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International Game Developers Association

Table of contents 1 Game Engines and Tools 1.1 Prototyping/Game Editors 1.2 Physics 1.3 Libraries 1.4 Art Tools 1.5 Art Assets 1.6 Sound 1.7 Networking 1.8 3D 1.9 Installer

[edit] Game Engines and Tools

• Dev Master Search Engine

[edit] Prototyping/Game Editors

• Game Maker
  • Game Maker is a very handy tool for making games. It is very easy to get started using it largely due to the ability to do many powerful things by manipulating friendly iconic representations of events and actions. It also allows programming in a javascript-like language. The free demo is enough to do quite a lot, though registration is cheap.
• XNA Game Studio Express
  • Using Microsoft's XNA, you can code small games in no time.

[edit] Physics

• Open Dynamics Engine
  • A very powerful but complicated physics engine
• Open Physics Abstraction Layer
  • A very useful wrapper for ODE and, in the future, other engines. Makes physics simpler.

[edit] Libraries

• Clanlib
  • ClanLib is an open-source cross-platform C++ framework. It makes it very easy to manipulate 2D graphics, audio, and input devices for games.
• Allegro
  • Similar in function to ClanLib, Allegro is an alternative that provides graphics, sound, and input.
• PhysicsFS
  • A virtual filesystem, similar to what Quake 3 uses.

[edit] Art Tools

• Sketchup
  • A 3D tool that can be utilized in quick level layout design.
• The GIMP
  • The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation, a free graphic editor akin to Adobe Photoshop.
• MilkShape 3D
  • MilkShape 3D is a very simple mesh editor with skeleton support. Plugins are available to import and export in a large number of different formats. It is designed for tasks such as making first person shooter player models. It is available as shareware, free to try for about a month, and then registration is cheap.
• Blender
  • Blender is a free 3D modeling package. It has a very steep learning curve, but it is excessively powerful.
• Wings 3D
  • Open-source low-poly 3D modeling software
• Anim8or
  • Nice free 3D Modeler, has interesting bone system since more adapted to rendering movies
• Endorphin
  • An animation program with a free learning addition

[edit] Art Assets

• Panda3D
  • A great 3D model resource.

[edit] Sound

• OpenAL
  • An Open-Source multi-platform sound library used in many, many professional games.
• Freesound
  • The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds.
• Audacity
• Fmod
• http://www.fruityloops.com/ Fruity Loops]

[edit] Networking

• Hawk Soft
• Raknet

[edit] 3D

• OGRE
• Panda 3D
• 3d GameStudio
• Cipher Engine
• Luxinia Lua 3D Game Engine
  • Luxinia was written by Members of the Acagamics IGDA Student Club. While the Engine is written in plain C for speed reasons, everything can be scripted with Lua. If you are confident with Lua, this is the way to go.
• Ca3D Engine
• Crystal Space 3D
• Quake Engines
• The Nebula Device
• XEngine
• Genesis3D
• Crystal Space 3D

[edit] Installer

• Nullsoft Scriptable Installation System
  • NSIS is an excellent free tool for creating Windows installers.