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StickyDevelopersPackaging Your Unity Game for itch.io: A Step-by-Step Guide

This post will guide you through packaging your Unity game on Windows for a smooth upload and download experience for yo...

started by leafo Nov 02, 2023

7 replies

8,252 views

MeFox66

36 days ago

StickyDevelopersTips for reducing the size of your build

If you’ve ever tried to upload a larger game to itch.io, you may have noticed that we have a default file size limit...

started by leafo May 28, 2023

5 replies

3,913 views

Ultra

3 days ago

StickySellingHow to host a bundle with open submissions using itch.io Jams

You may have seen some of the larger bundles that itch.io has hosted where we have an open submission period for partici...

started by leafo May 23, 2023

2,087 views

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StickyHow to leave a video comment or reply

You can embed YouTube and Vimeo videos directly into your comments and posts on itch.io. In order to do this, just paste...

started by leafo Aug 25, 2016

16 replies

6,483 views

DevRoids

22 days ago

How do i promote my game?

I wanted to know how to promote my game within itch, as I see that it is on the front page at least for a day, it is to...

started by RED BONE GAME STUDIO Aug 14, 2020

4 replies

6,132 views

Hodslate

May 02, 2023

Best strategies for gaining ratings and reviews?

Okay, here's some context: I have now made over 30 sales of paid items and had over 160 other downloads of free content...

started by matthornb Jul 12, 2020

8 replies

2,261 views

HH Richards

Sep 01, 2020

How to make your devlog stand out / gather audience for your devlog

Hello. I'm a game developer currently working on game called "Hellashapes". Hellashapes is an infinite bullet-hell rouge...

started by ShadowPeterX Jul 13, 2020

4 replies

868 views

ShadowPeterX

Jul 21, 2020

DevelopersFilter fix / game files

first i think your team should fix the filter.if i click Android plus free thats all that should pop up.instead its the...

started by A_Smile Jul 12, 2020

445 views

No replies yet

How do i grow my followers on itch.io

Hello guys! I'm new on itch.io. How do i make a good number of followers? and what are the good forums where i could tak...

started by Anthony Ede Jun 30, 2020

4 replies

1,091 views

No Time To Play

Feb 28, 2023

How to Encourage Let's-Players?

So... there were apparently too many threads from small streamers/Youtubers in the General Discussion forum and, as a re...

started by Krunchy Fried Games Jun 20, 2020

4 replies

817 views

Krunchy Fried Games

Jul 31, 2020

How can I get more views and downloads on a game?

I made game call The Small World, Originally called A small world. And for some reason, I only have 17 views and 1 downl...

started by DiamondLabs Jun 06, 2020

14 replies

13,257 views

Mig Creates Games

Jul 12, 2020

Requesting counsel about selling & blockage & success

Many use Steam to sell their games, however, due to the many comodities Itch.io offers (much suit me best for my situaio...

started by Remy'sHomeAdventure May 31, 2020

398 views

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DevelopersWill the real devlog please stand up, please stand up?

Hi, I'm new to developing and promoting games. I'm struggling to understand how to keep a devlog on itch. I see that you...

started by WillToPower May 24, 2020

1 reply

872 views

No Time To Play

May 24, 2020

How to gather audience for your little game

Currently I have make a little game which is a local 2 players shooting game with little fun mechanics. The sad part is...

started by ShadowPeterX May 21, 2020

8 replies

1,087 views

ShadowPeterX

Jun 29, 2020

DevelopersShould I post my game yet?

I have a game that's playable and, I think, quite fun for what it is. But it's also more of a prototype with very simple...

started by uncleAlias May 17, 2020

2 replies

725 views

uncleAlias

May 18, 2020

DevelopersHow to Get Your Game Noticed: Search Engine Optimization for Itch

Over the last few months I have done quite a bit of research on how to make the best use of Itch to get your game out th...

started by Minoh Workshop Mar 03, 2020

1 reply

2,146 views

leafo

Mar 05, 2020

DistributionSecurity and privacy

First of all, the itch desktop launcher has a handy basic sandbox system which is worth enabling, and I recommended that...

started by Dr-Flay Feb 27, 2020

618 views

No replies yet

DistributionGoG Galaxy integration

Note: This isn't amazingly useful, but helps with seeing an overview of all your games in 1 place, and you can compare h...

started by Dr-Flay Feb 15, 2020

7 replies

20,172 views

Theotokos Derzhavnaya Bless Putin

Mar 15, 2020

Distributiontips to help your itch.io page stand out

Hello everyone,, I thought I'd share a few tricks on how I made my itch.io game page look a little bit better than the d...

started by Tpain Feb 02, 2020

2,070 views

No replies yet

DevelopersItch.io's butler - easy and short tutorial

If you want to update only your game´s new content, this is what you will need to do. Download the butler here https...

started by Mibli Nov 14, 2019

12 replies

3,158 views

mid

Aug 08, 2023

DevelopersWhy my businnes PyaPal account it seems not it working well ?

I only chose to sell on itch.io and I created a business account, but I can't access it. >span class="">I think they are...

started by Paolo Fassin Sep 24, 2019

2 replies

476 views

Paolo Fassin

Oct 12, 2019

DevelopersHow to promote game ?

I made game since 2002. I come from Thailand. I upload my games to this website, which english languange. My games has f...

started by arkman012 Aug 31, 2019

19 replies

6,401 views

Uju Studio

Nov 14, 2019

SellingWhat is better option Free or with Donation?

Hi, We have a game and it's basically free. But we left donation option. But when I shared it with some people they were...

started by gamebalance Jun 10, 2019

7 replies

3,105 views

gamebalance

Jun 19, 2019

Website layout, forced mobile layout

Hello, I have disabled screenshots in the layout setting of the theme editor. As I am designing my page with added CSS a...

started by Harley Torrisi Apr 17, 2019

3 replies

1,088 views

Harley Torrisi

Apr 21, 2019

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