A curated list of game development resources to make
      magic happen.
    
    License Legends
    
      - :free: - Free
 
      - :tada: - Open Source
 
      - :moneybag: - Paid
 
      - :money_with_wings: - Partially Free
 
    
    Table of Contents
    
    Graphics
    
      Great graphics placeholders and tools to turn that squared game into a
        picasso painting
    
    Assets/Placeholders
    
      - 
        :free:
        2D Cartoon Mobile Game UI Pack
        - cartoon user interface asset pack. It comes as a layered psd file.
      
 
      - 
        :free:
        420 Pixel Art Icons for RPGs
        - Set of 420 RPG icons, free for commercial use.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Blender 3D models -
        3D models, particle systems/effects
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: CGTextures - A
        large collection of textures.
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings:
        GameDev Market - a
        community-driven marketplace that connects indie game developers with
        talented asset creators.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Games-Icons Set - free icons
        for your games.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Iconmonstr - Another free
        icons resource for your games.
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: Kenney Assets -
        Royalty free assets
      
 
      - 
        :free:
        Liberated Pixel Cup assets -
        Free graphic assets of the Liberated Pixel Cup (LPC) held by the
        OpenGameArt forums
      
 
      - 
        :free: Matcaps -
        A Huge library of matcap textures in PNG and ZMT, organized by color.
      
 
      - 
        :free: OpenClipart - Collection
        of free cliparts.
      
 
      - 
        :free: OpenGameArt - a media
        repository intended for use with free software game projects.
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: Oryx Design Lab -
        Cheap high quality royalty free sprites
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings:
        PlainTextures - Free high
        resolution textures, brushes and photos
      
 
      - 
        :free: Poly Pizza - 6000+ free low poly
        models
      
 
      - 
        :free: Reiner’s Tilesets -
        A blog with free 2D and 3D graphics.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Sketchfab - Publish &
        embed interactive 3D models.
      
 
      - 
        :free: SpriteLib - a
        collection of static and animated graphic objects (also commonly known
        as sprites).
      
 
      - 
        :free: StickyPNG - Free
        transparent PNG images.
      
 
      - 
        :free: TextureHaven - Free
        textures with additional maps like displacement and bump maps. Also
        HDRIs.
      
 
      - 
        :free: TextureKing - Free
        material stock textures
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: Vecteezy -
        Free Vector Art.
      
 
    
    
    
      - 
        :tada:
        Cheetah-Texture-Packer
        - High efficient and fast 2D bin packing tool
      
 
      - 
        :free: GraphicsGale -
        Animation graphic editor easy to use.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        Libgdx Texture Packer
        - Texture Packer built into Libgdx
      
 
      - 
        :free: Littera - Bitmap font
        generator
      
 
      - 
        :free: ShoeBox - Adobe Air
        based app with game and ui related tools.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        Sprite Sheet Packer
        - Combine multiple images into a single sprite sheet and generate a txt
        map of it.
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings:
        TexturePacker -
        Great spritesheet creation editor.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        Tilesplit - CLI
        text-based tilesheet splitter and namer. Turn a spritesheet into many
        separate files with names you pick, or not if you don’t care. Support
        templates and textures that are not all the same size.
      
 
    
    Bitmap Compression
    
      - 
        :tada: ImageAlpha — Mac OS X GUI for
        pngquant and other tools
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: Kraken.io - robust,
        ultra-fast image optimizer and compressor with best-in-class algorithms.
      
 
      - 
        :free: PNGGauntlet - Smash PNGs
        for faster sites
      
 
      - 
        :free: PNGoo -
        Windows GUI for batch conversion.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Pngyu - simple
        PNG image file compression tool.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        SuperPNG Photoshop plug-in
        — Mac and Windows. Comparison with “Save for Web”
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: TinyPNG - Advanced
        lossy compression for PNG images that preserves full alpha transparency.
      
 
    
    Texture Tools
    
      - 
        :moneybag: FilterForge - A
        plugin for Adobe Photoshop that allows you to build your own filters.
      
