02, 2024

18 replies

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redonihunter

Feb 07, 2024

ProgrammingAAA Features for Indie Studios - Simple & Affordable Roblox-Style Creator Econom...

Hey all, I co-founded a startup called Asset Layer ( https://www.assetlayer.com/ ) which built a backend platform to mak...

started by DersHere Feb 05, 2024

1 reply

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DersHere

Feb 05, 2024

ProgrammingHTML5 local storage is lost at every update.

I've seen many three years old threads about this, and looks like it is not yet fixed. The issue is that the games statu...

started by Omiod Sep 06, 2022

6 replies

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Humane Tiger

Feb 04, 2024

ProgrammingGame Trophies/Achievements

Steam. Xbox, PS4, etc. have trophy/achievement systems. Even games not on a platform with achievements may display achie...

started by Identical Games Jun 28, 2020

2 replies

726 views

SugarGames Productions

Feb 01, 2024

ProgrammingItch.io Dark Theme

The Pink banner bothered me when browsing so I created a css script to mod it. Installation If you have custom css style...

started by Courcat Feb 08, 2017

3 replies

13,422 views

Andrew

Feb 01, 2024

DesignInteractive Narrative Design Tool FREE AND LOW CODE

Arcweave is a tool created to give game developers a way to create the interactive narrative elements used for their pro...

started by ArcMason Jan 31, 2024

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phaser game

Hello. Please i need help !!. Does anyone know how to upload to the web or export a game made in phaser. I have tried bu...

started by Cazabe Mar 29, 2020

1 reply

401 views

Catham Joker

Jan 31, 2024

Renpy: Selective choice showing up

Hello everyone! So in the game that I'm currently working on, I want there to be a feature where if you make a certain c...

started by LunarMoonStudios Jan 28, 2024

2 replies

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LunarMoonStudios

Jan 29, 2024

DesignWhen you get stuck at a level while playing a game, how many minutes is the limi...

When you get stuck at a level while playing a game, how many minutes is the limit of your patience? I want to design a f...

started by ymqworks Jan 22, 2024

4 replies

366 views

ymqworks

Jan 26, 2024

DesignIs one-handed game play important for mobile portrait games?

The title says it all. I'm going back and forth on design because I can't decide if it is okay to hotspots outside of th...

started by SCL Games Jan 25, 2024

1 reply

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redonihunter

Jan 25, 2024

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