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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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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

28 replies

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mig

13 days ago

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

139 replies

39,330 views

-X-ScornGames

25 days ago

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

24 replies

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Vaida

87 days ago

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

19 replies

29,418 views

Vaida

87 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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Tips

I'm a beginner developer and want some tips and shared experiences. (I use Godot 4)

started by Mustafa 11 hours ago

1 reply

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No Time To Play

5 hours ago

ProgrammingZiva - AI Agent for Godot

If you're interested in using AI to make your game development faster (which, lets be real, many people are), Ziva is he...

started by Zivash 67 days ago

5 replies

1,053 views

Red Bracket

13 hours ago

ProgrammingEver made a game in your own programming language? Well, I did!

A game in my own programming language Yes, it was about time. I started developing my own programming language a few yea...

started by Daniel Brendel Jul 06, 2025

12 replies

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Daniel Brendel

2 days ago

game engines

does anyone has suggestions for good free 2d and 3d game engines that dont need my email to use. I have an idea for a ne...

started by dveloper123 6 days ago

9 replies

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mid

3 days ago

Experimenting with a Letter Boxed–Style Word Puzzle — Feedback Welcome

Hey everyone, I’ve been playing around with a small word-puzzle concept inspired by the NYT game Letter Boxed , where...

started by Hellen Charless 86 days ago

1 reply

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ellahayes

4 days ago

ProgrammingMade a Ren’Py VS Code extension because existing ones were lacking - includes...

I kept running into limitations with existing Ren’Py VS Code extensions - mainly not being able to jump to definitions...

started by Allure Diffusion 29 days ago

1 reply

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Allure Diffusion

4 days ago

[Need Testers] Help me map out HTML5 VRAM limits (Browser APIs are lying to us!)

Hey everyone, I'm the creator of @zakkster/lite-vram , an open-source VRAM manager for HTML5 games. I'm currently fine-t...

started by PeshoVurtoleta 5 days ago

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Programming[SMW Hacking] Building a Point‑and‑Click Engine on the SNES Using Sequential...

I’ve been experimenting with a sequential “password block” system in Super Mario World using custom ASM blocks. Ea...

started by SUPER-J11BIT 87 days ago

4 replies

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SUPER-J11BIT

7 days ago

(Scratch) Cats covering screen and menus.

I’m making a multiplayer game in Scratch using cloud variables . Whenever a new player joins, the cat sprites (or play...

started by Gam | Official Account 7 days ago

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Programminggodot+dialogic general help (multiple questions)

ok i hope this was the right place to ask this (if its not pls tell me, ill move/delete it), i am a new visual novel dev...

started by saturnX3 9 days ago

1 reply

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saturnX3

9 days ago

ProgrammingA skill/plugin for building modular UPM packages with ScriptableObject patterns

I've been trying to get AI coding assistants to stop writing bad Unity architecture, and I think I've gotten somewhere...

started by eyenpi 67 days ago

2 replies

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CaseyDuck101

12 days ago

ProgrammingGame engine question

Right now I have 3 engine running the game. A Symbolic engine, Keyword engine, and a Narrative engine. I am trying to ha...

started by CaseyDuck101 12 days ago

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ArtCan anyone help me on how to do cosmetics for hitscan weapons? (GODOT 4)

Hi! I'm making a top down shooter inspired by hotline Miami. I'm choosing to use hitscan for the guns but I was unsure h...

started by NEDSloth 12 days ago

1 reply

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NEDSloth

12 days ago

DesignUnity Package Experiment — AI-Assisted Workflow & Iteration

Just finished tinkering with this package and had to share — there’s a lot of solid stuff in here 😄 The Story Ver...

started by EmaceArt 12 days ago

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MarketingHow do players actually discover your itch.io game after launch?

Something I've been thinking about a lot lately as a dev: You finish your game, post it on itch.io, maybe share it on so...

started by playze_live 17 days ago

3 replies

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Orange Heart Creative

14 days ago

Programmingunity3D specialized systems and tools

code or preview

started by RawFormula Dec 30, 2025

3 replies

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RawFormula

14 days ago

TipThread for WOLF RPG EDITOR Users!

Hello! Just figured I would start a thread here surrounding Wolf RPG Editor, considering I have yet to find one and Engl...

started by cafe__q Jul 25, 2020

15 replies

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WoditorTrans2000

15 days ago

What can I use to create a game?

I'm new to itch.io and love to program/code games. I am however unsure how to create games on this platform or even if y...

started by ·˚꒰ ᴏʀᴄʜɪᴅ ꒱ ₊˚ Mar 24, 2024

12 replies

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·˚꒰ ᴏʀᴄʜɪᴅ ꒱ ₊˚

Apr 08, 2024

help-me

Can someone help me with terrain sets in Tiled?

started by YushukeGD 27 days ago

2 replies

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Irog

20 days ago

ProgrammingIn 2026, which game development frameworks / libraries / engines are actually AI...

It is important to me that my games are AI-free, and if the engine I use includes AI code, the end product includes AI c...

started by Ratsnake Games 20 days ago

1 reply

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mid

20 days ago

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