 
      - 
        :free:
        Live Normal - An
        Android and iOS app for generating seamless materials on the go. You
        take a photo, and Live Normal creates a tile-able texture and generates
        texture maps ready for a PBR engine of your choice.
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: PixPlant - PixPlant is
        a smart 3D texturing tool that creates high quality normal,
        displacement, specular maps and seamless textures from photos.
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: STG -
        a tool for creating professional seamlessly-tileable textures from
        photographs quickly and easily.
      
 
    
    Character Generators
    
    Tile/Level Editors
    
      - 
        :free: ArrayPainter - Array
        Painter is the easiest and fastest way to make 2D arrays ready for copy
        pasting into your own program.
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: AutoTileGen - AutoTileGen
        is an automatic tileset generator for 2D game terrains.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        LDtk -
        LDtk is an open-source 2D level editor for indie devs, with a strong
        focus on user-friendliness.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: OGMO Editor-
        generic level editor.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        Overlap2D - a
        2D level and UI editor with an engine agnostic philosophy.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Tiled - free, easy to use
        and flexible tile map editor.
      
 
    
    Animation
    
      - 
        :moneybag:
        Fusion Character Animator - small
        tool for Clickteam Fusion 2.5 to facilitate the animation of 2D
        character sprites for developers.
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: Spine - Spine is
        dedicated to 2D animation, providing an efficient workflow both for
        creating amazing animation and for integrating it into your games.
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag:
        Spriter Pro
        - Modern tool for sprite animation.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: DragonBones - The Open
        Source 2D skeleton animation solution for Flash
      
 
      - 
        :tada: 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.
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: Mixamo - tool for
        auto auto rigging and animation of 3D humanoid models,
      
 
    
    Vector/Image Editor
    
      - 
        :moneybag:
        Affinity Designer -
        Vector graphics editor with a bunch of features which also supports
        Adobe file formats
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag:
        Affinity Photo - Photo
        and raster graphics editor which works together with Adobe file formats
        and Affinity Designer
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: Aseprite -
        animated sprite editor & pixel art tool.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Gimp - GNU Image Manipulation
        Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as
        photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Inkscape - An open-source
        vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw,
        Freehand, or Xara X.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Krita - Krita is a professional
        FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want
        to see affordable art tools for everyone.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: LibreSprite -
        LibreSprite is an open source fork of Aseprite.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Multipaint - A
        cross-platform (Win, Linux, Mac) image editor/painter which covers the
        color limitations of 8-bit machines (like C64, ZX Spectrum etc.)
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: Ormr - Ormr is a fast,
        light-weight, cross-platform procedural graphics editor.
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: Paint.NET -
        Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for PCs that run
        Windows.
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: Pickle - Another
        Pixel art Editor.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: PiskelApp - Free Online
        Pixel Art and Animated Sprite Tool.
      
 
      - 
        Pixelmator - Full-featured image
        editing app for the Mac
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: Pixen - Pixel
        Art Editor for OSX
      
 
      - 
        :free: project one - A picture
        converter and editor for the Commodore 64 covering different graphics
        mode of this computer. Windows only
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: PXL8 - A cross platform
        (Windows, Mac, Linux) pixel art editor in development which aims to be
        distraction free
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: PyxelEdit - Pixel art
        editor designed to make it fun and easy to make tilesets, levels and
        animations.
      
 
      - 
        :free: REXPaint -
        a powerful and user-friendly ASCII art editor.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: rx - a modern &
        minimalist pixel editor
      
 
      - 
        :free: Tilemancer - A quick
        procedural tile creator designed for pixel-art games.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Timanthes - A
        pixel art editor for the Commodore 64 computer running on Windows
      
 
      - 
        Charas - Charas is a
        charset generator for RPG Maker.
      
