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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

143 replies

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mechPenSketch

18 hours ago

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

Apr 18, 2026

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

Feb 03, 2026

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

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Vaida

Feb 03, 2026

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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DesignAccessibility - Making your game playable by everyone

I wanted to do a post on how I made my game more accessible, but I know this can mean different things to different peop...

started by BrotherCompost 18 days ago

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Question

Why game developing is too hard? even when i do a tutorial from YouTube? (Note: I use Godot 4)

started by Mustafa 89 days ago

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Sirius

19 days ago

DesignWhat do you instrument first in a tiny management-RPG loop?

Disclosure: I work with SEELE. I’m sharing this as a design and debugging question, not a release announcement. In a s...

started by gamemakerSum 19 days ago

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ProgrammingExit fullscreen with the ESC key: keyboard input is no longer registered until I...

I’m currently developing a game with GDevelop. When the game starts, it automatically switches to borderless fullscree...

started by PixelPauer 19 days ago

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DesignPinball vs. Rogulite?

I’ve been thinking about this for a long time: am I going in the wrong direction? So I am doing my first game. It’s...

started by PixelRobin 20 days ago

4 replies

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PixelRobin

19 days ago

DesignLevel Design Tips

I'm working on a prototype for an infiltrator game where neither side has guns. I love stealth gameplay but it always st...

started by SwivelChairGames 81 days ago

1 reply

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Developer3244

21 days ago

ProgrammingSagittaras Game Development Kit

During my High School times our programming teacher was saying “Think about your code as re-usable libraries”. A lot...

started by Sagittaras Games 23 days ago

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MarketingPromo Cutter – Automatic GIFs & clips For Your Game made with AI

Hello creators! Automatic GIFs and gamedev clips thanks to AI – how I created a tool that does my marketing for me (Pr...

started by EmaceArt 23 days ago

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DesignWhat is the best way to plan and keep track of the tech tree and material proces...

Hi folks, what is the best way to plan and keep track of the tech tree and material processing system when I am building...

started by Miyuki 26 days ago

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Irog

25 days ago

TipOn Making Games After Work

I want to make games, but I never seem to have enough time. Long days at work, commuting, family, rest... Trying to make...

started by Coding Mojo 26 days ago

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Design[Moved/iOS Help] Canvas Touch Offset in WebAssembly (raylib) + Need your dev eye...

Hi everyone! (Note: I previously posted this in the Devlogs board, but realized this technical question is much better s...

started by MagicAlice 26 days ago

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MusicFirst prototype of the adaptive Metal pack. Technical feedback needed (demo file...

I’ve turned my upcoming pack into the first working audio prototype. • LAYER 1: LOW INTENSITY — percussion and syn...

started by RiffFuel 27 days ago

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Need help with Godots Navigation system for my enemy AI (3D)

Hey guys! I am a noob at navigation and I am in desperate need of help. I have an enemy AI that has a NavigationAgent3D...

started by Paul Kueppers 27 days ago

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No Time To Play

27 days ago

ArtGot an idea for a game?

conceptual screenshots, title screens, poster mock-ups etc

started by RawFormula Sep 23, 2025 Last page

24 replies

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RawFormula

28 days ago

ProgrammingMouse escapes the iframe in fullscreen (multi-monitor)

Is there any way to lock the mouse inside the frame? Even in fullscreen, with multiple monitors the cursor still goes ou...

started by Fernando Frichenbruder 36 days ago

1 reply

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Matthew Chase

29 days ago

TipI stopped treating game feel as Polish, and it changed everything

I've always loved the polish phase of game development. Adding game feel can completely transform a game. After weeks (o...

started by Coding Mojo 36 days ago

4 replies

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Coding Mojo

33 days ago

Started working on my first music pack for action games with an adaptive structu...

Hi, I'm working on my first audio pack for fast-paced action games and hack-and-slashers. My main goal is to make this t...

started by RiffFuel 34 days ago

1 reply

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No Time To Play

33 days ago

Facilitating multiplayer gaming

Hi everyone, I recently started a new Reddit community called ScheduledGaming as a simple place for players and develope...

started by rumbleavenue 34 days ago

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ProgrammingThread for Wolf RPG Editor users

I am attempting to make a horror game with the Wolf RPG Editor and wanted to create a thread for anyone else who may be...

started by Kenzie Jul 12, 2021

1 reply

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Outthetrash

36 days ago

ProgrammingAI framework for building games in Godot family.

I know there are 25,478,852 tools that say they will build everything for you. I’ve tried several tools, and none of t...

started by arthur0n 44 days ago

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arthur0n

37 days ago

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