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A list of game development resources to make magic happen. Created by awesome people for awesome people.

Graphics
Code
- Engines and Frameworks
  - 2D
  - 3D
Audio
- Collections
- Music and Audio Editors
Board Games
Must see
Ads
Learn
- General Game Development
- Computer Graphics

Graphics

Great graphics placeholders and tools to turn that squared game into a picasso painting

Assets/Placeholders

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.
Blender 3D models - 3D models, particle systems/effects
CGTextures - A large collection of textures.
GameDev Market - a community-driven marketplace that connects indie game developers with talented asset creators.
Games-Icons Set - free icons for your games.
Iconmonstr - Another free icons resource for your games.
Kenny Assets - Royalty free assets
Liberated Pixel Cup assets - Free graphic assets of the Liberated Pixel Cup (LPC) held by the OpenGameArt forums
OpenClipart - Collection of free cliparts.
OpenGameArt - a media repository intended for use with free software game projects.
Oryx Design Lab - Cheap high quality royalty free sprites
PlainTextures - Free high resolution textures, brushes and photos
Reiner's Tilesets - A blog with free 2D and 3D graphics.
Sketchfab - Publish & embed interactive 3D models.
SpriteLib - a collection of static and animated graphic objects (also commonly known as sprites).
TextureKing - Free meterial stock textures
Tree Generator - An Online tree generator.
Upando - Marketplace with lots of resources for game developers.
Vecteezy - Free Vector Art.
Yobi3D - Free 3D model search engine.

Spritesheet Tools

Cheetah-Texture-Packer - High efficient and fast 2D bin packing tool
GraphicsGale - Animation graphic editor easy to use.
Libgdx Texture Packer - Texture Packer built into Libgdx
Littera - Bitmap font generator
ShoeBox - Adobe Air based app with game and ui related tools.
Spritesheet Preview - A simple and free tool to preview sprite sheets
TexturePacker - Great spritesheet creation editor.

Bitmap Compression

ImageAlpha — Mac OS X GUI for pngquant and other tools
Kraken.io - robust, ultra-fast image optimizer and compressor with best-in-class algorithms.
PNGGauntlet - Smash PNGs for faster sites
PNGoo - Windows GUI for batch conversion.
Pngyu - simple PNG image file compression tool.
SuperPNG Photoshop plug-in — Mac and Windows. Comparison with "Save for Web"
TinyPNG - Advanced lossy compression for PNG images that preserves full alpha transparency.

Texture Tools

FilterForge - A plugin for Adobe Photoshop that allows you to build your own filters.
PixPlant - PixPlant is a smart 3D texturing tool that creates high quality normal, displacement, specular maps and seamless textures from photos.
STG - a tool for creating professional seamlessly-tileable textures from photographs quickly and easily.

Character Generators

Charas - Charas is a charset generator for RPG Maker.
Loose Leaf - Sprite character generator
Universal LPC Sprite Sheet Character Generator - Sprite character generator based on the LPC (Liberated Pixel Cup) graphics

Tile/Level Editors

ArrayPainter - Array Painter is the easiest and fastest way to make 2D arrays ready for copy pasting into your own program.
AutoTileGen - AutoTileGen is an automatic tileset generator for 2D game terrains.
OGMO Editor - generic level editor.
Overlap2D - a 2D level and UI editor with an engine agnostic philosophy.
Mappy - Free tilemap editor.
Tiled - free, easy to use and flexible tile map editor.

Animation

Fusion Character Animator - small tool for Clickteam Fusion 2.5 to facilitate the animation of 2D character sprites for developers.
Spine - Spine is dedicated to 2D animation, providing an efficient workflow both for creating amazing animation and for integrating it into your games.
Spriter - Modern tool for sprite animation.
DragonBones - The Open Source 2D skeleton animation solution for Flash
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.

