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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

30 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

16,249 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

22,865 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

7,563 views

GamesByJack

Dec 01, 2022

ProgrammingAdvice on choosing the right PC for game development

Hi, I'm very new to games development, haven't even really started yet. The issue is my current machine is too slow for...

started by ProfFarnsworth 1 day ago

1 reply

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mid

23 hours ago

Unity Problem: Lighting

Hello! i am making game in unity and i use bake light in every scene i have problem that i want to turn off the light on...

started by Cubix Shadows 4 days ago

15 replies

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Cubix Shadows

3 days ago

ProgrammingSNES Games Fanmade Remake?

You Can Like Fanmade Remake SNES Games? ◆SNES Games ■List ActRaiser Soul Blazer Terranigma ◆Video ■ActRaiser Apo...

started by nemesislivezx 6 days ago

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RPG Game...NSFW or Not...that is the question

So I got going with my first mayor effort with game dev, and I have been working on developing and RPG game, in a stile...

started by mr_muerto 7 days ago

1 reply

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EclecticInk

6 days ago

ProgrammingI Can't upload project WebGL

I apologize if I posted in the wrong category. I've been encountering this issue for several days. I've been trying to e...

started by TheKillQ 9 days ago

1 reply

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Evolutionary Games

8 days ago

DesignOn the Usage of Shields in a Text Only Role Playing Game

During my work on the text-only video game that I'm designing, I've stumbled upon a question that I've always left unans...

started by Turnus 10 days ago

4 replies

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Eldwood

9 days ago

DesignReflecting on 20 years of indie game design

I wrote this yesterday as a postmortem to my 20 year career of indie game development. I've been wanting to write a gene...

started by Dylan Cassidy 10 days ago

1 reply

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EclecticInk

10 days ago

WritingGame Development in 2024

Game Development industry in 2024 What do you think? No matter how we play games, the game engine industry is affecting...

started by Uju Studio 12 days ago

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My HTML5 prototype is running slow

Hi everyone, today I have uploaded a part of my game (the project is private) to see how it would perform. Unfortunately...

started by Titanwork Feb 04, 2021

23 replies

1,211 views

Diego Orellana

12 days ago

ProgrammingImplement Accessibility into your game

Hello, I am a software engineer in the last semester of my college, and I am doing some research on accessibility in gam...

started by marcelojrs 16 days ago

2 replies

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marcelojrs

13 days ago

"Embed in page" doesn't work for browser games

Earlier, when I made a browser game and selected Embed in Page, it would embed in page. If I clicked Fullscreen, it made...

started by Kasper Hviid 14 days ago

2 replies

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Kasper Hviid

13 days ago

How to make a gacha mod?

**HELLO I AM TRYING TO MAKE A GACHA MOD HOW TO MAKE IT? TY

started by CuteCupcxkec Jan 10, 2023 Last page

29 replies

9,330 views

MTSyntho Dev

19 days ago

Is assets flipping Ok?

So i want to know more about this subject, Most of the time this is consider a negative subject but i want to hear more...

started by SupremeStudio 24 days ago

13 replies

200 views

Evolutionary Games

23 days ago

ProgrammingHow to make a point and click in game maker studio?

Hiya, I'm a beginner game dev and just getting into programming! My goal is to eventually be able to make a point-and-cl...

started by sugarlube 25 days ago

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ProgrammingPlayer Tools and Items Limitation

There are games where a player has different abilities and powerups to give them an advantage in gameplay. A lot of 2D S...

started by MagusCurt 27 days ago

1 reply

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redonihunter

27 days ago

ProgrammingHow to save data?

Hello! How I can save data on itch.io ? Cookies, Local storage is bad idea, cause uploading a new build of your game cha...

started by Defentures Oct 11, 2018

12 replies

5,978 views

codedread

28 days ago

ProgrammingAny "oldschool" C++ gamedev forum/discord?

All my games are written in C++ using my own game engine systems. It makes a lot of fun, but it's kinda a lonely hobby...

started by danielbrendel Jun 15, 2023

7 replies

466 views

cpu_governor

29 days ago

Kavykhi.Cloud - development platform for indie game devs

Hi! I’m building Kavykhi.Cloud - a development platform for indie game devs. In short, it’s like itch.io, but with f...

started by quyse 29 days ago

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Help with bots in C3

Hi everyone, here I am answering people's questions that have crossed over from this article. If you have any questions...

started by Pizberry 29 days ago

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ProgrammingWould it be impractical to code a game that is running a 2d and 3d version of th...

As a new game developer I know I'm filled with a lot of big ideas so before I go spending hours trying to brute force my...

started by tic458 34 days ago

4 replies

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redonihunter

33 days ago

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