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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

22 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

16,117 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

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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

7,487 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

MusicFree CC Chiptune Tracks (and questions about free music libraries)

Hi everyone, first time on posting on itch.io! I'm not sure if this is the best forum for this, so please let me know if...

started by Neil Aug 19, 2016

2 replies

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Neil

Aug 21, 2016

GameMaker Studio Errors Help!

I'm making a game with the help of a tutorial series on youtube the link - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUQ0xH...

started by Oestrro Jul 27, 2016

2 replies

1,472 views

Jonas Mumm

Jul 27, 2016

ProgrammingUnity: How to make a paintball game

Can i get some tips/code for a paintball gun. I will give a free copy this game to anyone who gives me this code. The ga...

started by carterz30cal Jul 27, 2016

2 replies

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carterz30cal

Jul 27, 2016

ProgrammingAttaching a Product key to your software

Hello , So in big business applications such a Microsoft Office they have something called product keys. Where once you...

started by Donni Jul 25, 2016

2 replies

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Donni

Jul 26, 2016

TipCome join MiniLD 68: Childhood Memories!

Hello everybody! I'm hosting the Mini Ludum Dare of this month. A Mini LD is a small version of the big gamejam Ludum Da...

started by Tiny Worlds Jun 13, 2016

1 reply

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Tiny Worlds

Jun 28, 2016

DesignRat FPS: How would you make the player character feel like a rat?

I've played around with an idea about a game that claims to be a serious rat life simulator where you evade predators an...

started by Yal May 14, 2016

3 replies

713 views

NoVowelStudios

Jun 16, 2016

ProgrammingProcedural Generation discussion

Procedural generation is a pretty hot topic nowadays. I'm kinda into it since I'm lazy and love to explore. It's also a...

started by Yal May 11, 2016

11 replies

1,022 views

Lantana Games

May 21, 2016

ProgrammingWeblinks in unity game

Hi I've uploaded my game and embed a weblink into it. it works on a local host that I used to test but the weblink seem...

started by ThoughtfulAppDesign May 02, 2016

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Ludum Dare 35 screenshot thread

I'm not participating in Ludum Dare this time but I'd still love to see your games. (In case you're out of the loop, Lud...

started by leafo Apr 16, 2016

16 replies

1,574 views

Xanjos

Apr 19, 2016

What inspires you to develop games?

Inspired by leafo trying to get people using this..what inspires you to post here develop games? Or if you're here as a...

started by Tangent (Rose) Nov 29, 2015 Last page

34 replies

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Wenceslao

Feb 27, 2016

ProgrammingHow to prevent arrow key scrolling (Unity WebGL)

Hi all, I threw up a game jam game the other night and ran into a problem with the arrow keys scrolling the page. In the...

started by wampapup Jan 22, 2016

1 reply

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alainfrancke

Feb 08, 2016

TipGame making challenge with prizes

From Monday 1st Feb until March 11th we're running a game making competition at PlayCanvas. The theme is Rockets! Robots...

started by daredevildave Feb 04, 2016

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ProgrammingNeed help on uploading my flash game on Itch.io

Hi :-) I'd love to put on itch.io an old flash game I worked on when I used to be a student. To be honest, I was only ga...

started by Yakkafo Jan 27, 2016

2 replies

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Yakkafo

Jan 28, 2016

How Do You Stay On One Game?

Hey, there. I've been making games for years, and years, and years, but I've never been good at actually following throu...

started by SolarLune Dec 08, 2015

22 replies

2,095 views

slimefriend

Jan 24, 2016

ProgrammingAmulet

Amulet Amulet is a free Lua-based audio/visual toolkit suitable for small-scope games and experimentation. It runs on Wi...

started by flankstaek Jan 20, 2016

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MarketingThe Elevator Pitch?

I've been trying to come up with a sensible way to describe my Game in a short and concise manner. But it's just so hard...

started by Michael Kissner Dec 10, 2015

6 replies

1,336 views

dx0ne

Jan 07, 2016

How did your team form?

When 2 or more are gathered to make video games, that's a what I'd call a team. While I deeply admire the one-person dev...

started by falpal Jan 06, 2016

1 reply

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falpal

Jan 06, 2016

DesignFormats for creating & distributing role-playing adventure modules (D&D, CoC, Pa...

I've made a D&D 5e campaign that has gone over well DMing for a couple different groups of players. I'd like to compile...

started by falpal Jan 06, 2016

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ProgrammingAGK users

Hello! I use AGK (app game kit) as my development environment of choice. With it being fairly unknown I was wondering if...

started by Ched80 Jan 03, 2016

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Development Transparency on Social Media

Hey guys! So I'm beginning work on a small demo that I'm tentatively calling Project Melancholy. Because I'm a 3D artist...

started by AustinChalk Dec 05, 2015

7 replies

964 views

Asatiir

Dec 25, 2015

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