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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

66 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

ProgrammingMac cloud services - worth it...?

Alright folks, I'm looking to produce a Mac and iOS version of my current game South Cliff , and while I've applied for...

started by Argot Bertha Productions Feb 09, 2021

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DesignI'm trying to to design a nice page for my game. Any way I can make an image tak...

I have screenshot set to hidden, and places the images inside the middle column. But the image gets a 20 pixel border at...

started by Kasper Hviid Jan 18, 2021

7 replies

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jfkEO1010etc

Feb 09, 2021

DesignHorror games...

I was thinking about creating my first Horror game . I have never made one before, although I have played a few. I was l...

started by DoubleSlashDev Feb 01, 2021

8 replies

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mary_the_dandere

Feb 05, 2021

ProgrammingUnity WEBGL game does not write cookie

I'm developing a unity WebGL game and I'm trying to save the game data in a cookie. The code that writes the cookie does...

started by ZebraArts Jan 31, 2021

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WritingBlog exploring how to make narrative videogames

Hello everyone! I just published my first game here. It was not that long to make, but I spent over two years researchin...

started by Deleted Account Jan 30, 2021

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DesignTheory For Dogfighting Mechanic

Hello, people of itch.io. Soon, i want to make a 2D dogfighting simulator game (3D gonna be hard for an amateur like me...

started by CamkoalatiXD Dec 21, 2020

5 replies

636 views

Tadgames

Jan 29, 2021

Question for indie devs about efficiently planning out a game

I've been planning my dream game for a while now, and I don't feel I'm doing it right. I use Microsoft's OneNote, so fin...

started by chez_dev Jan 24, 2021

8 replies

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chez_dev

Jan 27, 2021

MarketingQuestions About Marketing Your Game? Ask Here! 💬

Hi all! Later this year, Superstring will be releasing a revised second edition of The Zero Budget Game Marketing Manual...

started by SUPERSTRING Jan 26, 2021

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ProgrammingI seem to be stuck in a plateau

I seem to be stuck in a sort of plateau when it comes to gaining experience in Unity. The problem is, I've been making g...

started by The Mysterious Developer Jan 22, 2021

5 replies

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Evolutionary Games

Jan 23, 2021

ProgrammingGame Analytics

Hi, I want to add basic game analytics to my game so I can better understand my players. I've come across gameanalytics...

started by sinistro25 Jan 22, 2021

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ProgrammingVirus software incorrectly flagging game as malware

I recently discovered that Avast was flagging my Windows installer as malware. Looking into it, it seems that it didn't...

started by Astronautz Jan 22, 2021

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What would be a good program to make sounds for games?

Hi! lately i'm struggling with sounds effects and music, what would be a good program to make that? Thank you in advance

started by SabaHao Jan 17, 2021

2 replies

319 views

Afloof.dev

Jan 22, 2021

tutorials for OpenTK and c#?

i am looking for a tutorial series for using OpenTK to make some sort of 2d game in c#, are their any good ones avalible...

started by Amelia Jan 21, 2021

1 reply

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No Time To Play

Jan 22, 2021

ProgrammingQuestion about making a split screen game in Blender

Hey guys, I've been watching tutorials about how to make a split screen in Blender, but no matter what tutorial I watch...

started by Danielle's Games Jan 19, 2021

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QUESTIONS

Hello! I create a game and I get this error: ct.js:3815 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'textures' of undefined...

started by Deleted Account Jan 15, 2021

1 reply

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No Time To Play

Jan 15, 2021

MarketingBuilding/previewing custom css/html on itch pages locally (sass/live-reload/etc)

I've put this command line app together to make working with custom html and css locally for itch game (and profile and...

started by billiam Jan 13, 2021

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How to add a discord button ?

I have seen a game and it had two buttons, one for patreon and discord. I would like to know how the DISCORD button is i...

started by eMerald Games Jan 13, 2021

6 replies

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No Time To Play

Jan 13, 2021

ProgrammingWhy am I getting "App not installed" error on latest build of Android APK, with...

Hey folks! I'm creating an Android app using Monaca (Monaca is just an online service where you can build the app instea...

started by HH Richards Jan 11, 2021

12 replies

2,901 views

Afloof.dev

Jan 12, 2021

GAME PROGRAMMING

Hello! built a game with 15 levels and my questions are like this: how to add to the game: - entry to the next level, th...

started by Deleted Account Dec 31, 2020

1 reply

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retrostorm

Jan 12, 2021

MarketingCan I release an unfinished game on Google Play?

I'm creating a game with a reasonably long story, chapter by chapter. This means the full story hasn't been created yet...

started by HH Richards Jan 10, 2021

4 replies

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HH Richards

Jan 11, 2021

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