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  • 3D Asset
  • Audio
  • Multiple Graphic Collections
• Code
  • Ads and Monetization
  • 2D Engines and Frameworks
  • 3D Engines and Frameworks
  • Game Source Code
• Design
  • Idea Generators
  • Marketing
  • Mechanics
  • Project Management
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Assets

2D Assets

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• 2D Cartoon Mobile Game UI Pack - cartoon user interface asset pack. It comes as a layered psd file. 🆓
• 420 Pixel Art Icons for RPGs - Set of 420 RPG icons, free for commercial use. 🆓
• GameartGuppy - Cheap 2D Assets 💲
• Games-Icons Set - free icons for your games. 🆓
• HasGraphics - free sprites available for commercial and non-commercial games. 🆓
• Iconmonstr - Another free icons resource for your games. 🆓
• Kenny Assets - Royalty free assets 🚩
• OpenClipart - Collection of free cliparts. 🆓
• Oryx Design Lab - Cheap high quality royalty free sprites 💲
• SpriteLib - a collection of static and animated graphic objects (also commonly known as sprites). 🆓
• Time Fantasy - Lovely SNES-Looking RPG Assets
• Tree Generator - An Online 2D tree generator. 🆓

3D Assets

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* [Blender 3D models](https://www.blender-models.com/) - 3D models, particle systems/effects 🆓 * [Reiner's Tilesets](http://www.reinerstilesets.de/) - A blog with free 2D and 3D graphics. 🆓 * [TextureKing](http://www.textureking.com/) - Free realistic meterial stock textures 🆓 * [Yobi3D](https://www.yobi3d.com/) - Free 3D model search engine. 🆓

Audio Assets

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* [GameSounds](https://gamesounds.xyz/) - Archive of all kinds of royalty-free game sounds. 🆓 * [FreePD](http://freepd.com/) - Public Domain Music 🆓 * [FreeSFX](http://www.freesfx.co.uk/) - free sound effects 🆓 * [Freesound](http://www.freesound.org/) - collaborative database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds 🆓 * [Kavex's GameSounds](https://github.com/Kavex/GameSounds) - Free sounds for any use 🆓 * [Musopen](https://musopen.org/) - Royalty free music. 🆓 * [Nameless: the Hackers RPG Soundtrack](https://boxcat.bandcamp.com/album/nameless-the-hackers-rpg-soundtrack) - high-quality by BoxCat Games 💲 * [Octave](http://raisedbeaches.com/octave/index.html) - free library of UI sounds, handmade for iOS. :free1: * [PacDV](http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/index.html) - royalty free sounds collection. 🆓 * [SoundBible.com](http://soundbible.com/) - Royalty-free of sound effects under various licenses. 🆓

Multiple Graphic Collections

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* [CGTextures](http://www.textures.com) - A large collection of textures. 🚩 * [GameDev Market](https://www.gamedevmarket.net/) - a community-driven marketplace that connects indie game developers with talented asset creators. 💲 * [OpenGameArt](http://opengameart.org/) - a media repository intended for use with free software game projects. 🆓 * [PlainTextures](http://www.plaintextures.com/) - Free high resolution textures, brushes and photos 🆓 * [Sketchfab](https://sketchfab.com/) - Publish & embed interactive 3D models. 🚩 * [Upando](http://upan.do/) - Marketplace with lots of resources for game developers. 🚩 * [Vecteezy](http://www.vecteezy.com/) - Free Vector Art. 🆓

Code

Ads and Monetization

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* [AdMob by Google](https://www.google.com.br/admob/) - Google's Ads and monetization service for mobile. * [AdColony](http://www.adcolony.com/) - Mobile video Ads service. * [Appodeal](http://www.appodeal.com/) - A programmatic ad mediation solution for mobile apps. * [ChartBoost](https://www.chartboost.com/) - Monetization, analytics platform. * [RevMob](https://www.revmobmobileadnetwork.com/) - Monetization and Ads solution. * [Unity Ads](https://unity3d.com/pt/services/ads) - Unity3D Official Ads SDK. * [Vungle](https://vungle.com/) - Video Ads service.

