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Useful tools for Indie game development
Krischan:
Additional some useful Tools I use/own for game development. Some need to own a license but many are free:
Graphics EditorsAdobe Photoshop CS3Proprietary All-purpose graphics editing but legacy, use Photoshop CC insteadMicrografx Picture Publisher 10Proprietary Great for Star Textures (legacy, use Google for possible downloads)InkscapeFreeware Vector GraphicsGIMPFreeware Additional tools Photoshop can't do 3D Modeling and TexturingWings3DFreeware Basic ModellerWings3D MLABFreeware Basic Modeller (Manifold edition]BlenderFreeware Advanced Modelling, ConvertingMilkshapeProprietary Support Animation and old file formatsUltimate Unwrap 3DProprietary Finishing and UV map creation Texture Generation ToolsGenetica Standard EditionProprietary Create / Improve / Age texturesFilter ForgeProprietary Create / Improve / Age texturesNeoTextureEditFreeware Create / Improve / Age textures Sound and MusicRenoiseProprietary Music creation, Tracker with VST supportAudacityFreeware Sample editor, OGG export EditorIDEalFreeware for Blitz3DBLIde PlusProprietary for Blitzmax and GLSLNotepad++Freeware Text files and Radiant MAP editingNETradiantFreeware Map Editor, BSP compiler ViewerTotal CommanderSharewareFile ManagementXNviewFreeware Image viewer and converter Other StuffFontForgeFreeware Convert TTF to OTFIrfanViewFreeware Great for creating sprite animationOpen Hardware MonitorFreeware Displays GPU Memory usageSQLiteDatabaseBrowserFreeware Creating and editing Sqlite databasesResource HackerFreeware change Application IconIcoFXFreeware create Application Icons (hint: 1.6.4 was free/full version)Virtual DubFreeware Video cutter for sprite animationWilburFreeware Create realistic heightmaps from the scratchL3DTProprietary Terrain render: Heightmaps / Colormap / ShadowmapImage ResizerFreeware Upscaling Pixelart Online Tools / ResourcesNormalMap-OnlineTool Creates Normalmaps from a DiffusemapFontstructTool free online Font creatorYobi3DResource Many free 3D Models with viewer and filterTextures.comResource up to 15 free Textures per dayCADNAVResource Many free 3D ModelsArchive3DResource Many free 3D ModelsOpen Game ArtResource Many free Resources and 3D Models
What other tools do you use or would recommend?
Goodlookinguy:
I replied to your other post about making this exact type of thread.
Photo Editing
GraphicsGale
Affinity Photo
Audio
GoldWave
FL Studios
Technical
010 Editor
Editors
Visual Studio
Height/Normal Map Generation
Crazybump
Video Converting/Muxing
Handbrake (h.264 & h.265)
MKVToolNix
MP4Box
Screen Recording (for trailers)
OBS Studio (cross-platform)
FFSplit (Windows)
Network analysis
Wireshark (for making sure your game's packets are correct)
Version Tracker GUIs
TortoiseGit (Git)
TortoiseHg (Mercurial)
dawlane:
A few I have used in the past, but not all.
Font
Code heads Bitmap Font generator http://www.codehead.co.uk/cbfg/
Texture
Texture maker http://www.texturemaker.com/download.php (caution: doesn't look like there's been any activity for over 10 years)
Sprite atlas maker
ShoeBox https://renderhjs.net/shoebox/
Texure Packer https://www.codeandweb.com/texturepacker
Map editor
Dangerous Alien Map Editor http://dambots.com/dame-editor/
Tile Mapper http://www.mapeditor.org/
Tilestudio http://tilestudio.sourceforge.net/
TuDee http://www.diorgo.com/v1/?p=366
OFMO http://www.ogmoeditor.com/
Tile Map Editor https://sourceforge.net/projects/tilemapeditor2d/
TEdit https://github.com/TEdit/Terraria-Map-Editor/wiki
Sprites & Animation
Spriter https://brashmonkey.com/spriter-features/
TimelineFx Editor https://www.rigzsoft.co.uk/
Music
FL Studio https://www.image-line.com/flstudio/
Libraries & Game Kits
Fixel http://flixel.org/
Scrolling Game Development Kit http://sgdk2.sourceforge.net/
Matty:
Video editing and conversion ffmpeg
Drawing paint.net
Audio audacity
Ide eclipse
Rooster:
LMMS for music and sound creation.
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