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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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When you get stuck at a level while playing a game, how many minutes is the limit of your patience? I want to design a f...
started by ymqworks 67 days ago
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The title says it all. I'm going back and forth on design because I can't decide if it is okay to hotspots outside of th...
started by sclanim 63 days ago
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hello! im new to itch.io but i love making games whatever way i can. im just wondering what programs i could use for mak...
started by MarselJ333 Jul 10, 2019
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Dear Expert, I downloaded SAMYAM_ALL_CODE.zip . And then I try to run following project. But I cannot find the source pr...
started by ortanca 66 days ago
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I've been wanting to make games ever since I've joined. I just joined 1 month ago and played games I've known. They insp...
started by Lazy gurly 87 days ago
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i cant find any websites where i can code without paying or downloading. can anyone help me out
started by Munchkin12007 71 days ago
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I Tried To Make Some Scripts For My Game, But I Dont Know Why It's Not Working
started by Steven2PM Mar 21, 2021
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Seeking skilled storywriter for collaborative game development. Interested? Contact us on Discord: nermine0.
started by Nermine 76 days ago
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Emotionally-driven narrative games like Nier Automata and To The Moon have inspired me to try out creating one myself. M...
started by sizzlinkola Dec 19, 2023
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows good sources (that are free) to learn Unreal Engine.
started by CelestialStudio 78 days ago
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I have the most experience in godot, and python and I want to start a side scrolling game how would one set up the scrol...
started by Willisthehy 84 days ago
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I'm finally looking into making a game this year, but I was wondering what people here would recommend for sound creatin...
started by Balduranne 86 days ago
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Hey there, I feel like GML is kind of weak when it comes to language syntax - you can create "objects" - but only as gam...
started by DavidCS1 86 days ago
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Dear Game Developers, I hope this message finds you well. Avataryug is a platform dedicated to empowering game developer...
started by Avataryug 86 days ago
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I’ve just published a blog post about the software powering bgammon.org and my experience creating it using free and o...
started by rocketnine 86 days ago
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Over the past week, I've been working on this game where you play through a deadly golf course that is randomly generate...
started by GooseStranger 88 days ago
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I recently developed a tool that converts text prompts to materials in Unity. It sets the material properties, generates...
started by makra 88 days ago
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**HELLO I AM TRYING TO MAKE A GACHA MOD HOW TO MAKE IT? TY
started by CuteCupcxkec Jan 10, 2023 Last page
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I have this demo: https://monkyyy.itch.io/test-wasm-missle-command?secret=lyLkgrYymmtOgaMemNiQTkvf... but enscipten by d...
started by monkyyy 92 days ago
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