2D Engines and Frameworks

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* [Agen](http://2dengine.com/page.php?p=features) - Cross-Platform framework for making 2D games with Lua, compatible iOS, Mac and Windows devices. * [Allegro](http://liballeg.org/) - Allegro 4 & 5 are cross-platform, open source, game programming libraries, primarily for C and C++ developers. 🅾️ * [AndEngine](http://www.andengine.org) - 2D Android Game Engine 🅾️ * [Bacon2D](http://bacon2d.com/) - A framework to ease 2D game development, providing ready-to-use QML elements representing basic game entities needed by most of games. 🅾️ * [Bladecoder](https://github.com/bladecoder/bladecoder-adventure-engine) - Classic point and click adventure game engine and editor. 🅾️ * [Box2D](http://box2d.org/) - A 2D Physics Engine for Games. 🅾️ * [Chipmunk C#](https://github.com/netonjm/ChipmunkSharp) - C# implementation of the Chipmunk2D lib. 🅾️ * [Chipmunk2D](https://chipmunk-physics.net/) - A fast and lightweight 2D game physics library. * [Cocos2D](https://github.com/los-cocos/cocos) - graphic library for games and multimedia, for python language 🅾️ * [Cocos2d-x](http://cocos2d-x.org/) - a C++ OpenGL 2D and 3D game engine. Uses C++ but has JS and Lua bindings. Target all the major mobile platforms and operating systems. Additional tools CocoStudio and Cocos Code IDE. 🆓 * [Construct 2](https://www.scirra.com/) - an HTML5 game maker, meaning you are not actually writing JavaScript. Instead, you use actions, events and conditions to do the heavy lifting. 🚩 * [Coquette](http://coquette.maryrosecook.com/) - A micro framework for JavaScript games. Handles collision detection, the game update loop, canvas rendering, and keyboard and mouse input. * [Corona SDK](https://coronalabs.com/) - A Cross-Platform Mobile App Development for iOS and Android. * [Defold](http://www.defold.com/) 2D game engine by King 🆓 * [Duality](http://duality.adamslair.net/) - C# / OpenGL 2D Game Engine that comes with visual editor. * [ENGi](https://github.com/ajhager/engi) - A multi-platform 2D game library for Go. 🅾️ * [Ejecta](http://impactjs.com/ejecta) - A Fast, Open Source JavaScript, Canvas & Audio Implementation for iOS. 🅾️ * [EnchantJS](http://enchantjs.com/) - A simple JavaScript framework for creating games and apps. * [Farseer](http://farseerphysics.codeplex.com) - a collision detection system with realistic physics responses. * [FlashPunk](http://useflashpunk.net/) - free ActionScript 3 library designed for developing 2D Flash games. * [Flixel](http://flixel.org/index.html) - an open source game-making written in ActionScript3. 🅾️ * [GameMaker](http://www.yoyogames.com/studio) - 2D Game Engine 🚩 * [GameSalad](https://gamesalad.com/) - Game Creation Engine for Mac and Windows. * [Gideros](http://giderosmobile.com/) - Mobile Cross-Platform framework using Lua programming language. 🅾️ * (Gosu)(https://www.libgosu.org/) - 2D game development library for Ruby and C++ 🅾️ * [HaxeFlixel](http://haxeflixel.com/) - Create cross-platform games easier and free. * [ImpactJS](http://impactjs.com/) - Impact is a JavaScript Game Engine that allows you to develop stunning HTML5 Games for desktop and mobile browsers. * [Jitter](https://code.google.com/p/jitterphysics/) - a fast and lightweight physics engine written in C#. * [Juno](https://github.com/rxi/juno) - Framework for making 2D games with chunky pixels in Lua 🅾️ * [Kivent](http://kivent.org/) - A 2D game framework for Kivy. * [Kivy](http://kivy.org) - Cross platform Python framework for creating apps and games for Linux, Windows, OS X, Android and iOS * [KiwiJS](http://www.kiwijs.org/) - a fun and friendly Open Source HTML5 Game Engine. Some people call it the WordPress of HTML5 game engines 🅾️ * [LibGDX](https://libgdx.badlogicgames.com/) - Powerful (totally free) library for Java, code once and run the game on desktop, Android, Web, and iOS. 🅾️ * [LimeJS](http://www.limejs.com/) - HTML5 game framework for building fast, native-experience games for all modern touchscreens and * [Lums](https://github.com/lums-proj/Lums) - A 2D / 3D framework written in C++11. Very efficient and modern. Still under heavy development. 