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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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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

24 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

16,213 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

22,810 views

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

7,540 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

DesignWhat to do about aspect ratio? Should it be forced or should it always fill the...

Steam hardware surveys have shown that there's a lot of diversity in the displays people play their games on. 16:9 is co...

started by Clearleaf Dec 09, 2016

7 replies

4,402 views

Tsun

May 12, 2017

Support Question? - How is my restricted game getting downloaded?

So I've uploaded a very very early version of a game i'm making. Barely a prototype at this point. I've put it on Itch.I...

started by HyenaGames May 08, 2017

3 replies

492 views

HyenaGames

May 08, 2017

ProgrammingMake your game gender-inclusive! Plan from the start

My colleague wrote a post addressing an important dev (and not only) problem - gender. Women represent almost half of th...

started by indieloc Apr 20, 2017

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Design《加拿大YU文凭》办理加拿大diploma+学历认证『Q/wei405665716』C...

started by Suspended Account Apr 17, 2017

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Art3D model resource

Hi, I would like to introduce a 3D model search engine: Yobi3D. You can search with simple keywords and see the results...

started by yobi3d Apr 27, 2016

1 reply

1,590 views

stlfinder

Apr 15, 2017

TipDon't plan ahead - Game dev tips

Hi folks, we started a Patreon today, we'll post about game development and share a little of our experiences with the c...

started by kuupu Mar 07, 2017

6 replies

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kuupu

Mar 14, 2017

TipMy Explosions

I was thinking of how to make explosions that are as cool as how Vlambeer do it but not copying them too blatantly. With...

started by Deleted Account Jan 01, 2017

2 replies

555 views

King's Count

Feb 25, 2017

Love2D beginner- why are Shape colors being applied images?

Hello, I have an issue where my game is applying the last shape color to my jpg image. My game loads a background image...

started by hyperking Feb 03, 2017

3 replies

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fluffy

Feb 25, 2017

ProgrammingCellular Automata Procedural level generation

I'm taking a stab at cellular automata procedural level generation for a new title I'm working on. This is my first time...

started by keyboardkommander Feb 13, 2017

2 replies

526 views

keyboardkommander

Feb 22, 2017

WebGL drag shifts player?

https://gfycat.com/ConsiderateOrneryDotterel https://henrysoftware.itch.io/rage-tile-map when I click and drag on a WebG...

started by Henry Software Feb 19, 2017

2 replies

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Henry Software

Feb 20, 2017

ArtThe Metropolitan Museum of Art now has 464 free artbooks for download

You can now download over 400 PDFs of art books, courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.openculture.com...

started by Asatiir Feb 07, 2017

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DesignPlatformer Feedback & Game Design Portfolio Query

Hi, I'm looking for feedback on a game I have been creating over time, here is an old video of gameplay of one of the le...

started by NeilR1507 Jan 19, 2017

2 replies

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NeilR1507

Jan 30, 2017

ProgrammingWhat do you do to improve as a gamedev

Do you have any methods or strategies for improving on your gamedev game? Be specific - cause I think any gamedev could...

started by Tartle Games Jan 13, 2017

3 replies

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August Junkala

Jan 29, 2017

Value for a Team as Producer and Portfolio Question

Hi, I'm looking to land a job as a producer in the games industry once I graduate from my Masters and I had a couple que...

started by cramgames Jan 13, 2017

3 replies

463 views

Ponywolf

Jan 20, 2017

DesignWhat do you look for in a designer?

Hi, I'm looking to expand on my portfolio as a designer and I was hoping that I could maybe get some feedback and advice...

started by neilduncan Jan 13, 2017

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ProgrammingNew Proffesional games by VMX? Please read this

Hello all players and developers. I am dealing with programming from already quite a long time. For some time working on...

started by VMX Studios Dec 22, 2016

6 replies

595 views

VMX Studios

Jan 09, 2017

DesignNeed help redesigning the camera for my game Keyboard Kommander

Hey, So I'm making the first major patch for my game Keyboard Kommander. The biggest issue with the game at the moment i...

started by keyboardkommander Jan 08, 2017

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Construct 2 now available on itch.io!

I think it would be really awesome if itch.io did more with not only the game developers, but the game engine creators a...

started by leafo Dec 09, 2015

6 replies

1,679 views

ShikobaGames

Dec 20, 2016

MarketingDo you allow comments?

Hi, I posted my first game a month ago, and I've found the comments section to be a pretty useful source of feedback, bu...

started by Bela Jun 06, 2016

9 replies

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Bela

Dec 13, 2016

DesignHow do I make this absurd concept work as a game. (Procedural audio Real Time St...

So I'm trying out something a little bit weird for my next small project. Basically I want to make a positive feedback h...

started by keyboardkommander Nov 03, 2016

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