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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

128 replies

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o139

21 days ago

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

16,203 views

IshikuraKanako

Jan 01, 2024

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

25 replies

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Jackyfied

Jan 15, 2023

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

20 replies

7,530 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

WritingStory Development

Hi All, Like many other people on here I'd like to make my first game. I don't have any experience with any of this. I s...

started by Sirion 80 days ago

8 replies

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Sirion

57 days ago

question

So I have this twine made HTML with my game consolidated to a zip folder with the pictures for said game......But when I...

started by CurrentGames 60 days ago

1 reply

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No Time To Play

60 days ago

ProgrammingGameMaker vs Construct vs Fusion vs 001 Game Creator vs Godot vs Gdevelop.!

What are your comments on these game making programs? Thanks. They look really powerful for game development!

started by rcbasicfans Jul 30, 2020

20 replies

4,894 views

maradan

63 days ago

TipTips? / Any Interest? Plans for Remaking a Very Old Game (Steamland / Locoland)

(I was not entirely sure where to put this, as it is looking for mainly discussion, but also encouraging interested user...

started by spacenerdy 80 days ago

1 reply

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PurplePanties

65 days ago

ProgrammingWhat are the best ways to Improve as a Newer Game Developer?

I've been coding on and off for about 3-4 years but it's all been non-witten coding and I've been trying to get better a...

started by CoderEli 67 days ago

10 replies

197 views

Nichathan

66 days ago

Unity WebGL build does not detect mouse clicks on part of screen

I have a Unity application ( https://will9371.itch.io/probability-calculator for reference) that works fine in the edito...

started by Will9371 89 days ago

3 replies

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Nichathan

67 days ago

TipDrawing Unity gizmos in builds

In the Unity game engine, theres a useful thing that can help you debug your games, this is the Gizmo toggle. First, an...

started by Phill Nov 15, 2017

3 replies

16,673 views

vincurekf

77 days ago

ProgrammingOAuth check license.

Good day. I decided to publish my game on Itch.io. However, I don't want users to be able to just copy the .exe file. I...

started by RomaBlackRat 89 days ago

2 replies

175 views

redonihunter

80 days ago

ProgrammingTips for reducing memory usage with addressables in Unity?

Hi, I’ve been recently trying to use addressable assets to reduce memory usage in Unity - I already looked at a tutori...

started by NullXer Jan 11, 2024

4 replies

3,045 views

NullXer

91 days ago

MarketingI have a problem with promote my game

Hey readers, well, I have an indie game, but the problem is that I want to make it grow, however, I don't have friends w...

started by KittyCreamPuff 97 days ago

18 replies

427 views

redonihunter

91 days ago

ProgrammingAAA Features for Indie Studios - Simple & Affordable Roblox-Style Creator Econom...

Hey all, I co-founded a startup called Asset Layer ( https://www.assetlayer.com/ ) which built a backend platform to mak...

started by DersHere 93 days ago

1 reply

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DersHere

93 days ago

ProgrammingHTML5 local storage is lost at every update.

I've seen many three years old threads about this, and looks like it is not yet fixed. The issue is that the games statu...

started by Omiod Sep 06, 2022

6 replies

658 views

Humane Tiger

94 days ago

Looking for ideas and inspiration for planning a game like Hogwarts Legacy

I recently started planning a game. This game is largely inspired by Hogwarts Legacy but also by others in some ways. I'...

started by WhispV 97 days ago

3 replies

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SkuKii

97 days ago

ProgrammingGame Trophies/Achievements

Steam. Xbox, PS4, etc. have trophy/achievement systems. Even games not on a platform with achievements may display achie...

started by Identical Games Jun 28, 2020

2 replies

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SugarGames Productions

97 days ago

ProgrammingItch.io Dark Theme

The Pink banner bothered me when browsing so I created a css script to mod it. Installation If you have custom css style...

started by Courcat Feb 08, 2017

3 replies

7,602 views

Andrew

98 days ago

DesignInteractive Narrative Design Tool FREE AND LOW CODE

Arcweave is a tool created to give game developers a way to create the interactive narrative elements used for their pro...

started by ArcMason 98 days ago

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phaser game

Hello. Please i need help !!. Does anyone know how to upload to the web or export a game made in phaser. I have tried bu...

started by Cazabe Mar 29, 2020

1 reply

271 views

Catham Joker

98 days ago

Renpy: Selective choice showing up

Hello everyone! So in the game that I'm currently working on, I want there to be a feature where if you make a certain c...

started by LunarMoonStudios Jan 28, 2024

2 replies

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LunarMoonStudios

Jan 29, 2024

DesignWhen you get stuck at a level while playing a game, how many minutes is the limi...

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 Jan 22, 2024

4 replies

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ymqworks

Jan 26, 2024

DesignIs one-handed game play important for mobile portrait games?

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 Jan 25, 2024

1 reply

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redonihunter

Jan 25, 2024

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