🅾️ * [LÖVE](http://love2d.org) - Lua 2D Game Engine. 🅾️ * [MINX](https://github.com/GearChicken/MINX) - Open Source 2D game framework written in C++ (to the style of XNA) 🅾️ * [MOAI](http://getmoai.com/) - Cross-Platform framework designed for pro game developers to create iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, Chrome and OSX games using C++, OpenGL and Lua scripting. * [Matter.js](http://brm.io/matter-js/) - a 2D physics engine for the web. * [MelonJS](http://melonjs.org) - open source light-weight HTML5 game engine. 🅾️ * [Monkey X](http://www.monkey-x.com) - Multi-platform programming language and cross-compiler, aimed at fast game programming. * [Monogame](http://www.monogame.net/) - Open Source implementation of the Microsoft XNA 4 Framework. 🅾️ * [NodeBox](https://www.nodebox.net/) - a family of Python tools to create generative design. * [Open Mega Engine](https://github.com/rafaelcp/Open-Mega-Engine) * [OpenFL](http://www.openfl.org/) - Open Source Haxe Engine for making multi-platform games. 🅾️ * [OpenRA](http://www.openra.net/) - OpenRA is a Libre/Free Real Time Strategy Game Engine. * [Origamijs](http://origamijs.com/docs) - Lightweight Library to create using HTML5 Canvas. * [PICO-8](http://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php) - A fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games and other computer programs. * [PandaJS](http://www.pandajs.net/) - Open Source HTML5 Engine. 🅾️ * [Phaser](http://phaser.io/) - free and fast 2D game framework for making HTML5 games for desktop and mobile web browsers, supporting Canvas and WebGL rendering. * [PixiJS](http://www.pixijs.com/) - is a newcomer HTML5 game renderer - first released in early 2013. A main appeal of the engine is its use of WebGL for faster performance. If WebGL isn't supported, the engine falls back to standard canvas. * [Processing](https://www.processing.org/) - Processing is a programming language, development environment for artists, designers, researchers. * [PuzzleScript](http://www.puzzlescript.net/) - open-source HTML5 puzzle game engine. * [PyGame](http://pygame.org/hifi.html) - a 2D game engine in Python. 🆓 * [QICI](http://www.qiciengine.com/) - Efficient web-based tool for creating HTML5 games. * [RPGMaker](http://www.rpgmakerweb.com/) - series of programs for the development of role-playing games. 💲 * [Ren'Py](http://www.renpy.org/) - An open-source visual novel engine using the Python language in simplified form. It supports Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and iOS. * [Rpgboss](http://rpgboss.com) - A 2d rpg game engine and editor based on scala and libgdx. Ease of use, with no programming knowledge. * [SDL](http://libsdl.org/) - SDL is a cross-platform library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D. 🆓 * [SFML](http://www.sfml-dev.org/) - Simple and Fast Multimedia Library. 🆓 * [Solarus](http://www.solarus-games.org/) a free and open-source Action-RPG (Zelda) game engine 🆓 * [SpriteBuilder](http://www.spritebuilder.com/) - Open Source Game Development Suite for MacOS 🅾️ * [SpriteKit](https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/GraphicsAnimation/Conceptual/SpriteKit_PG/Introduction/Introduction.html) - iOS/Mac 2D Game Engine. * [Stage.js](http://piqnt.com/stage.js/) - Lightweight and fast 2D HTML5 rendering and layout engine for cross-platform game development. * [Starling](http://gamua.com/starling/) - The GPU powered 2D Flash API * [Stencyl](http://www.stencyl.com/) - a game creation platform that allows users to create 2D video games for computers, mobile devices, and the web. * [TIC - Tiny Computer](http://nesbox.com/tic/) - a tiny computer where you can make, play and share tiny games. * [XNA](http://mxa.codeplex.com/) - Microsoft's game development framework. * [iio.js](https://github.com/iioinc/iio.js) - A javascript library that speeds the creation and deployment of HTML5 Canvas applications 🅾️ * [p2.js](http://schteppe.github.io/p2.js/) - JavaScript 2D physics library 🅾️

