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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

7,684 views

MeFox66

24 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

3 replies

3,757 views

SimonSito07

Dec 26, 2023

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

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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

6,418 views

DevRoids

10 days ago

Please don't report posts to ask questions

As the title says: reports can't be answered, so you can't get answers that way. If a moderator locked your topic and yo...

started by No Time To Play 36 days ago

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DevelopersMigrating Sales Data from Gumroad

Spent the week moving all my stuff from Gumroad, and thought this would be helpful to anyone else doing the same thing a...

started by Abbie Gonzalez 46 days ago

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AccountsItch is not a safe place. Do not download things.

I am serious. The amount of fake projects is scandalous. I am talking about indexed projects that are unchallenged for m...

started by redonihunter 82 days ago

13 replies

2,379 views

itch.io Absurdist

1 day ago

Understanding Taxes, Fees, and Earnings on Itch.io

Hello Everyone! I've noticed some confusion around taxes, fees, and earnings on Itch.io, so I wanted to share some insig...

started by GreenNontr 48 days ago

2 replies

269 views

Stropus Developer

20 days ago

Distributionpromoting

whys and help on promoting your game

started by Strain studios Jan 13, 2024

7 replies

487 views

Hodslate

Jan 23, 2024

AccountsWish list?

I was just thinking that it's a shame that itch.io doesn't have a wish list for people that are friends to purchase game...

started by Lunar001 Nov 27, 2023

4 replies

504 views

redonihunter

Nov 29, 2023

SellingHow to make a sale?

So for a long time now I am trying to sell of my game: https://uniprimesoftware.itch.io/universe-prime I have no idea wh...

started by Uniprime Software Oct 25, 2023

2 replies

375 views

Uniprime Software

Oct 25, 2023

DevelopersHelp Wanted forum question

When should I repost my help wanted post? Should I leave it where it is or post it again? If I don't repost it is there...

started by AceSilverFang Oct 05, 2023

369 views

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SellingWhat type of Game Assets are you looking for?

Hi guys! what type of Game Assets are you looking for when you are doing your game and need some art? What type of asset...

started by Narehop Aug 27, 2023

4 replies

390 views

Narehop

Aug 28, 2023

DevelopersSetting metadata

Itch has an option to set metadata for your projects (games, assets don't matter what) but it is almost hidden. Sometime...

started by dustdfg Jun 15, 2023

4 replies

3,457 views

Russman7

81 days ago

how to make progress on itch.io

share your experience itch.io

started by tersoo34 Apr 27, 2023

7 replies

991 views

napoterulle

Dec 23, 2023

DistributionPromoting your game a second time on Itch?

Is there a way to re promote your game to get more eyes on it for testing? Maybe a way to pay for advertisement placemen...

started by BlumeGameStudio Feb 27, 2023

2 replies

680 views

BlumeGameStudio

Feb 28, 2023

SellingHow do I highlight my game on itch.io

hello, my game will be on steam on December 8, I shared it on itch.io. There are featured games on itch.io, what should...

started by Demir Yapım Dec 02, 2022

3 replies

945 views

BoneScab

Jan 07, 2023

DevelopersHow do i make my game known?

Hello, i have a bit of a problem and that's that I don't know how to promote my game or maybe I'm doing it wrong. I list...

started by gernermale Oct 31, 2022

23 replies

2,985 views

Lumiterra

Jul 12, 2023

SellingShould I have a certain price for my game, or should I make it free?

I'm wondering how I should go about selling my game. On one hand, I wanna make money, on the other hand though, no one w...

started by CornPop Games Oct 13, 2022

3 replies

1,011 views

EddGames

Nov 03, 2022

replace the game title by an image

Hello I want to replace the game title by an image, but I don't know how to do that. I want something similar to Shovel...

started by ichoca Oct 10, 2022

1 reply

677 views

Afloof.dev

Oct 10, 2022

AccountsWhat is the best resolution for my profile banner?

I intend to start making itch games and i'd like to know the best way to set up my profile

started by Fudgecrumb Sep 22, 2022

1 reply

4,281 views

No Time To Play

Sep 23, 2022

DevelopersSearch for itch.io post tags

Where can I find the syntax to search for exact post tags like LFG , Jam , LFS , LFP etc.: Syntax should be displayed wh...

started by amusei123 Jul 10, 2022

708 views

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Help For New Developers!

When I was new to Itch.io I really didn't know where to start of as a game developer so it took me a lot of time to unde...

started by GG - Good Games Jul 07, 2022

8 replies

2,197 views

Aboghazy

16 days ago

DevelopersAdding Spoiler Text to your Game Description

All you need to do is switch to HTML mode, then add a <details> tag with another <summary> tag to say what it's about an...

started by ImNotJahan Jun 04, 2022

5 replies

77,667 views

Abra Geroni

Oct 29, 2023

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