 
      - 
        Universal LPC Sprite Sheet Character Generator
        - Sprite character generator based on the LPC (Liberated Pixel Cup)
        graphics
      
 
      - 
        :free: Spritemate - Online
        Editor for Commodore 64 Sprites
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: Pixelator - Turn any
        image into fancy pixel-art
      
 
    
    Modeling
    
    Terrain Generators
    
      - 
        :free:
        Canyon Terrain Editor
        - Create quality, realistic terrain quickly and intuitively
      
 
      - 
        :tada: DEM Net Elevation API -
        Live 3D textured terrain generation from real data - export
        height/normal maps, glTF, OBJ, STL
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        Fracplanet -
        Fractal planet and terrain generator
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: World Creator -
        Procedural terrain and landscape generation on the GPU in real time,
        simulation of erosion and sediment, beautiful editor. much more
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: World Machine -
        Procedural terrain creation, simulations of nature, and interactive
        editing
      
 
    
    Voxel Editors
    
    Code
    Set of game frameworks, engines and platforms
    Engines and Frameworks
    
      - 
        :free: Agen - Cross-Platform framework
        for making 2D games with Lua, compatible iOS, Mac and Windows devices.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Allegro - Allegro 4 & 5
        are cross-platform, open source, game programming libraries, primarily
        for C and C++ developers.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Amethyst - Data-driven
        game engine written in Rust for 2D & 3D using 
gfx-rs.
       
      - 
        :tada: amulet - A free Lua-based
        audio/visual toolkit suitable for small games and experimentation. It
        runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, HTML5 and iOS.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Astera - 2D C99
        Cross Platform Game Library / Framework
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Azul3D - A 3D engine written in
        Go.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Babylon.js - Javascript
        3D Library.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Bevy - A refreshingly
        simple data-driven game engine built in Rust
      
 
      - 
        :tada: bgfx -
        Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, “Bring Your Own Engine/Framework”
        style rendering library.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: bitsy - A little
        editor for little games or worlds. The goal is to make it easy to make
        games where you can walk around and talk to people and be somewhere.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        Bladecoder
        - Classic point and click adventure game engine and editor.
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: Blend4Web - A
        Javascript framework for creating and displaying interactive 3D computer
        graphics in web browsers.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        Blitz3D 3D
        basic-like programming language for fast 3D desktop games.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        boardgame.io -
        State management and multiplayer networking for turn-based games.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Box2D - A 2D Physics Engine for
        Games.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Bullet -
        Real-time physics simulation.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        CRYENGINE -
        A pay what you want next gen 3D game engine written in C++.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        Chipmunk C# - C#
        implementation of the Chipmunk2D lib.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Chipmunk2D - A fast
        and lightweight 2D game physics library.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Cinder - Cinder is a
        community-developed, free and open source library for
        professional-quality creative coding in C++.
      
 
      - 
        :free:
        Cocos Creator
        - Cocos Creator, a free cross-platform game development editor
        supporting Cocos2d-js, helps developers build 2D and 3D game scenes,
        edit game UI and other game resources quickly and efficiency.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Cocos2D -
        graphic library for games and multimedia, for python language
      
 
      - 
        :tada: 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.
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: 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.
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag:
        CopperCube3D -
        CopperCube is an all-in-one 3D game engine.Very easy to use.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Coquette - A
        micro framework for JavaScript games. Handles collision detection, the
        game update loop, canvas rendering, and keyboard and mouse input.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Dash - A
        free and open 3D game engine written in D.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Dear Imgui - A
        bloat-free immediate mode GUI for C++ with minimal dependencies.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Defold - Free 2D Game Engine
        for Cross-Platform Publishing
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        DEM Net Elevation API C#
        - Terrain generation from real data with textures, normal maps, glTF,
        OBJ, STL support
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        Diligent Engine
        - A modern cross-platform low-level graphics library that supports
        Direct3D11, Direct3D12, OpenGL/GLES, and Vulkan.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Duality - C# / OpenGL
        2D Game Engine that comes with visual editor.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: E.B.U.R.P - The
        Eight-Bit Universal Role Playing Engine
      