Vector/Image Editor

Affinity Designer - Vector graphics editor with a bunch of features which also supports Adobe file formats
Affinity Photo - Photo and raster graphics editor which works together with Adobe file formats and Affinity Designer
Aseprite - animated sprite editor & pixel art tool.
Gimp - GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
Inkscape - An open-source vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand, or Xara X.
Krita - Krita is a KDE program for sketching and painting, offering an end-to-end solution for creating digital painting files from scratch by masters.
Ormr - Ormr is a fast, light-weight, cross-platform procedural graphics editor.
Paint.NET - Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for PCs that run Windows.
Pickle - Another Pixel art Editor.
PiskelApp - Free Online Pixel Art and Animated Sprite Tool.
Pixelmator - Full-featured image editing app for the Mac
Pixen - Pixel Art Editor for OSX
PyxelEdit - Pixel art editor designed to make it fun and easy to make tilesets, levels and animations.

Modeling

Terrain Generators

Artifex Terra - Terrain editor for easy and sophisticated landscape painting and editing
Canyon Terrain Editor - Create quality, realistic terrain quickly and intuitively
Fracplanet - Fractal planet and terrain generator
Nem TG - 3D terrain generator
World Machine - Procedural terrain creation, simulations of nature, and interactive editing

Voxel Editors

Code

Set of game frameworks, engines and platforms

Engines and Frameworks

2D

Agen - Cross-Platform framework for making 2D games with Lua, compatible iOS, Mac and Windows devices.
Allegro - Allegro 4 & 5 are cross-platform, open source, game programming libraries, primarily for C and C++ developers.
AndEngine - 2D Android Game Engine
Bacon2D - A framework to ease 2D game development, providing ready-to-use QML elements representing basic game entities needed by most of games.
Bladecoder - Classic point and click adventure game engine and editor.
Box2D - A 2D Physics Engine for Games.
Chipmunk C# - C# implementation of the Chipmunk2D lib.
Chipmunk2D - A fast and lightweight 2D game physics library.
Cocos2D - graphic library for games and multimedia, for python language
Cocos2d-x - 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 - an HTML5 game maker, meaning you are not actually writing JavaScript. Instead, you use actions, events and conditions to do the heavy lifting.
Coquette - A micro framework for JavaScript games. Handles collision detection, the game update loop, canvas rendering, and keyboard and mouse input.
Corona SDK - A Cross-Platform Mobile App Development for iOS and Android.
Duality - C# / OpenGL 2D Game Engine that comes with visual editor.
ENGi - A multi-platform 2D game library for Go.
Ejecta - A Fast, Open Source JavaScript, Canvas & Audio Implementation for iOS.
EnchantJS - A simple JavaScript framework for creating games and apps.
Farseer - a collision detection system with realistic physics responses.
FlashPunk - free ActionScript 3 library designed for developing 2D Flash games.
Flixel - an open source game-making written in ActionScript3.
GameMaker - GameMaker accommodates the creation of cross-platform video games using drag and drop or a scripting language known as Game Maker Language, which can be used to develop more advanced games that could not be created just by using the drag and drop features.
GameSalad - Game Creation Engine for Mac and Windows.
Gideros - A Cross-Platform framework to create Mobile Apps and games for iOS, Android using Lua programming language.
Godot - An advanced, feature-packed, multi-platform 2D and 3D open-source game engine.
HaxeFlixel - Create cross-platform games easier and free.
ImpactJS - Impact is a JavaScript Game Engine that allows you to develop stunning HTML5 Games for desktop and mobile browsers.
Jitter - a fast and lightweight physics engine written in C#.
Juno - Framework for making 2D games with chunky pixels in Lua
Kivent - A 2D game framework for Kivy.
Kivy - Cross platform Python framework for creating apps and games for Linux, Windows, OS X, Android and iOS
KiwiJS - a fun and friendly Open Source HTML5 Game Engine. Some people call it the WordPress of HTML5 game engines
LibGDX - Powerful (totally free) library for Java, code once and run the game on desktop, Android, Web, and iOS.
LimeJS - HTML5 game framework for building fast, native-experience games for all modern touchscreens and
Loom SDK - 2D mobile app and game framework with live reload of code and assets, AS3/JS/C#-like scripting language, and powerful 2D rendering and UI framework. Open source with paid "Turbo" service.
Lums - A 2D / 3D framework written in C++11. Very efficient and modern. Still under heavy development.
LÖVE - Lua 2D Game Engine.
MINX - Open Source 2D game framework written in C++ (to the style of XNA)
MOAI - 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 - a 2D physics engine for the web.
