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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

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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

7,539 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

Any Java Game Developers?

Hi, I'm a rookie developer and I only know basic Java (the only language that I'm learning/focusing at the moment, ). My...

started by Mr. Java Jun 27, 2020

3 replies

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SmokeSomeFrogs

Jun 28, 2020

What are the best game building softwares for newcomers in your opinion?

Hi! I'm new here but really interested in game development and design? My current only (sort of) game building softwares...

started by CallmeShoba Jun 19, 2020

4 replies

343 views

rcbasicfans

Jun 28, 2020

MarketingGetting Youtubers to Play Your Game

Hi everyone! My friend had an idea for a game and managed to get 6 people on board to create it LOL. I was put in charge...

started by SpoonsGame Jun 24, 2020

1 reply

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SUPERSTRING

Jun 26, 2020

Game Titles?

Hey, I have a few ideas on a name for my game that I eventually wish to sell commercially. How can I find out if the nam...

started by ZXD Ryan Jun 25, 2020

4 replies

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ZXD Ryan

Jun 26, 2020

Do people still play rpg maker 2003 games?

So I'm planning on making my first ever game on RPG Maker 2003 since i do not know how to code at all, and if was wonder...

started by capnka Jun 25, 2020

4 replies

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capnka

Jun 26, 2020

MusicHow do I get Music Licences?

Hey, I'm currently in the early stages of making my game and I'm looking into getting music for it. How do I go about ge...

started by ZXD Ryan Jun 22, 2020

7 replies

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Ploobul

Jun 24, 2020

TipUnity Learn Premium Is NOW FREE!!!

https://learn.unity.com JUST WANT TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS!! Unity has announced today that they are offering all of thei...

started by angrysmile Jun 24, 2020

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Unity 2D Game

Hello everyone, first, I want to say that Im sorry but my english is not the best and I hope you will understand what Im...

started by CHIP303 Jun 19, 2020

3 replies

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CHIP303

Jun 23, 2020

DesignImproving as a Game Designer

Been on a journey on trying to improve myself as a developer, but with a big focus on design. Was wondering if anyone ca...

started by Ichit Jun 20, 2020

2 replies

289 views

Afloof.dev

Jun 20, 2020

TipGuide: Optimizing Unity's Build Sizes

Hello, everybody! I wanted to share with you all the article we published yesterday in our blog! I specifically cover ho...

started by BusyBytes Jun 20, 2020

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MarketingGiving itch.io Private tax information

I'm a citizen of Canada. I'm doing the tax interview with itch.io and got to the part asking about my TIN (Tax informati...

started by ZShapard Jun 07, 2020

2 replies

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LolaBo

Jun 17, 2020

DesignResident evil type of games

Hello there everyone i hope you all are safe in these corona hard times i always had this in my mind and here it goes...

started by xUnknownLightx Jun 13, 2020

4 replies

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Afloof.dev

Jun 15, 2020

TipHelp with FPS

I just need tips on approaching an fps.

started by PatrickR2020 Jun 13, 2020

8 replies

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criacuervos

Jun 15, 2020

ProgrammingItch.io API's

I'd like to interface with Itch.io via a Discord bot. The APIs I read about don't seem to really get into the public asp...

started by 2mOlaf Jun 15, 2020

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TipHow to approach an online FPS project?

Hello, I have developed games in Unity for about 7 years now, and I decided I wanted to make an online FPS game for my n...

started by Choof Jun 05, 2020

2 replies

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quartsof

Jun 14, 2020

ProgrammingDesign patterns in Unity

In software engineering , a software design pattern is a general, reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem with...

started by quartsof Jun 14, 2020

4 replies

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Seth Drebitko

Jun 14, 2020

TipPackaging a fiinished game

I'm a (very) amateur game developer and I'm working with IntellijIDEA and Java Swing to create really simple stuff. What...

started by RoboPesce Jun 12, 2020

1 reply

235 views

mid

Jun 13, 2020

ProgrammingHTML5 CSS on index.html for canvas resize

Heya - I've done lots of gamedev before, but am giving a try to some HTML5 stuff. I'm having issues writing CSS on my in...

started by Lachlan Kingsford Jun 09, 2020

1 reply

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Lachlan Kingsford

Jun 11, 2020

Chrome is detecting my game as dangerous

I just upload an updated version of my game and when I download it, this message appear: translation: "File VortexGame...

started by CerealGodGames Jun 07, 2020

1 reply

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firecat

Jun 09, 2020

ProgrammingHow big of a game can I make with Pico-8 (plus pluggins/etc)

Hey, so I'm new to game making and coding (like a month in), and I found out about Pico-8 a week ago through celeste thi...

started by Speertorin May 15, 2020

5 replies

820 views

Dan Cooke

Jun 08, 2020

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