3D Engines and Frameworks

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* [Azul3D](http://azul3d.org/) - A 3D engine written in Go. * [Blend4Web](http://www.blend4web.com/) - A Javascript framework for creating and displaying interactive 3D computer graphics in web browsers. 🅾️ * [Blitz3D](http://www.blitzbasic.com/Products/blitz3d.php) 3D basic-like programming language for fast 3D desktop games. * [Bullet](http://bulletphysics.org/wordpress/) - Real-time physics simulation. * [CRYENGINE](https://github.com/CRYTEK-CRYENGINE/CRYENGINE) - A pay what you want next gen 3D game engine written in C++. 🅾️ * [Cinder](https://libcinder.org/) - Cinder is a community-developed, free and open source library for professional-quality creative coding in C++. 🅾️ * [Dash](https://github.com/Circular-Studios/Dash) - A free and open 3D game engine written in D. 🅾️ * [Godot](http://www.godotengine.org/) - An advanced, feature-packed, multi-platform 2D and 3D open-source game engine. 🅾️ * [Havok Vision](http://www.havok.com/vision-engine/) - a cross-platform game engine that provides a powerful and versatile multi-platform runtime technology. * [Haxor](http://www.haxor.xyz/) - Combine the power of HaXe language and HTML5+WebGL to easily develop powerful applications that can run in any modern browser. * [Hive3D](http://www.eyelead.com/hive/) - Real Time Collaboration 3D engine. * [Horde3D](http://www.horde3d.org/) - small open source 3D rendering engine. 🅾️ * [Irrlicht](http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/) - open source high performance realtime 3D engine written in C++. 🅾️ * [JPCT](http://www.jpct.net/) - jPCT is a 3D engine for desktop Java and Google's Android. * [Lumberyard](https://aws.amazon.com/pt/lumberyard/) - Amazon Lumberyard is a free AAA game engine deeply integrated * [ODE](http://www.ode.org/) - ODE is an open source, high performance library for simulating rigid body dynamics. 🅾️ * [Ogre3D](http://www.ogre3d.org/) - is a scene-oriented, real-time, flexible 3D rendering engine (as opposed to a game engine) written in C++. * [Panda3D](https://www.panda3d.org/) - a framework for 3D rendering and game development for Python and C++ programs. * [Paradox](http://paradox3d.net/) - Open Source C# Game Engine. 🅾️ * [Piston](http://www.piston.rs/) - a modular open source game engine written in Rust. 🅾️ * [PlayCanvas](https://playcanvas.com/) - A WebGL Game Engine. * [Polycode](http://polycode.org) - Open-Source Framework for creating games in C++ (with Lua bindings). * [Rajawali](https://github.com/Rajawali/Rajawali) - Android OpenGL ES 2.0/3.0 Engine 🅾️ * [Source](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Main_Page) Valve's Flagship engine 🆓 * [Spring](http://springrts.com/) - A powerful free cross-platform RTS engine. * [Stingray](http://www.autodesk.com/products/stingray/) - 3D game engine and real-time rendering software 💲 * [Superpowers](https://sparklinlabs.itch.io/superpowers) - HTML5 Collaborative 2D/3D Game Maker * [Three.js](http://threejs.org/) - Javascript 3D Library. * [Turbulenz](http://biz.turbulenz.com/developers) - Turbulenz offers the ability to build, publish, iterate and monetise high-quality games that react like no others, with immersive 3D effects and real-time physics that open up a whole new world of unprecedented and extraordinary web content. * [Unity 3D](http://unity3d.com/) - A development engine for the creation of 2D and 3D games and interactive content. * [Unreal Engine 4](https://www.unrealengine.com/) - the new game engine technology developed by Epic Games. * [Urho3D](http://urho3d.github.io/) - Cross-platform rendering and game engine. 🅾️ * [Wave](http://waveengine.net/) - Cross-platform engine written in C# * [WhiteStorm.js](https://github.com/WhitestormJS/whitestorm.js) - 3d javacript framework for building apps and games 🅾️ * [bgfx](https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx) - Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library. 🅾️ * [gameplay](http://gameplay3d.io/) - A free, open-source, cross-platform, 2D + 3D game framework written in C++. It is aimed towards indie game developers who are creating desktop and mobile games. * [jMonkeyEngine 3](http://jmonkeyengine.org/) - a 3D open-source game engine for adventurous Java developers. * [voxel.js](http://voxeljs.com/) - voxel.js is a collection of projects that make it easier than ever to create 3D voxel games like Minecraft all in the browser.

Game Source Code

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* [BrowserQuest](https://github.com/mozilla/BrowserQuest) 🅾️ * [Doom 3](https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM-3) 🅾️ * [Doom](https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM) 🅾️ * [Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition](http://legacy.3drealms.com/duke3d/) 🆓 * [HandmadeHero: making 2D game from scratch](https://handmadehero.org/) 💲 * [Prince of Persia](https://github.com/jmechner/Prince-of-Persia-Apple-II) 🅾️ * [Quake 2](https://github.com/id-Software/Quake-2) 🅾️ * [Quake III Arena](https://github.com/id-Software/Quake-III-Arena) 🅾️ * [Quake](https://github.com/id-Software/Quake) 🅾️ * [SimCity](https://github.com/simhacker/micropolis) 🅾️ * [Wolfenstein 3D](https://github.com/id-Software/wolf3d) 🅾️

Design

Idea Generators

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* [Boardgamizer](http://www.boardgamizer.com) - Board Game Design Idea Generator. 🆓 * [Gigster](http://www.ludocraft.com/gigster/) Randomized Game Idea Generator 🆓 * [RPTools](http://www.rptools.net) - a brand of open-source programs designed to enhance traditional pen-and-paper role playing games. 🆓 * [Video Game Name Generator](https://videogamena.me) Randomized video games names 🆓

Marketing and PR

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* [A Guide to Launching Indie Games](http://www.binpress.com/blog/2015/02/06/indie-game-launch-guide-pre-launch/) - successful launch strategy for Indie Games 🆓 * [Gamebrief](http://www.metkis.com/gamebrief/index.html) Focus development of your game with 10 questions. 🆓

Mechanics

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* [Board Game Mechanics](http://boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgamemechanic) Set of different board game mechanics 🆓

Project Management

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* [Casual](https://casual.pm/) - Visual Project Management 💲 * [HacknPlan](http://hacknplan.com/) - Project management for game developers 🚩 * [Taiga](https://taiga.io/) - Project management platform for agile developers & designers 🚩 * [Trello](https://trello.com/) - Organize and prioritize projects 🚩

