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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

56 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

65 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

25,982 views

IshikuraKanako

Jan 01, 2024

HELP

Can someone tell me how to make games like ddlc and put the text at the bottom

started by ToastLady Jan 11, 2021

2 replies

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ToastLady

Jan 11, 2021

Creating a new Contains method to find objects of a specific type

Hey everyone! I found it super awesome that people here are really supportive to new game developers. I have a small que...

started by ChronicReplay Dec 20, 2020

3 replies

488 views

Cimeto

Jan 08, 2021

I am confused?

seriously how? How do you make games I’m new!!

started by Lxalla Dec 30, 2020

8 replies

550 views

Crossfire271

Jan 05, 2021

DesignJoe Rogan Podcast VR Experience

https://clubhousevr.itch.io/joe-rogan-experiance Do you have an Oculus Quest? Are you a fan of the Joe Rogan Podcast ? T...

started by ClubHouseVR Jan 04, 2021

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ProgrammingRTS movement in unity

Do you want to make a RTS game in unity but not sure how to move all the units efficiently? Don;t worry the RTS Flowfiel...

started by logicandchaos Jan 03, 2021

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ProgrammingTreeless Dialog System for unity

Do you want a dialog system that doesn't rely on dialog trees? Do you want dynamic dialog in your unity games? Try the A...

started by logicandchaos Jan 03, 2021

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ProgrammingLarge Number Asset!

Are you working on a clicker game or casual game in unity where you need massive numbers? My large number asset handles...

started by logicandchaos Jan 03, 2021

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What do you think about a program that could generate entire games using procedu...

i'm wanting to make a program cappable of do this my english is not good

started by Daskon Dec 29, 2020

3 replies

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Jeroen P. Broks

Jan 01, 2021

What would you do? *worried about how to continue*

I got on the train a bit too late with game making and went for the easiest engine possible using RPG Maker to make a ga...

started by Xanda Dec 22, 2020

8 replies

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Xanda

Dec 24, 2020

TipSpriteshet slicer tool

Hi all, I suppose it was about time I got round to posting about this. A while back I developed a handy little spriteshe...

started by Robert Brooks - gamedeveloperstudio.com Dec 23, 2020

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Background Ct.js

Hello! I have a problem with the background when I add a background and I want to build the level so that the tiles are...

started by Deleted Account Dec 21, 2020

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How do i start making games

I have the necesarry coding modeling and basically asset creation skills, i dont know where or how to start now, i want...

started by argenPipe Dec 20, 2020

1 reply

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LukeyDev

Dec 20, 2020

TipWebGL not loading in itch.io, but works fine in local

Hey everyone! I've been having some issues running my WebGL zip file in itch.io, I've been pretty much following this gu...

started by ChronicReplay Dec 19, 2020

6 replies

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Cimeto

Dec 19, 2020

ArtTELL ME YOUR SPOOKY IDEA and I will make ART OF IT!

Hi! I need YOUR HELP to IMPROVE the SPOOKYNESS of my game (and monster) SHADOW! I recently started making this ART video...

started by GameDevOver Nov 22, 2020

1 reply

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r3sgame

Dec 16, 2020

ProgrammingEasy One Day MonoGame Tutorial

https://www.radcade.com/monogame-build-a-c-2d-game-in-one-day/ If you ever wanna dive into some simple programming with...

started by ExtraWildGames Dec 11, 2020

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Programmingbeginner in game development looking for insights!

hi, everyone. as the title states, I want to start making a game. I have the idea of making a tamagotchi style (virtual...

started by xndenxal Dec 11, 2020

1 reply

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mid

Dec 11, 2020

How do i make a game?

Im trying to make an among us fan game but dont know how to start my template

started by Hollyn!!! Dec 01, 2020

8 replies

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Nep toodles

Dec 10, 2020

ProgrammingThe answer to your UE4 FPS controller needs!

https://owlneststudios.itch.io/uni-fps-controller Ever get tired of constantly making a new fps controller for your proj...

started by Owl Nest Studios Dec 09, 2020

2 replies

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Owl Nest Studios

Dec 09, 2020

Programmingwhat should I use for making a game

Hi. I am wanting to make a simple 2d game. what language should I use. (java, C++, C#) I already know C# for making cons...

started by Amelia Dec 06, 2020

4 replies

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mid

Dec 07, 2020

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to put an asset pack together?

I've recently been thinking of putting an asset pack together, and was wondering how I should do that.

started by Danielle's Games Dec 03, 2020

6 replies

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Danielle's Games

Dec 05, 2020

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