 
      - 
        :tada: ENGi - A
        multi-platform 2D game library for Go.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: engo - Engo is an
        open-source 2D game engine written in Go.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Ebiten - A dead simple 2D game
        library in Go.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: ecs-lib -
        ecs-lib is a tiny and easy to use ECS (Entity Component
        System) library for game programming. It’s written in Typescript but you
        can use on node.js and web browser too.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Ejecta - A Fast, Open
        Source JavaScript, Canvas & Audio Implementation for iOS.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: EnTT - Gaming
        meets modern C++, a fast and reliable entity-component system (ECS) and
        much more
      
 
      - 
        :tada: FXGL - A
        JavaFX/Kotlin game engine for Win/Mac/Linux.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        Farseer - a
        collision detection system with realistic physics responses.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Flame - a
        minimalist game engine for Flutter
      
 
      - 
        :tada: FlashPunk - free
        ActionScript 3 library designed for developing 2D Flash games.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Flixel - an open
        source game-making written in ActionScript3.
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag:
        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.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: 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.
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: GameSalad - Game
        Creation Engine for Mac and Windows.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: GB Studio - A free and
        easy to use retro adventure game creator for your favourite handheld
        video game system.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: GDevelop - An
        open-source, cross-platform 2D game engine designed for everyone - it’s
        extensible, fast and easy to learn.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: ggez - A Rust library to create
        Good Games Easily.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Gideros - A
        Cross-Platform framework to create Mobile Apps and games for iOS,
        Android using Lua programming language.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        Glide Engine -
        Engine for making 2d games on iOS, macOS and tvOS in Swift programming
        language, with practical examples and tutorials.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Godot - An advanced,
        feature-packed, multi-platform 2D and 3D open-source game engine.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Gorgon - A 2D rendering
        API for .NET, written in C#.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Grid - A
        multiplayer-first game engine for Lua.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: HaxeFlixel - Create
        cross-platform games easier and free.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Heaps - Cross platform graphics
        for high performance games.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Horde3D - small open source
        3D rendering engine.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: iio.js - A
        javascript library that speeds the creation and deployment of HTML5
        Canvas applications
      
 
      - 
        :tada: ImpactJS - Impact is a
        JavaScript Game Engine that allows you to develop stunning HTML5 Games
        for desktop and mobile browsers.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Inform7 - A design system for
        interactive fiction based on natural language.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Ink - Scripting
        language for writing interactive narrative.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Irrlicht - open
        source high performance realtime 3D engine written in C++.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        Jitter - a
        fast and lightweight physics engine written in C#.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: jMonkeyEngine 3 - a 3D
        open-source game engine for adventurous Java developers.
      
 
      - 
        :free: JPCT - jPCT is a 3D engine for
        desktop Java and Google’s Android.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Juno - Clean
        and lightweight 2D game framework written in TypeScript
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Juno - Framework for
        making 2D games with chunky pixels in Lua
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Kivent - A 2D game framework for
        Kivy.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Kivy - Cross platform Python
        framework for creating apps and games for Linux, Windows, OS X, Android
        and iOS
      
 
      - 
        :tada: KogGE - Modern
        Multiplatform Game Engine for Kotlin. Write games for the JVM,
        JavaScript, Android and iOS in no time using Kotlin.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: KiwiJS - a fun and friendly
        Open Source HTML5 Game Engine. Some people call it the WordPress of
        HTML5 game engines
      
 
      - 
        :tada: LibGDX - Powerful (totally
        free) library for Java, code once and run the game on desktop, Android,
        Web, and iOS.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: LimeJS - HTML5 game
        framework for building fast, native-experience games for all modern
        touchscreens and
      
 
      - 
        :tada: LITIengine - 2D Java Game
        Engine. It provides all the infrastructure to create tile based 2D games
        with plain java
      
 
      - 
        :tada: 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.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Lumberyard -
        Amazon Lumberyard is a free AAA game engine deeply integrated
      
 
      - 
        :tada: LumixEngine -
        3D Game engine built on C++.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Lums - A 2D / 3D
        framework written in C++11. Very efficient and modern. Still under heavy
        development.
      
 
      - :tada: LÖVE - Lua 2D Game Engine.
 