Meta

Blogs and Portals

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* [Designer Notes](http://www.designer-notes.com/) - Soren Johnson's Game Design Journal 🆓 * [Gamasutra](http://www.gamasutra.com/) - The Art & Business of Making Games :ree: * [Game Development on StackExchange](http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/) - Game Development Stack Exchange 🆓 * [GameDev](http://www.gamedev.net/page/index.html) - Game Development Community 🆓 * [GameDevs.org](http://gamedevs.org/) - various topics relating to game development 🆓 * [GameJolt](http://gamejolt.com/) * [GameMarketeers](http://www.gamemarketeers.com/) * [Greenlit Gaming](http://greenlitgaming.com/) * [HTML5 Game Devs Forum](http://www.html5gamedevs.com/) * [HobbyGameDev](http://www.hobbygamedev.com/) * [Html5 Game Development](http://www.html5gamedevelopment.com/) * [IndieDB](http://www.indiedb.com/) * [Indius](http://indius.org/) * [Java Gaming](http://www.java-gaming.org/) * [Lost Garden](http://www.lostgarden.com/) * [Real-Time Rendering](http://www.realtimerendering.com/) * [Superlevel](https://superlevel.de/) * [TIGSource](http://www.tigsource.com/) * [TruePCGaming](http://truepcgaming.com/) * [WhatGamesAre](http://www.whatgamesare.com/featured-posts.html) * [iforce2d](http://www.iforce2d.net/) * [indiegames](http://indiegames.com/index.html) * [indievault](http://www.indievault.it/)

Books

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* [3D Math Primer for Graphics and Game Development](http://www.amazon.com/Math-Primer-Graphics-Game-Development/dp/1568817231/) * [Artificial Intelligence for Games](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0123747317?tag=game-prog-books-20) * [Essential Mathematics for Games and Interactive Applications: A Programmer's Guide](http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Mathematics-Games-Interactive-Applications/dp/0123742978/) * [Flow](http://www.amazon.com/Flow-The-Psychology-Optimal-Experience/dp/0061339202/) * [Game Coding Complete](http://www.amazon.com/Game-Coding-Complete-Fourth-McShaffry/dp/1133776574/) * [Game Development Essentials: Game Level Design](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1633392.Game_Development_Essentials) * [Game Engine Architecture](http://www.gameenginebook.com/) * [Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13705461-game-mechanics) * [Game Programming Gems](http://www.amazon.com/Game-Programming-Gems-CD/dp/1584500492) * [Game Programming Patterns](http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/) * [Game Scripting Mastery](http://www.amazon.com/Scripting-Mastery-Premier-Press-Development/dp/1931841578) * [Hello Scratch: Learn to Program by Making Arcade Games](https://www.manning.com/books/hello-scratch) * [Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with Shader-Based OpenGL, 6/E](http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Interactive-Computer-Graphics-A-TopDown-Approach-with-ShaderBased-OpenGL/9780132545235.page) * [Level Up!](http://www.amazon.com/dp/047068867X?tag=game-prog-books-20) * [Mathematics For 3D Game Programming And Computer Graphics](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1435458869?tag=game-prog-books-20) * [Nature of Code](http://natureofcode.com/book/) * [Physics for Game Developers](http://www.amazon.com/Physics-Game-Developers-David-Bourg/dp/0596000065) * [Programming Game AI by Example](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1556220782?tag=game-prog-books-20) * [Real-Time Rendering](http://www.amazon.com/Real-Time-Rendering-Third-Edition-Akenine-Moller/dp/1568814240/) * [Rules of Play](http://www.amazon.com/Rules-Play-Game-Design-Fundamentals/dp/0262240459/) * [The Art of Game Design](http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Game-Design-lenses/dp/0123694965/) * [The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/391752.The_Ultimate_Guide_to_Video_Game_Writing_and_Design) * [The Visual Story](http://www.amazon.com/The-Visual-Story-Creating-Structure/dp/0240807790/) * [Theory of Fun](http://www.amazon.com/Theory-Game-Design-Raph-Koster/dp/1449363210/) * [Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus](http://www.amazon.com/Tricks-Windows-Game-Programming-Gurus/dp/0672313618)

Game Jams

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* [CompoHub](http://compohub.net/) - A compilation site of many game jams in a timeline. * [Game jams on itch.io](https://itch.io/jams) - Listing of itch.io game jams * [Game Off](https://gameoff.github.com) - GitHub's game jam * [Indie Game Jams](http://www.indiegamejams.com/) - Listing of game jams * [Ludum Dare](http://ludumdare.com/) - very popular game jam * [One Hour Game Jam](http://onehourgamejam.com/) - Weekly 1 hour game jam

