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Game Design, Development And Publishing

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Xer0botXer0
Xer0bot's Pixel Art Thread [WIP]
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NightFrost
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Mode 7?
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Yal
Yal
Xer0botXer0
What's a good way to divide rooms in a platformer inside a building
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Joh
How to go about a text heavy game (performance)
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FoxyOfJungle
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RizbIT
App does not look right on ipad rejection
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RizbIT
RizbIT
SBogatz
Android / Amazon Fire Has anyone let Google manage and protect their app signing key?
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RizbIT
SilentxxBunny
Design Common pitfalls in mid-large scale projects
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kburkhart84
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Pixel Art and Aspect Ratio
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Windows Trying to do a slash effect after attacking with sword, but can't get the position right
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How do I come up with a lot of characters?
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Old style sprite making vs Skeletal Animation Sprites
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Best Game Save format?
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YanBG
YanBG
EvanSki
(Discussion) How you would manage adding files to your game after its compiled (DLC) ?
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YanBG
YanBG
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Collision and Interaction
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YanBG
YanBG
ophelius
Idea Theme School
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ophelius
ophelius
BQubed
Depth issue... solved?
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YanBG
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Feedback on my combat system concept
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YanBG
YanBG
Pepasone
Game Mechanics Advanced Item / Skill / Attribute System
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YanBG
YanBG
BQubed
Managing dialogue with grids/arrays
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YanBG
YanBG
O.Stogden
Design Accessibility in games (Colourblindness, Audio, Text, 1 handed)
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O.Stogden
O.Stogden
Vinians
(SOLVED) HTML5 games playing in mobile
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Vinians
Vinians
otterZ
How Can I Make My Game More Fun?
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tetris_mess
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Graphics No pixelated
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Niels
Niels
RizbIT
getting it right the first time
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RizbIT
RizbIT
Amon
Object Pooling for mobile shooters?
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Catastrophe
Catastrophe
Valfidem
Idea GMS2 for game like Archon/Dark Legions?
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Khao
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Mac OSX Working with Mac, Xcode, Steamcmd & Catalina. Is this a paradox?
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YellowAfterlife
GML [Tool] GMEdit - a code editor for GM! (now with plugins!)
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YellowAfterlife
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Workshop Basics
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Audio Do you guys ever have problems with audio cutting out when compiling through the IDE or in an exe?
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Yal
Yal
Hayden FW Bennett
Cant Export Game to HTML 5
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Hayden FW Bennett
Hayden FW Bennett
RizbIT
IDFA on Apple publishing
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RizbIT
RizbIT
flexflower
Mac OSX can't get GMS2 for free on steam
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Fwolf12
Fwolf12
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Windows [Tool] GMS2 Resource Importer (updated: 2019-05-01)
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Mick
Mick
Setteduetto
Design How to convey information to the player when using moderately complex formulas?
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Yal
Yal
Marlon_Jack
Distribution apk file too large
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Marlon_Jack
Marlon_Jack
scorpafied
Turn based strategy concepts
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Setteduetto
Setteduetto
samspade
Switching Between Mouse and Keyboard in Menu
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NightFrost
NightFrost
Zizka
Point and Click Mechanic
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Zizka
Zizka
ophelius
Mobile Screen Control feedback
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ophelius
ophelius
pixeltroid
Designing gunfights in platformers.
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Yal
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Design Best approach for top down entering/exiting houses
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Niels
Niels
FoxyOfJungle
My new brand (I'm proud of everything)
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Toque
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ophelius
MacOS build for Steam problems
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ophelius
ophelius
Sean Catherine
Mac OSX [SOLVED] Apple Certificate
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Sean Catherine
Sean Catherine
Josh Caladia
is there any way to use variables (or some alternative) in the place of functions?
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Yal
Yal
MusicFurLife
Game Mechanics Combining 3rd person RPG and 2D platforming elements
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pixeltroid
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Scaling down sprites
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Sean Catherine
Sean Catherine
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How do you test/balance your game?
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hisoka_2020
Ideas for an mini rpg top down view.
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Lance Klepp
Lance Klepp
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