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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

12 hours 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

16,116 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

22,611 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

7,485 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

DesignDecreasing Luck in Game Development

Hi, I'm developing a game revolving around the concept of Rock Paper Scissors. Unfortunately, it depends on luck, which...

started by CCabia Apr 20, 2017

6 replies

739 views

kcaze

Aug 10, 2017

DesignDifficulty in games

The difficulty in game is really intersting. I mean, the way difficulty increases. You want the player to be challenged...

started by Tim Krief Aug 08, 2017

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How can one stay motivated to keep on making games?

I only see people giving advice on how to stay motivated to finish a game, not how to stay motivated to stay in game dev...

started by KAI Aug 03, 2017

4 replies

2,172 views

Yal

Aug 06, 2017

ArtFinding the right look for your game

Hi Folks, I've started a youtube series on game art direction. If you're having trouble finding the right look for your...

started by Hayes2D Jul 23, 2017

5 replies

503 views

Hayes2D

Aug 03, 2017

If you get an error similar to this:"Failed to load asset scene(!@#$%^&*): HTTP...

In scene name like "scene#1 or scene@1" your game wont load cause of the symbol in its name. Numbers and spaces will wor...

started by LotusWeed Jul 31, 2017

4 replies

445 views

No Time To Play

Aug 02, 2017

ProgrammingHow do you handle Canvas Resizing with EaselJS on itch.io?

Hi everyone, first post in the community, I'm currently trying to do a little game using EaselJS but I really lack of kn...

started by Acid Prank May 11, 2017

5 replies

2,172 views

elmapul

Jul 26, 2017

How can I put an advertising in my unity game?

Hey guys, I'm publishing a unity game here and I would like to put some ads services in my page game. Does anyone know w...

started by voduweb Jul 20, 2017

1 reply

349 views

leafo

Jul 20, 2017

Ideas for game/suggestions

the title says it all

started by mineboss01 Feb 08, 2017

6 replies

666 views

El_Shredo

Jul 15, 2017

DesignFiguring out Blueprints in Unreal for a puzzle game

Hello everyone, my current little pet project is a puzzle game. I'm mainly working on it to help learn and understand th...

started by HyperThermal Jul 06, 2017

1 reply

1,880 views

SkywolfGameStudios

Jul 07, 2017

MarketingMOBILE PUBLISHER

Hello, along with programming, I am now publishing applications for others. My stores are: Itch.io, GooglePlay, and Amaz...

started by Infinity xos Jun 08, 2017

2 replies

376 views

Infinity xos

Jun 09, 2017

ProgrammingDoes a game need to be digitally signed?

I've recently finished developing a game and are looking to release it. I'm very much an amateur and have never released...

started by Risenfield Jun 07, 2017

3 replies

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Amos

Jun 07, 2017

TipQ&A (IAMA) with creator of Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation

Hey everyone, Wanted to let you all know I'll be hosting an IAMA tomorrow, in which I'll be answering questions on reddi...

started by tomerbarkan May 31, 2017

2 replies

607 views

tomerbarkan

Jun 01, 2017

TipWhat the popular genre in this year

Hy, i want to ask some question. about genre game, cause i want make something game, and i want to know whait is popular...

started by Mreyhope May 29, 2017

1 reply

477 views

No Time To Play

May 29, 2017

MarketingSuccess Story: From 0 to 2 million DAU in Record Time

Some of you may be interested in this success story about increasing a game studio's DAU in record time... We chat with...

started by GameAnalytics May 24, 2017

1,284 views

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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

4,370 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

490 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

1,587 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

1,099 views

kuupu

Mar 14, 2017

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