      - 
        :tada: MINX - Open
        Source 2D game framework written in C++ (to the style of XNA)
      
 
      - 
        :tada: macrosquad -
        The cross-platform game engine in Rust.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Magnum - a lightweight and
        modular 2D/3D graphics/game engine written in C++11
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Matter.js - a 2D physics
        engine for the web.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: MelonJS - open source
        light-weight HTML5 game engine.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Mini Micro - Mini
        Micro is a fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing 2D games and
        programs written in the modern
        MiniScript language.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Monkey2 - Multi-platform
        programming language and cross-compiler, aimed at fast game programming.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Monogame - Open Source
        implementation of the Microsoft XNA 4 Framework.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Nakama -
        Distributed server for social and realtime games and apps.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: nCine - A cross-platform
        2D game engine with an emphasis on performance, written in C++11 and
        optionally scriptable in Lua.
      
 
      - 
        :free: NodeBox - a family of
        Python tools to create generative design.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: nuklear - A
        minimalistic immediate mode GUI toolkit written in ANSI C.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: ÖbEngine - 2D
        Game Engine with Lua Scripting made on top of SFML !
      
 
      - 
        :tada: ODE - ODE is an open source,
        high performance library for simulating rigid body dynamics.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Ogre3D - is a
        scene-oriented, real-time, flexible 3D rendering engine (as opposed to a
        game engine) written in C++.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: OpenFL - Open Source Haxe
        Engine for making multi-platform games.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: openFrameworks - An open
        source and free C++ toolkit for creative coding.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: OpenRA - OpenRA is a
        Libre/Free Real Time Strategy Game Engine.
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings:
        OpenXRay - a
        community-modified X-Ray engine used in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Origamijs - Lightweight
        Library to create using HTML5 Canvas.
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: PICO-8 - A
        fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games and other
        computer programs.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: p2.js - JavaScript
        2D physics library
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Panda3D - a framework for
        3D rendering and game development for Python and C++ programs.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: PandaJS - Open Source HTML5
        Engine.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Phaser - free and fast 2D game
        framework for making HTML5 games for desktop and mobile web browsers,
        supporting Canvas and WebGL rendering.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: phina.js - A JavaScript game
        library that makes it easy to create games and tools.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Piston - a modular open
        source game engine written in Rust.
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings:
        Pixel Vision 8 - a
        framework designed to simulate your favorite 8-bit consoles.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: 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.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Planck.js - 2D
        JavaScript physics engine for cross-platform HTML5 game development.
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: PlayCanvas - A
        WebGL Game Engine.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Polycode - Open-Source
        Framework for creating games in C++ (with Lua bindings).
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Processing - Processing
        is a programming language, development environment for artists,
        designers, researchers.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: PuzzleScript -
        open-source HTML5 puzzle game engine.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: PyGame - a 2D game
        engine in Python.
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: RPGMaker - series
        of programs for the development of role-playing games.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Rajawali -
        Android OpenGL ES 2.0/3.0 Engine
      
 
      - 
        :tada: raylib - a simple and
        easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming, hardware
        accelerated with OpenGL (1.1, 2.1, 3.3 or ES 2.0)
      
 
      - 
        :tada: 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.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Rpgboss - A 2d rpg game engine
        and editor based on scala and libgdx. Ease of use, with no programming
        knowledge.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: 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.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: SFML - Simple and Fast
        Multimedia Library.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Solar2D - A Lua based game
        engine with focus on ease of iterations and usage.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Solarus -
        Cross-platform 2D Action/Adventure C++ game engine with Lua API and game
        editor.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Spring - A powerful free
        cross-platform RTS engine.
      