Magazines

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* [Casual Connect](http://casualconnect.org/) 🆓 * [Game Developer Magazine](http://www.gdcvault.com/gdmag) 🆓 * [IndieMag](https://www.indiemag.fr/) 🆓 * [Making Games](http://www.makinggames.biz/) 🆓 * [indie-o-rama](http://www.indieorama.com/) 🆓

Videos/Podcasts

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* [awesome-gametalks](https://github.com/hzoo/awesome-gametalks) - A curated list of game talks (GDC, youtube, etc). 🅾️ * [BigSushi](http://www.bigsushi.fm/) - BigSushi GameDev Podcast 🆓 * [TheChernoProject](https://www.youtube.com/user/TheChernoProject) - TheChernoProject youtube channel 🆓 * [Twitch GameDev](http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Game%20Development) - Twitch GameDev Streams 🆓

Tools

Animation

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* [Fusion Character Animator](http://loopengo.free.fr/) - small tool for Clickteam Fusion 2.5 to facilitate the animation of 2D character sprites for developers. 💲 * [ScreenToGif](https://screentogif.codeplex.com/) - record a selected area of your screen and save it as a Gif 🆓 * [Spine](http://esotericsoftware.com/) - Spine is dedicated to 2D animation, providing an efficient workflow both for creating amazing animation and for integrating it into your games. 💲 * [Spriter](http://www.brashmonkey.com/spriter.htm) - Modern tool for sprite animation. 💲 * [DragonBones](http://dragonbones.effecthub.com) - The Open Source 2D skeleton animation solution for Flash 🅾️ * [LWF](http://gree.github.io/lwf/) - Lightweight SWF. LWF is an animation engine which can play animation data converted from FLASH contents in HTML5, Unity, Cocos2d-x, iOS UIKit, and more. 🅾️

Audio Tools

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* [Ardour](http://ardour.org/) - A multichannel digital audio workstation 🅾️ * [as3sfxr](http://www.superflashbros.net/as3sfxr/) - Generating sound effects 🆓 * [Audacity](http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/) - cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds. 🅾️ * [Audiosauna](http://www.audiosauna.com/) - transforms your web browser into a fast and flexible music production studio with built in synthesizers and live effects. * [Audiotool](http://www.audiotool.com/app) - Online music producer. * [BeepBox](http://www.beepbox.co/) - online tool for sketching and sharing chiptune melodies 🆓 * [Bfxr](http://www.bfxr.net/) - A tool to make sound effects for computer games. * [Bosca Ceoil](http://boscaceoil.net/) - Online (and also desktop) music producer made by Terry Cavanagh. Simple, intuitive, has a distinctive retro-ish sound. 🆓 * [ChipTone](http://sfbgames.com/chiptone/) - Online sound effect generator 🆓 * [FamiTracker](http://famitracker.com/) - Produce music for the NES/Famicom-systems 🆓 * [iNudge](http://tonematrix.audiotool.com) - Create sound patterns online. * [jfxr](http://jfxr.frozenfractal.com) - A JavaScript port of the Bfxr sound effect generator. * [LMMS](https://lmms.io/) - digital audio workstation software 🅾️ * [MadTracker](http://www.madtracker.org/main.php) - a powerful and efficient approach to making music. Versatility and compatibility are guaranteed due to full VST™, ASIO™ and ReWire™ support. * [Musagi](http://www.drpetter.se/project_musagi.html) - fairly large and sophisticated music editor and synthesizer 🅾️ * [PulseBoy](http://www.pulseboy.com/) web-based musical sequencer which only uses 8bit sounds and samples 🆓 * [Rosegarden](http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/) - music composition and editing environmen 🅾️ * [Sekaiju](http://openmidiproject.osdn.jp/Sekaiju_en.html) - Open Source MIDI sequencer. 🅾️ * [Soundation](https://soundation.com/) - Online Professional music studio. * [SunVox](http://www.warmplace.ru/soft/sunvox/) - a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern-based sequencer (tracker).

Bitmap Compression

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* [ImageAlpha](http://pngmini.com/) — Mac OS X GUI for pngquant and other tools 🆓 * [Image Asset Generation Photoshop plug-in](https://github.com/adobe-photoshop/generator-assets) — Easy export layers to files. 🅾️ * [Kraken.io](https://kraken.io/) - robust, ultra-fast image optimizer and compressor with best-in-class algorithms. 💲 * [Littera](http://kvazars.com/littera) - Bitmap font generator 🆓 * [PNGGauntlet](http://pnggauntlet.com/) - Smash PNGs for faster sites 🆓 * [PNGoo](https://pngquant.org/) - Windows GUI for batch conversion. 🆓 * [Pngyu](http://nukesaq88.github.io/Pngyu/) - simple PNG image file compression tool. 🅾️ * [SuperPNG Photoshop plug-in](http://www.fnordware.com/superpng/) — Mac and Windows. Comparison with "Save for Web" 🆓 * [TinyPNG](https://tinypng.com/) - Advanced lossy compression for PNG images that preserves full alpha transparency. 🆓

