hey i make like making games or smth
| cool gamedev tools | notes | |
|---|---|---|
| game engine | godot | fully free and open source - any copy of godot you have is yours (which i think is pretty rad) |
| pico-8 (education) | free education edition, paid full version | |
| 3d modelling | blockbench | actually used for like minecraft mods, but works pretty well for low poly modelling |
| art | procreate | paid, also only for ipad. free alternatives include gimp, paint.net, inkscape, and krita |
| aseprite | you can compile it yourself for free, but i just bought it off steam | |
| lospec | simple pixel art colour palettes, but can work for any art | |
| planning | miro | limted free version (that i use), can pay for full features |
| notion | limted free version (that i use), can pay for full features | |
| google docs | word, but it's free | |
| ywriter | specifically for planning stories | |
| music | microsoft music producer | if you export microsoft music producer stuff into midi files, use this soundfont |
| argofox | bunch of cool copyright free music, just gotta chuck a little credit thingy into your game credits | |
| etc | pixel prospector | filled to the brim with awesome gamedev resources - archived version of the site, main site under redesign |
| snowy's game idea generator | simple game idea generator | |
| webtyler | for testing terrain sprite sheets | |
| smack studio | super cool tool to easily animate 2d sprites as if they were 3d models | |
| google fonts | free fonts in lots of languages | |
