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    2022-07-22

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  • Featured Mod of the Month: Phil Ashby
    Publishing on platforms like itch.io are a great way to get feedback (but see comments about comments earlier!) and to see if an idea is worth pursuing. Self-published mini-games are also a good way to scratch that gamedev itch when it isn't your day job too - I should push a couple myself actually! - Source: dev.to / 9 days ago
  • I randomly got MK11 booster when I haven't played the game for almost 4 years. Is my account compromised or something?
    This guy might not be farming. I'm not, but I have hundreds of cheap games from early humble bundles, huge itch.io fund raiser bundles, etc. Source: 5 months ago
  • [SUGGESTION] If you liked The Painscreek Killing and Obra Dinn...
    I just found this game on itch.io and it's SO GOOD! Source: 5 months ago
  • System Suggestions
    Combat is as gritty as the GM makes it. Healing is TOUGH out of the box, so by default it is already pretty gritty. In fact, part of the crew premise is players can have a few 'cast of characters' that sub in when a PC is in a rough spot. You as the GM choose what type of physical harm to give out, and how often - so it's pretty controllable. Like I said, look at itch.io for some alternate healing ideas if you... Source: 5 months ago
  • Civitai dropped by its cloud computing provider after reports of possible CSAM
    I have just registered at itch.io and paid $10 for kudos. I don't have a GPU-equipped PC, I am just curious about the Horde system. Downloaded the client to my Windows laptop and ran it to generate a 512x512 picture of Julia fractal (my test prompt) with the Midjourney model, there seemed to be no SDXL models to choose from. It took about a minute to generate. The 2nd generation (with the same prompt), which took... Source: 5 months ago
  • What.
    I mean I'm not really allowed to I got my ass handed to me by cerberus for almost half an hour playing the beta on itch.io (completely because of a skill issue). Source: 5 months ago
  • I miss the old YOMI
    Isn't the itch.io version still up? You can literally play the old YOMI if you want to. Source: 5 months ago
  • Are there any free to play cozy games?
    Our Life: Beginnings & Always is a visual novel game, BUT I have never felt such cozy goodness in my life. You can find the free game on Steam or itch.io. It's about growing up on an island with your best friend since childhood and you can romance him, if I'm about to have a panic attack I usually boot it up and just read/enjoy. Source: 5 months ago
  • what are my rights when it comes to remakes, in regards to a publisher i've worked with?
    Does anyone know my rights here? I feel like I should be safe since they don't own the rights to the game outright, but obviously I don't want to do it this way if there's any chance they could come after me. I know I would be 100% fine if I just put them on itch.io and the epic store, but of course I want them on steam as well. Source: 5 months ago
  • rPack - tool for creating spritesheets from sprites using Rust and egui
    Available to use on itch.io: https://mevlyshkin.itch.io/rpack. Source: 5 months ago
  • other nemlei games...
    Since nemleis itch.io is no longer up... I was hoping someone had her other games? Ive only played/have no good noelle right now but better half looked quite interesting so I wanted to play it but... welp. Source: 5 months ago
  • Excited to share with you my first animation! Next step is showing the proper demo using it with code 💪
    Thanks so much dude! Your reply motivates me a lot to go forward :D, sure I believe in these following days I will post it, because I'm working on a single setup to publish it through github + itch.io, or what platform would you suggest me to post it? Source: 5 months ago
  • Different/Unique ttrpg systems to try?
    Also go on itch.io and find random free games some will be interesting, some will be good, some will be crap. Source: 5 months ago
  • itch.io horror game playthroughs!
    Ive started recording and uploading some of the scary games on itch.io and if you wanna check them out ill link my channel! Source: 5 months ago
  • Creative people? Frustrated with not accomplishing anything creative
    So I snapped and went the total opposite. It's been 2 years now. Got back into all of this, its quite satisfying, but I'm now frustrated about not creating anything. I mean I still do bits here and there, but when I don't have any pressure like a paid gig or just gigs for fun like gamejams on itch.io, I just record small bits of ideas and accumulate them, I must have hundreds of them. Source: 5 months ago
  • wtf is this real? Lmaooo
    Hopefully, it's free so the creator doesn't get sued by Shueisha (or Namco since it uses voices from the games), or maybe post it on itch.io since that's the best place for fangames. Source: 5 months ago
  • 100 prototypes or one perfect game?
    Should I do what Group A did, or Group B? On one hand, I could spend time making a bunch of prototypes to gain experience, release them all to itch.io, and maybe one takes off that I can make into a full game. On the other, I could spend that time on one game trying to make it perfect. Source: 5 months ago
  • [GOG] CrossCode ($5.99/70% off)
    Thanks bud, checked it on ITAD as well and it was on that massive itch.io ukraine bundle as well. Thats where I got it from. Source: 5 months ago
  • "Soon" to be publishing a steam page, have old alpha on itch.io
    Hi, we're close to publishing the Steam page for our game (not releasing the game, just the page), and we have an old alpha of the game, for free, on itch. I was wondering if I should remove that (is it required by Steam?) or if there is any insight that somebody who has gone through such a situation already could offer. Source: 5 months ago
  • Suggest me free rpg maker games.
    Then try my game, The Singing Scar. It reached top #17 in itch.io for sci-fi RPG Maker games, and top #39 for sci-fi RPGs in general. Source: 5 months ago
  • External realtime node-based coding with a working puzzle!
    This is an example project that has it working and hope to release on itch.io once there's some decent content. Source: 5 months ago

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The best Steam alternatives for PC gamers
The independent PC gaming platform, equivalent to the eccentric bric-a-brac shop selling obscurities from stuffed animals to crystal skulls. Itch.io is exclusively committed to indie games, and there’s a good chance that some of your favourite indie titles on Steam actually started life on Itch.io before growing to become fully-fledged commercial products. This makes it one of the best and most interesting Steam...
The 7 Best Steam Alternatives
Itch.io has a strange name but a great premise: a place for independent PC game developers to sell their work with a pay-what-you-want model. Some games come with minimum prices, but you can pay more than this amount to help support the creators. Many free games are also available, which you can pay nothing or as much as you want for. Itch.io does offer some indie titles you can find on Steam, like Chuchel, but...
10 Alternatives to Steam for Buying Cheap PC Games
Itch.io is all about the indies. Though most of the games offered on the site and download client are free (thanks to a mobile-style open submission policy), developers can add a price to their games, and many popular independent developers now use Itch.io as a primary distribution platform. There are zero games to be had from major publishers, but anyone who appreciates a browse through a diverse collection of...

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