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Awesome Gamedev
A curated list of good stuff related to the development of games. This list contains only free software for code, sellers who aren't evil for physical resources, and free cultural works for assets.
This is released under the GNU Free Documentation License - its text is provided in the LICENSE file.
Audio
Editors
- Audacity - Free software for recording and editing sounds. GNU GPLv2.
- MilkyTracker - Multi-platform application for creating .mod and .xm module files. GNU GPLv3
- Musagi - A large and sophisticated music editor. Expat.
Music
- Musopen - A site dedicated to copyright-free (and culturally free) music. Various licenses, all copyright-free (varies by piece).
Sound Effects
- Freesound.org - A collection of CC-licensed sound effects. Various licenses, all CC.
- SoundBible's Royalty-free section - A collection of CC or public-domain-licensed sounds. Various licenses, all CC or public domain.
Engines
These are full-blown game engines.
General
- AGS - Implemented in C++. Designed for adventure games. Artistic License 2.0.
- Fife - Implemented in C++. Has Python scripting. Designed for isometric games. GNU LGPLv3.
- Flare - Implemented in C++. Designed for action RPGs. GNU GPLv3.
- GDevelop - Implemented in C++. Targeted at non-programmers. Expat (IDE is GNU GPLv3).
- GNU FreeDink - Implemented in C++. GNU GPLv3.
- Godot - Implemented in C++. Has its own scripting language. Expat.
- Grit - Implemented in C++. Has Lua scripting. Expat.
- Irrlicht - Implemented in C++. Has a range of bindings. zlib.
- Ogre3D - Implemented in C++. Has a range of bindings. Expat.
- Sludge - Implemented in C++. Has its own scripting language. GNU LGPLv3.
- Torque2D - Implemented in C++. Has its own scripting language. Expat.
- Torque3D - Implemented in C++. Has its own scripting language. Expat.
HTML5
- Crafty.js - Implemented in ECMAScript. Expat and GNU GPLv3.
- Phaser - Implemented in ECMAScript. Expat.
- PlayCanvas - Implemented in ECMAScript. Expat.
Physics
- Box2D - Implemented in C++. Designed to simulate rigid body physics. zlib.
- Bullet - Implemented in C++. General physics engine. zlib.
Graphics
Assorted
This is a section for everything else that doesn't fit in some other graphics category.
- CanTree - Free online tree generator. Generates PNG files. Expat.
- Yobi3D - A search engine for 3D models that aims to display license information when possible. Various licenses, including free ones.
Collections
This category contains any 'grab-bags' of different kinds of art assets.
- Free stuff by 7Soul1 - A collection of various game-related assets. Available in PNG. Public domain.
- openclipart - A collection of various clip art. Available in PNG. Public domain.
- OpenGameArt.org - A large collection of art intended for game development. Various licenses, including free ones.
- Vecteezy - A collection of vector art. Various Creative Commons licenses.
Icons
- Game-icons.net - A constantly-growing collection of black-and-white icons. Available in SVG or PNG. CC-BY-3.0.
Sprites
Graphics Tools
Bitmap Compression
- pngquant - A command-line utility for lossy compression of PNG images. Has various front-ends available. FreeBSD.
- Trimage- A cross-platform tool for losslessly optimizing PNG and JPG files. Expat.
Editors
- AwesomeBump - A program that generates normal, height, specular or ambient occlusion, roughness or metallic textures. Requires a graphics card with support for OpenGL4 or greater. GNU LGPLv3.
- Blender - A 3D modelling and rendering editor. GNU GPLv2.
- GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program. Designed for photo retouching, image composition and similar tasks. GNU GPLv3.
- Inkscape - A vector image editing program. GNU GPLv2.
- Krita - A digital painting and illustration program. GNU GPLv2.
- MakeHuman - A tool for making 3D characters. GNU AGPLv3.
- NeoTextureEdit - An easy-to-use, graph-based, procedural texture editor. GNU LGPLv3.
- NormalMapOnline - An online normal-mapping tool. Expat.
- Overlap2D - An engine-agnostic game level and UI editor. Apache2.0.
- TextureGeneratorOnline - An online tool for texture generation. Expat.
- Tiled - Easy-to-use and flexible tile map editor. GNU GPLv2 and FreeBSD.
Spritesheet Tools
- Aseprite - Animated sprite editor and pixel art tool. GNU GPLv2.
- Piskel - Online pixel art and animated sprite creator. 'Do whatever you want' license.
Voxel Editors
- Sproxel - A 3D interface for quickly editing and creating voxel-based 3D models. 3-clause BSD.
Programming Frameworks
These are programming libraries or low-level code-based tools which are designed to support game programming, but do not provide as much structure or support as an engine would.
- Allegro 5 - A cross-platform library for low-level tasks, like creating windows, accepting user input and so forth. Implemented in C and C++. 3-clause BSD.
- enchant.js - A framework for developing simple HTML5 + ECMAScript games. Implemented in ECMAScript. Expat.
- SDL - Another cross-platform library for low-level tasks, like creating windows, accepting user input, and so forth. Implemented in C. zlib.
- Three.js - A library that makes WebGL easy to use. Implemented in ECMAScript. Expat.
- voxel.js - A multi-component framework for bulding voxel games for modern browsers. Implemented in ECMAScript. 3-clause BSD.
Utilities
This is a catch-all category for things that don't fit anywhere else.