MelonJS - open source light-weight HTML5 game engine.
Monkey X - Multi-platform programming language and cross-compiler, aimed at fast game programming.
Monogame - Open Source implementation of the Microsoft XNA 4 Framework.
NodeBox - a family of Python tools to create generative design.
OpenFL - Open Source Haxe Engine for making multi-platform games.
OpenRA - OpenRA is a Libre/Free Real Time Strategy Game Engine.
Origamijs - Lightweight Library to create using HTML5 Canvas.
PICO-8 - A fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games and other computer programs.
PandaJS - Open Source HTML5 Engine.
Phaser - free and fast 2D game framework for making HTML5 games for desktop and mobile web browsers, supporting Canvas and WebGL rendering.
Pixel Vision 8 - a framework designed to simulate your favorite 8-bit consoles.
PixiJS - 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 - Processing is a programming language, development environment for artists, designers, researchers.
PuzzleScript - open-source HTML5 puzzle game engine.
PyGame - a 2D game engine in Python.
QICI - Efficient web-based tool for creating HTML5 games.
RPGMaker - series of programs for the development of role-playing games.
Ren'Py - An open-source visual novel engine using the Python language in simplified form. It supports Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and iOS.
Rpgboss - A 2d rpg game engine and editor based on scala and libgdx. Ease of use, with no programming knowledge.
SDL - 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 - Simple and Fast Multimedia Library.
SpriteKit - iOS/Mac 2D Game Engine.
Stage.js - Lightweight and fast 2D HTML5 rendering and layout engine for cross-platform game development.
Starling - The GPU powered 2D Flash API
Stencyl - a game creation platform that allows users to create 2D video games for computers, mobile devices, and the web.
TIC - Tiny Computer - a tiny computer where you can make, play and share tiny games.
Twine - Downloadable or browser-based game development platform that allows users to create linked story paths. Not just text-based, Twine supports music, images, and sound effects. Very little coding knowledge required for basic text adventure games.
XNA - Microsoft's game development framework.
iio.js - A javascript library that speeds the creation and deployment of HTML5 Canvas applications
p2.js - JavaScript 2D physics library

3D

Azul3D - A 3D engine written in Go.
Blend4Web - A Javascript framework for creating and displaying interactive 3D computer graphics in web browsers.
Blitz3D 3D basic-like programming language for fast 3D desktop games.
Bullet - Real-time physics simulation.
CRYENGINE - A pay what you want next gen 3D game engine written in C++.
Cinder - Cinder is a community-developed, free and open source library for professional-quality creative coding in C++.
Dash - A free and open 3D game engine written in D.
Godot - An advanced, feature-packed, multi-platform 2D and 3D open-source game engine.
Havok Vision - a cross-platform game engine that provides a powerful and versatile multi-platform runtime technology.
Haxor - Combine the power of HaXe language and HTML5+WebGL to easily develop powerful applications that can run in any modern browser.
Hive3D - Real Time Collaboration 3D engine.
Horde3D - small open source 3D rendering engine.
Irrlicht - open source high performance realtime 3D engine written in C++.
JPCT - jPCT is a 3D engine for desktop Java and Google's Android.
Lumberyard - Amazon Lumberyard is a free AAA game engine deeply integrated
ODE - ODE is an open source, high performance library for simulating rigid body dynamics.
Ogre3D - is a scene-oriented, real-time, flexible 3D rendering engine (as opposed to a game engine) written in C++.
Panda3D - a framework for 3D rendering and game development for Python and C++ programs.
Paradox - Open Source C# Game Engine.
Piston - a modular open source game engine written in Rust.
PlayCanvas - A WebGL Game Engine.
Polycode - Open-Source Framework for creating games in C++ (with Lua bindings).
Rajawali - Android OpenGL ES 2.0/3.0 Engine
Spring - A powerful free cross-platform RTS engine.
Superpowers - HTML5 Collaborative 2D/3D Game Maker
Three.js - Javascript 3D Library.
Turbulenz - 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 - A development engine for the creation of 2D and 3D games and interactive content.
Unreal Engine 4 - the new game engine technology developed by Epic Games.
Urho3D - Cross-platform rendering and game engine.
Wave - Cross-platform engine written in C#
WhiteStorm.js - 3d javacript framework for building apps and games
bgfx - Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.
gameplay - 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 - a 3D open-source game engine for adventurous Java developers.
voxel.js - voxel.js is a collection of projects that make it easier than ever to create 3D voxel games like Minecraft all in the browser. with AWS and Twitch – with full source.

