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Whether it's game engines, new algorithms, designing the perfect mechanic, working with a team, marketing, creating sounds, or coming up with a captivating story, anything about game development goes. Share tips and techniques, or find insights posted from other members of the community.

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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

Is there a place to discuss fixed cam 3d games? (Eg. Resident Evil 1 etc)

Hey folks. Does anybody know if there's a Discord or a website or a forum where folks discuss Fixed Cam 3D games in deta...

started by Reverend Speed Feb 06, 2021

10 replies

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Reverend Speed

Mar 24, 2021

TipGame Jam Tips, but According to Science!

There has been some research on how to improve a game’s chances to succeed at a game jam. I’ve read several scientif...

started by Newbie Indie Game Dev Mar 21, 2021

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ProgrammingEmbedding TTS in applications

Dear readers, I work on TTS (Text to speech) systems and have made a system that can be completely embedded into your ap...

started by rijulg Mar 17, 2021

2 replies

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rijulg

Mar 20, 2021

TipUnity 2019.4 2D Transform Position Tutorial

I demonstrate how to get a game object to move with user input by adding to and subtracting from its transform.position...

started by GausRoth Mar 17, 2021

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WritingNarrative Jam: Community Center

I am trying my best to assist hardworking and passionate narrative designers and game designers successfully become empl...

started by Zachary Fried (he, him, his) Mar 16, 2021

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ProgrammingImplementing Live-Ops and In-Game Artificial Intelligence

Live Ops is about introducing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to customise the user’s experience keeping them engaged and...

started by Fyrall Mar 13, 2021

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I want the perfect game engine

so I am an android user of samsung galaxy tab 3 lite version 4.2.2 and I want the engine to be free and no coding requir...

started by cooldude999 Feb 17, 2021

14 replies

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Tadgames

Mar 10, 2021

Visustella plugin putting symbols between numbers

Hello! I bought and installed some visustella plugins for my game project. Since then i noticed a symbol "," is appearin...

started by Golgoleth Mar 08, 2021

2 replies

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firecat

Mar 09, 2021

Programmingelectron.js, anyone else?

I use electron.js for this project - https://division-by-zero.itch.io/play . Does anyone else use electron.js?

started by Division By Zero Mar 06, 2021

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Art3D visual novels?

Hi guys! I've been reading some visual novels that use 3D models and graphics as visuals, I've looked at the credits but...

started by Kita Mar 03, 2021

1 reply

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No Time To Play

Mar 03, 2021

Looking for assets for character and avatars

Hello here ! I am the developer of a game: https://buxx.itch.io/rolling-multiplayer-rpg I search assets to generate char...

started by bux Feb 26, 2021

1 reply

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No Time To Play

Feb 26, 2021

ArtStraw hat design advice?

So I am working on character design for harvester of worlds. Still fairly early on in the design. I am going for a farmy...

started by toizeito Feb 26, 2021

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ArtI created a FREE online tool to create 2D assets and animations from 3D models!

Hello! Like the title says, I've been working on a free online tool that helps indie game developers and people who don'...

started by midgelf Dec 18, 2020

4 replies

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midgelf

Feb 20, 2021

Linux version quite slower if compared to windows build

Do you have any suggestion to make it faster ?

started by suoko Feb 18, 2021

1 reply

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No Time To Play

Feb 18, 2021

ProgrammingHow to make the graphics shake? Just like this.....

https://ellis-james-game-studios.itch.io/ Just like the above webpage. When I place the mouse pointer over a picture, th...

started by david.JamIsFun Feb 17, 2021

2 replies

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david.JamIsFun

Feb 17, 2021

Uploading Scratch Projects causes control loss

When I converted my Scratch Project to a Iframe, then copied it to a TXT document and finally renamed it as an HTML docu...

started by ObsoletePotato Jan 20, 2021

11 replies

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ObsoletePotato

Feb 17, 2021

how to upgrade from blocks

I am pretty young and feel like I have done everything i can on things like scratch and microsoft makercode and wanted t...

started by flamo69 Feb 05, 2021

5 replies

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quark studios

Feb 17, 2021

looking for an animality type template

if anyone can post an animality type template that would be great ty im using gdevelop

started by jcarkshow Feb 15, 2021

1 reply

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No Time To Play

Feb 15, 2021

MarketingTips on bad (Android) game ratings?

Hey! I just launched my first android game and already received my first unfair bad review. I know this is a thing with...

started by GuldorGames Feb 13, 2021

3 replies

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GuldorGames

Feb 15, 2021

ArtIsometric ramps design advice.

So I am working on harvester of worlds. It is isometric in style. I am working on cliffs, specifically on ramps for up a...

started by toizeito Feb 14, 2021

4 replies

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toizeito

Feb 15, 2021

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