Character Generators

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* [Charas](http://charas-project.net/index.php) - Charas is a charset generator for RPG Maker. 🆓 * [Loose Leaf](http://www.geocities.jp/kurororo4/looseleaf/) - Sprite character generator 🆓

Design Tools

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* [10xGDD](http://pixelatto.com/10xgdd/) A fun-centric design brief template for your game designs. 🆓 * [articy:draft](http://www.nevigo.com/en/articydraft/overview/) visual environment for the creation and organization of game content. 💲 * [Dundoc](http://www.dundoc.com/) Game Design starter Template 🆓 * [plotbot](http://www.plotbot.com/) Write screenplays in your browser. 🆓 * [Scrivener](https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php) Helps concentrate on composing and structuring long and difficult documents 💲 * [Tiny Game Design Tool](http://tinygdtool.urustar.net) small, portable booklet created in order to help game designers. 🆓 * [Twine](http://twinery.org/) - Open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories. 🅾️

IDE and Editors

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* [Atom](https://atom.io/) Highly customizable open source text editor 🅾️ * [Eclipse](https://eclipse.org/) - integrated development environment mainly used for Java 🆓 * [Notepad++](https://notepad-plus-plus.org/) Notepad replacement that supports several languages. 🅾️ * [Sublime Text](http://www.sublimetext.com/) Sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. 💲 * [Visual Studio Community Edition](https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/) A fully-featured, extensible, free IDE 🆓

Modeling

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* [Blender](http://www.blender.org/) - free and open source 3D creation suite 🅾️ * [MakeHuman](http://www.makehuman.org/) - free and open source software to create realistic 3d humans 🅾️ * [sculptris](http://pixologic.com/sculptris/) 🆓 * [SketchUp](http://www.sketchup.com/) - 3D modeling computer program for a wide range of drawing application 💲 * [Maya](http://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview) Industry animation software 💲 * [3ds Max](http://www.autodesk.com/products/3ds-max/overview) Industry modeling software 💲 * [Clara.io](https://clara.io/) - Start creating, rendering and sharing 3D 🚩

Pixel Editor

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* [Aseprite](http://www.aseprite.org/) - Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool 💲 * [Hexels](https://www.marmoset.co/hexels/) - intuitive 2D, grid-based painting tool 💲 * [Pickle](http://www.pickleeditor.com/) - Another Pixel art Editor. 💲 * [PiskelApp](http://www.piskelapp.com/) - Free Online Pixel Art and Animated Sprite Tool. 🅾️ * [Pixi Paint](https://github.com/Kavex/pixel-editor/blob/master/download.md) Desktop version of Pixie Engine 🆓 * [Pixie Engine](http://pixieengine.com/) - Free online pixel editor 🆓 * [Pixen](https://github.com/Pixen/Pixen) - Pixel Art Editor for OSX 🅾️ * [PyxelEdit](http://pyxeledit.com/) - Pixel art editor designed to make it fun and easy to make tilesets, levels and animations. 💲

Spritesheet

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* [Cheetah-Texture-Packer](https://github.com/scriptum/Cheetah-Texture-Packer) - High efficient and fast 2D bin packing tool 🅾️ * [GlueIT](https://github.com/Kavex/GlueIT) Free Simple Spritesheet Tool 🆓 * [GraphicsGale](http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/) - Animation graphic editor easy to use. 💲 * [Leshy SpriteSheet Tool](https://www.leshylabs.com/apps/sstool/) - HTML5 tool for creating, packing, and modifying sprite sheets and texture atlases 🆓 * [Libgdx Texture Packer](https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/wiki/Texture-packer) - Texture Packer built into Libgdx 🅾️ * [MakeAtlas](http://www.skn3.com/junk/makeatlas/makeatlas1.12.zip) - Simple tool to pack a texture atlas 🆓 * [ShoeBox](http://renderhjs.net/shoebox/) - Adobe Air based app with game and ui related tools. 🆓 * [Sprite Generator](https://spritegenerator.codeplex.com/) - O-tree based rectangle sprite packing 🆓 * [Sprite Sheet Packer](https://spritesheetpacker.codeplex.com) - fully featured tool for combining multiple individual images into a single, efficiently laid out image 🆓 * [Spritesheet Preview](http://kleber-swf.com/app/spritesheet-preview/) - A simple and free tool to preview sprite sheets 🆓 * [Stitches](https://draeton.github.io/stitches/) An HTML5 sprite sheet generator 🅾️ * [TexturePacker](https://www.codeandweb.com/texturepacker) - Great spritesheet creation editor. 💲

