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Awesome Game Jam

Awesome Game Jam

This is a curated list that contains helpful links and resources for game jams and game development.

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Development

Engine

  • Unity - Robust and beginner-friendly.
  • Unreal - Powerful engine with a steep learning curve.
  • Godot - Completely free and open-source.
  • PICO-8 - Encourages small, but expressive designs.
  • Heaps - Mature cross platform graphics engine designed for high performance games.
  • Game Maker Studio - GameMaker Studio 2 is the latest and greatest incarnation of GameMaker.
  • Pixelbox.js - Lightweight Javascript engine for browser games.
  • Clickteam Fusion - Easy to use game engine for beginners.
  • Construct 3D - Powerful Javascript based engine with visual coding editor and more!
  • olcPixelGameEngine - A open source single-file prototyping and game-engine framework created in C++.
  • gbdk-2020 - A C compiler, assembler, linker and set of libraries for the Z80 like Nintendo Gameboy.

Framework

  • Phaser - Fast, free and open-source framework for Canvas and WebGL powered browser games.
  • CraftyJS - Free and lightweight JavaScript framework for 2D games.
  • PyGame - Free set of python modules designed for writing video games.
  • libGDX - Cross-platform Java game development framework based on OpenGL.
  • LÖVE - Open-source framework to make 2D games in Lua.

Online Services

Tools

  • Visual Studio Code - Free code editor. Built on open source. Runs everywhere.
  • git-tresor - Encrypt dev-secrets to store them securely next to your source code.

Map & World Editor

  • Tiled - Free, easy to use and flexible level editor.
  • LDtk - A fast, free, open source 2D level editor from the director of Dead Cells.

Audio

DAW

  • Audacity - Free, open source, cross-platform audio software.
  • LMMS - Free cross-platform alternative to commercial programs like FL Studio
  • Tracktion Waveform Free - Free, cross-platform and intuitive audio workstation

Music

  • Bosca Ceoil - Free, easy to use tool for creating music.
  • Famistudio - Very simple music editor for the SNES.
  • Tonnoform - Easy to use open-source 8 bit music making tool.
  • cgMusic - Generate music with a certain level of quality.
  • MuseScore - Create, play and print beautiful sheet music.
  • BeepBox - Online tool for sketching and sharing instrumental melodies.

Sound

  • bfxr - Flash + AIR sound effects generator.
  • sfxr - Dead easy game sound effects generator.
  • ZzFX - Sound effect generator similar to to BFXR/SFXR but reworked from the ground up.

Graphics

3D-Modelling

  • Blender - Open source 3D creation. Free to use for any purpose, forever.
  • Magicavoxel - A free lightweight 8-bit voxel editor and interactive path tracing renderer.
  • ZBrush - Industry standard for digital sculpting and painting.

Image Editor

  • GIMP - Free and Open Source Image Editor
  • Paint.NET - Free image and photo editing software
  • Krita - Krita is a professional free and open source painting program.
  • FireAlpaca - Free digital painting software, on Mac and Windows.

Pixel Editor

  • Pyxel Edit - Pixel art drawing application especially designed for working with tiles.
  • Pixelorama - Pixelorama is a free and open source pixel art editor created with the Godot-Engine.
  • Lospec Pixel Editor - Free pixel art program that you can use right here in your web browser.
  • Aseprite - Animated sprite editor and pixel art tool
  • PiskelApp - Free online editor for animated sprites & pixel art

Vector Editor

  • Inkscape - Free and open source vector graphics editor.
  • Figma - (Free) vector graphics editor that supports collaborative editing.

Color

Misc

  • Autodraw - Online tool to predict the placeholder images you need.
  • Smart upscaler - Enlarge and enhance images automatically using AI.
  • ZzSprite - Procedurally generate tiny pixel art sprites with options for mutation and animation frames.
  • ZzArt - Evolve HD textures for use in your games.
  • Removebg - Free Online Site Which Remove backgrounds 100% automatically in 5 seconds with zero clicks.
  • Easy Releasy - A downloadable template pack to create itch.io pages.
  • BitFontMaker2 - Free online pixel font editor with gallery of fonts from other users.

Management

Tasks

  • Trello - Kanban Boards, lists, and cards to enable teams to organize and prioritize project.
  • Kanban.org - Free, self-hosted Kanban project managment software
  • MeisterTask - (Free) online task management tool for teams.
  • Google Docs - Share text files and spreadsheets with your team.

Design

  • Machinations - (Free) online tool to prototype the internal economy of your game using Machinations language.
  • Miro - (Free) online tool with infinite canvas to sketch and design prototypes.
  • Lunacy - Free design alternative to Figma
  • PureRef - A free stand-alone program for Windows, Mac and Linux that keeps track of your reference images.

Time

  • TomatoTimer - A pomodoro timer that is dead easy to use.
  • Pomofocus - Combines tasks with a pomodoro timer to estimate when you should be done and to track progress.
  • Toggl Track - (Free) time tracking for any workflow. Online, offline, or on-the-go.

Release

Hosting

  • itch.io - Simple way share indie games online for free.
  • Dropbox - 2 GB of storage to share photos, documents, and other files from any device.
  • Google Drive - 15 GB of storage to share photos, documents, and other files from any device.

Marketing

  • Screen2Gif - Screen, webcam and sketchboard recorder with an integrated editor that exports to gif.
  • Chronolapse - Easily create your own timelapse videos.
  • All image editors - Improve your marketing material by modifying it with image editors

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