 
      - 
        :free:
        SpriteKit
        - iOS/Mac 2D Game Engine.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Stage.js - Lightweight
        and fast 2D HTML5 rendering and layout engine for cross-platform game
        development.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Starling - The GPU
        powered 2D Flash API
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: Stencyl - a
        game creation platform that allows users to create 2D video games for
        computers, mobile devices, and the web.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        Superpowers -
        HTML5 Collaborative 2D/3D Game Maker
      
 
      - 
        :tada: TIC-80 - TIC-80 is a fantasy
        computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Three.js - Javascript 3D
        Library.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: 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.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: 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.
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: Unity 3D - A
        development engine for the creation of 2D and 3D games and interactive
        content.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Unreal Engine 4 - the
        new game engine technology developed by Epic Games.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Urho3D - Cross-platform
        rendering and game engine.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: ursina - A game
        engine powered by python and panda3d.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Vassal - Vassal is a
        game engine for building and playing online adaptations of board games
        and card games. Play live on the Internet or by email. Vassal runs on
        all platforms, and is free, open-source software.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: 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.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Wave - Cross-platform engine
        written in C#.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        Wolf RPG Editor English
        - open source editor for RPG Maker style gamesl
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        WhiteStorm.js
        - 3d javacript framework for building apps and games
      
 
      - 
        :tada: XNA - Microsoft’s game
        development framework.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: Xenko - Open Source C# Game
        Engine.
      
 
    
    AI
    
      - 
        :tada:
        Fluent Behaviour Tree
        - C# behaviour tree library with a fluent API released under MIT.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: SimpleAI -
        C++11 behaviour tree based library with a QT5 based remote debugger (and
        with optional LUA bindings) released under MIT.
      
 
    
    Audio
    Audio editors, sounds collections and more.
    Collections
    
      - 
        :free: Free Game Sounds - Archive
        of all kinds of royalty-free game sounds.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Freesound - collaborative
        database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Musopen - Royalty free music.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Octave -
        free library of UI sounds.
      
 
      - 
        :free: PacDV -
        royalty free sounds collection.
      
 
      - 
        :free: SoundBible.com -
        Royalty-free, searchable archive of sound effects under various
        licenses.
      
 
    
    Music and Audio Editors
    
      - 
        :tada:
        Audacity - open
        source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Audiosauna - transforms
        your web browser into a fast and flexible music production studio with
        built in synthesizers and live effects.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Audiotool - Online
        music producer.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Bfxr - A tool to make sound
        effects for computer games.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Bosca Ceoil - Online (and
        also desktop) music producer made by Terry Cavanagh. Simple, intuitive,
        has a distinctive retro-ish sound.
      
 
      - 
        :free: ChipTone - Online
        sound effect generator
      
 
      - 
        :free: FamiTracker - free windows
        tracker for producing music for the NES/Famicom-systems.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: jfxr - A JavaScript
        port of the Bfxr sound effect generator.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: LMMS - Cross-platform music
        production software.
      
 
      - 
        :free: MadTracker - a
        powerful and efficient approach to making music. Versatility and
        compatibility are guaranteed due to full VST™, ASIO™ and ReWire™
        support.
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        MilkyTracker
        - open source tracker for Mac/Linux/Windows platforms.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: musagi -
        open source, fairly large and sophisticated music editor and synthesizer
      
 
      - 
        :tada:
        Sekaiju -
        Open Source MIDI sequencer.
      
 
      - 
        :free: Soundation - Online
        Professional music studio.
      
 
      - 
        :free: SunVox - a
        small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern-based
        sequencer (tracker).
      
 
      - 
        :moneybag: Resemble -
        Resemble’s voice cloning engine within Unity
      
 
    
    Board Games
    Tools for making board games
    
      - 
        :free: Boardgamizer - Board
        Game Design Idea Generator.
      
 
      - 
        :tada: 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
    
    Game Jams
    
    Project Management
    
      - 
        :moneybag: Casual - Visual Project
        Management
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: Codecks -
        Project Management Tool inspired by Collectible Card Games
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: HacknPlan -
        Project management for game developers
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: Taiga - Project
        management platform for agile developers & designers
      
 
      - 
        :money_with_wings: Trello - Organize
        and prioritize projects
      
 
    
    Complete Game Sources
    
    Ads
    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.
      
 
      - 
        Unity Ads - Unity3D
        Official Ads SDK.
      
 
      - Vungle - Video Ads service.
 
    
    Learn
    Online courses, tutorials, screencasts
    General Game Development
    
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