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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

57 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

67 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

Visutella Boost System Parameters on RPG maker MZ

Hello ! As u can see in the Notes window of the skill, is it possible to mix both codes?? ["1.0","2.0","3.0","4.0","5.0"...

started by Zeopher Aug 26, 2021

4 replies

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Afloof.dev

Aug 26, 2021

Game ideas?

I'm a kind of new single developer and I have no ideas for games. anyone have any ideas?

started by SkyGameZ Aug 17, 2021

5 replies

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Pepe Jamal

Aug 24, 2021

ProgrammingUnity Pixel Art Filter Package

I made a port of a godot shader to unity that gets rid of the pixel art jitter when you scale or zoom into pixel art. I'...

started by Tony Aug 22, 2021

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ProgrammingMake A Hyper-Casual Game in 10 Mins

New Tutorial: "How to Make A Hyper-Casual Game in 10 Mins" In our New tutorial video, you will learn what a Hyper-Casual...

started by DoonDookStudio Aug 21, 2021

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TipGame feature - How to change in-game time properly?

We have a adult game based on visual novel and we are currently facing interesting challenge - how to move in-game time...

started by Sexy Goddess Game Studio Aug 17, 2021

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Construct 3 community

telling about their construct project and help

started by Stitch125ds Aug 07, 2021

2 replies

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Stitch125ds

Aug 17, 2021

Programmingdeath in my game

so in my visual novel should the player have a death animation or just "you died"

started by Deleted Account Aug 13, 2021

4 replies

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Deleted Account

Aug 16, 2021

Looking for Knowledge of Multi Functional Arrays in RPG Maker VX Ace!

Hello, have the whole idea laid out in my head of my brothers creation from the early 1990's before he was diagnosed wit...

started by Todd Aug 04, 2021

1 reply

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ArgondevilGuiderods

Aug 15, 2021

Options for publishing my old Flash games

I've got a lot of old Flash Games that I'd love to bring to a hip new young audience now that Flash is officially deprec...

started by EddyParanoia Aug 14, 2021

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DesignNew guy here and having questions early on.

Wow is this software awesome! I found something that comes really close to what I needed but I have some opening questio...

started by analien Aug 07, 2021

1 reply

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analien

Aug 07, 2021

System.DateTime.Today why not working on mobile?

Hello! This is my script, I want to save DateTime when I close the android app. It works perfectly on the editor, but on...

started by Ber-C Aug 03, 2021

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ProgrammingHTML game, hosting/hiding server game logic

I've made a turn based HTML game (PhaserJS, not published on itch yet) that I'd like to host a server side bit to solve...

started by scunliffe Jul 21, 2021

2 replies

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Tadgames

Aug 02, 2021

GAME ENGINE - plsss

hey, i'm searching a simple game engine that doesn't include coding..............pls, i need it for a game jam that is c...

started by LordFenny Jul 21, 2021

6 replies

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The GDG Bot

Jul 30, 2021

TipHow to Make a Platformer Game: New tutorial for Beginners

Our New Tutorial for Beginners: "Creating a Platformer Game in Construct3 " Make the Dinosaur Game easily in 30 minutes!...

started by DoonDookStudio Jul 31, 2021

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Plane movement

Hi there, I'm making a game right now and the premise is that you need to destroy enemy planes in space. I did some rese...

started by Shahzain Jul 31, 2021

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TipTips on minimizing workload to speed up your dev process

Hey guys! I'll be writing a short article about some tips and tricks game makers can use to save themselves a lot of tim...

started by yano Jul 19, 2021

2 replies

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yano

Jul 30, 2021

What software should I use to program my catfighting game?

So...I'm a degenerate with a catfight fetish, and I'm looking to make a female fighting fetish game. It will have things...

started by JTEddy Jul 24, 2021

6 replies

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The GDG Bot

Jul 30, 2021

Tipmarketing

Hi guys, How are you making your game "famous". I mean, where and how you market the game for people to know it. So far...

started by Game Brewery Jul 21, 2021

1 reply

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SUPERSTRING

Jul 26, 2021

TipHow to make retro aesthetic colorblind-friendly 👁

Colorblindness is more usual than one could think, about 1 in 20 people have it to some degree. Games should always be d...

started by eri 🍓 Jun 14, 2021

4 replies

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Lee

Jul 22, 2021

DesignNew Tutorial: "Knife Hit" Replica in Construct3 "Part 3&4"

New #Tutorial on our Website: How to make a Replica of popular game "Knife Hit" in Construct3 In part 3 & 4 of this tuto...

started by DoonDookStudio Jul 20, 2021

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