Terrain Generators

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* [Artifex Terra](http://www.artifexterra.com/) - Terrain editor for easy and sophisticated landscape painting and editing 🆓 * [Canyon Terrain Editor](https://entardev.wordpress.com/other-projects/canyon-terrain-editor/) - Create quality, realistic terrain quickly and intuitively 🆓 * [Fracplanet](https://sourceforge.net/projects/fracplanet/) - Fractal planet and terrain generator * [Nem TG](http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=8) - 3D terrain generator * [World Machine](http://www.world-machine.com/) - Procedural terrain creation, simulations of nature, and interactive editing 💲

Texturing

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* [FilterForge](https://www.filterforge.com/) - A plugin for Adobe Photoshop that allows you to build your own filters. 💲 * [PixPlant](http://www.pixplant.com/) - Smart 3D texturing tool that creates high quality normal, displacement, specular maps and seamless textures from photos. 💲 * [STG](http://www.seamlesstexturegenerator.com/) - a tool for creating professional seamlessly-tileable textures from photographs quickly and easily. 💲

Tile/Level Editors

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* [ArrayPainter](http://www.arraypainter.com/) - Array Painter is the easiest and fastest way to make 2D arrays ready for copy pasting into your own program. * [AutoTileGen](http://pixelatto.com) - AutoTileGen is an automatic tileset generator for 2D game terrains. 💲 * [OGMO Editor](http://www.ogmoeditor.com/) - generic level editor. 🅾️ * [Overlap2D](http://overlap2d.com/) - a 2D level and UI editor with an engine agnostic philosophy. 🅾️ * [Mappy](http://tilemap.co.uk/mappy.php) - Free tilemap editor. 🆓 * [Tiled](http://www.mapeditor.org/) - free, easy to use and flexible tile map editor. 🆓

Vector/Image Editor

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* [Gimp](http://www.gimp.org/) - GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. 🅾️ * [Inkscape](https://inkscape.org/en/) - An open-source vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand, or Xara X. 🅾️ * [Krita](https://krita.org/) - Sketching and painting, offering an end-to-end solution for creating digital painting files from scratch by masters. 🅾️ * [Ormr](http://thebloomapp.com) - Ormr is a fast, light-weight, cross-platform procedural graphics editor. * [Paint.NET](http://www.getpaint.net/) - Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for PCs that run Windows. 🆓 * [Pixelmator](http://www.pixelmator.com) - Full-featured image editing app for the Mac

Voxel Editors

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* [goxel](https://github.com/guillaumechereau/goxel) - Open source 3D voxel editor 🅾️ * [MagicaVoxel](http://voxel.codeplex.com/) - free lightweight 8-bit voxel editor and interactive path tracing renderer 🆓 * [Sproxel](https://code.google.com/archive/p/sproxel/) - 3d interface designed to let the user quickly create and edit voxel-based 3d models 🆓 * [VoxelShop](https://blackflux.com/index.php)- Open source for modify and create voxel objects 🅾️

Tutorials

Game Development Tutorials

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* [Simple HTML5 Canvas Game](http://www.lostdecadegames.com/how-to-make-a-simple-html5-canvas-game/) - Simple HTML canvas RPG looking game 🆓 * [Udacity: HTML5 Game Development](https://www.udacity.com/course/html5-game-development--cs255) - HTML5 Game Development by Google 🆓 * [Udemy: Make a Unity 2D Physics Game - For Beginners!](https://www.udemy.com/unity-2d-bouncing-and-sliding-with-physics/) - Unity 2D Physics 🆓

Graphics/Modeling Tutorials

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* [Coursera: Interactive Computer Graphics](https://www.coursera.org/learn/interactive-computer-graphics) 🆓 * [Pixel Art Tutorial Basics for Beginners](http://gasara.deviantart.com/art/Pixel-Art-Tutorial-Basics-for-Beginners-356743783) * [Udacity: Interactive 3D Graphics](https://www.udacity.com/course/interactive-3d-graphics--cs291) - Interactive 3D Graphics by Google 🆓 * [Udemy: The Complete Blender Creator Course](https://www.udemy.com/blendertutorial/) High quality Blender 3D tutorial for all levels 💲

Music Tutorials

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* [How To Make Game Music with FL Studio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkvx-ipbmVg) Youtube vid by rm2kdev 🆓

Programming Tutorials

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* [Coursera: Beginning Game Programming with C#](https://www.coursera.org/learn/game-programming) 🆓 * [Khan Academy: Advanced JS: Games & Visualizations](https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/cs/programming-games-visualizations) 🆓 * [Udemy: Fundamentals of Programming](https://www.udemy.com/fundamentals-of-programming/) 🆓 * [Udemy: Learn to program Tic Tac Toe Game in Visual C++ on Windows](https://www.udemy.com/learn-to-program-tic-tac-toe-in-visual-c-on-windows/) 🆓

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