Audio

Audio editors, sounds collections and more.

Collections

Free Game Sounds - Archive of all kinds of royalty-free game sounds.
Freesound - collaborative database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds.
LaptopNoise - Large collection of random 'glitchy' computer effects free for use.
Musopen - Royalty free music.
Octave - free library of UI sounds.
PacDV - royalty free sounds collection.
SoundBible.com - Royalty-free, searchable archive of sound effects under various licenses.

Music and Audio Editors

Audacity - open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds.
Audiosauna - transforms your web browser into a fast and flexible music production studio with built in synthesizers and live effects.
Audiotool - Online music producer.
Bfxr - A tool to make sound effects for computer games.
Bosca Ceoil - Online (and also desktop) music producer made by Terry Cavanagh. Simple, intuitive, has a distinctive retro-ish sound.
ChipTone - Online sound effect generator
FamiTracker - free windows tracker for producing music for the NES/Famicom-systems.
iNudge - Create sound patterns online.
jfxr - A JavaScript port of the Bfxr sound effect generator.
MadTracker - a powerful and efficient approach to making music. Versatility and compatibility are guaranteed due to full VST™, ASIO™ and ReWire™ support.
musagi - open source, fairly large and sophisticated music editor and synthesizer
Sekaiju - Open Source MIDI sequencer.
Soundation - Online Professional music studio.
SunVox - a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern-based sequencer (tracker).

Board Games

Tools for making board games

Boardgamizer - Board Game Design Idea Generator.
RPTools - a brand of open-source programs designed to enhance traditional pen-and-paper role playing games.

Must see

Blogs, portals, magazines and more

Blogs and Portals

Books

Magazines

Videos/Podcasts

awesome-gametalks - A curated list of game talks (GDC, youtube, etc).
Twitch GameDev - Twitch GameDev Streams

Game Jams

CompoHub - A compilation site of many game jams in a timeline.
Game jams on itch.io - Listing of itch.io game jams
Game Off - GitHub's game jam
Indie Game Jams - Listing of game jams
Ludum Dare - very popular game jam
One Hour Game Jam - Weekly 1 hour game jam

Project Management

Casual - Visual Project Management
HacknPlan - Project management for game developers
Taiga - Project management platform for agile developers & designers
Trello - Organize and prioritize projects

Complete Game Sources

We still need to make some money, right?

AdMob by Google - Google's Ads and monetization service for mobile.
AdColony - Mobile video Ads service.
Appodeal - A programmatic ad mediation solution for mobile apps.
ChartBoost - Monetization, analytics platform.
RevMob - Monetization and Ads solution.
Unity Ads - Unity3D Official Ads SDK.
Vungle - Video Ads service.

Learn

Online courses, tutorials, screencasts

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