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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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 20 hours ago
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You Can Like Fanmade Remake SNES Soul Blazer? ◆Video ■USA Ver ■Japan Ver ■The Cutting Room Floor https://tcrf.ne...
started by nemesislivezx 23 hours ago
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You Can Like Fanmade Remake SNES ActRaiser? ◆Video ■ActRaiser Apocalypse ■ActRaiser Renaissance USA Ver ■ActRais...
started by nemesislivezx 2 days ago
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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 4 days ago
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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 5 days ago
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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 7 days ago
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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 7 days ago
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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 9 days ago
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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
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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 13 days ago
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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 10 days ago
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**HELLO I AM TRYING TO MAKE A GACHA MOD HOW TO MAKE IT? TY
started by CuteCupcxkec Jan 10, 2023 Last page
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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 20 days ago
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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 22 days ago
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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 24 days ago
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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
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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
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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 25 days ago
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Hi everyone, here I am answering people's questions that have crossed over from this article. If you have any questions...
started by Pizberry 25 days ago
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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 31 days ago
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