game_dev_resources

A collection links for where to find mostly free game development resources

Assets

2D & 3D

• Kenney
• Open Game Art
• DevAssets

3D

• PolyPizza
• Zsky
• Quaternius
• Sketchfab
• Polyhaven
• Basemeshes

Tools

• Blender
• Mixamo
• PicoCad
• KenShape ($3.99)
• Asset Forge ($19.95)
• Sprytile (Sprite based modelling tool for Blender)
• Crocotile 3D (2D Sprites & Tiles 3D modelling)
• Primabase (Plugin to connect Blender and Aseprite)

2D

• Ravenmore
• Lospec (Colour Palettes ad pixel art tutorials)
• Sprite Catalog
• Adam Saltsman Pixel Art
• Limezu Pixelart Tilesets
• 0x72 Pixelart Tilesets

Tools

• Pixelorama (Free Aesprite alternative)
• Aesprite ($19.99)
• Krita
• Gimp
• Inkscape
• Affinity Designer (£47.99 but often on sale)
• Pixel art upscaling
• Pixel Circle drawing
• Text Mode Art Editor
• ASCII Art Editor
• ASCII Art Map Editor

Textures and Materials

• Textures - requires sign-up
• Public Domain PBR Mats
• ManyTextures
• 3DXO - also photos and 3d Models
• Textures and HDRIs
• CC0 High Def Materials, HDRIs, Models
• Free & Paid assets and textures
• 128 free Pixar textures
• High quality 3D textures
• Large variety of Textures and photos
• Photos and Textures
• Smaller Collection of Texutres - free but uncommon license
• Huge Amount of Royalty Free Photos - No Sign-up Required

Tools

• Material Maker
• Agama Materials (substance like)

Shaders

Godot

• Godot Shaders
• Outline Shader

Audio

• Free orchestra
• Staccato String Orchestra
• Spitfire LABS
• Freesound
• Zapsplat
• Free Looping Music
• Josh Mclean
• Pico Tunes 1
• Pico Tunes 2
• Some free samplers

Tools

• Ardour
• LMMS
• Cakewalk
• Spitfire LABS

UI

• UI Database
• Another UI Database
• Input Prompts

Hosting / Multiplayer

• Godot Silentwolf
• Firebase
• Nakama
• Supabase

Level Design

• Level Museum

Project Management

• Hackn'plan (Game development specific documentation and project management)
• Notion (Notes, Kanban Boards, Calenadars ect.)
• Trello

Preproduction

• Moodboard
• Drawing Canvas / Mind Mapping

References

• Dimensions
• Reference Images

Graphic Design

• who can use

Colour Palettes

• lospec
• Colour Hex Palettes
• Colour Palettes from one colour
• Colour Database

Fonts

• Dafont
• Google Fonts
• Fontesk
• Unicode Character Database

Icon sets

• Icons8
• tabler
• remixicon

Learning

• GMTK Interactable Platformer Game Essay
• Learn GDScript (Godot Programming) interactive app

Videos

• Huge amount of Game-Dev video essays (GDC)
• Some Advanced Technical Art Techniques (Martin Donald)
• Game Development Tutorials (Sebastian Lague)
• Coding concepts and challenges (The Coding Train)

Pixel Art

• Pixel Art Class (AdamCYounis)
• Ultimate Pixel Art Tutorial (Saultoons)
• Pixel Art Tutorials (Pixel Overload)
• Pixel Art Tutorials (Saultoons)
• Pixel Art 101 (Pixel Pete)
• Inspiring Pixel Art (Brandon James Greer)

Godot

• Godot Tricks (Play With Furcifer)
• Godot Tutorials (Play With Furcifer)
• Godot Tutorials (GDQuest)

Written Tutorials

• Redblobgames
• Lostgarden
• MakeGame (KenneyNL) Tips, Articles & Resources
• 3D Tips and Resources
• Programming Language Quick Guides (Super quick way to get familiar with a new language if you already know programming basics)
• Kenney Game Development Guides

Books

• Game Maths
• Shaders

Visuals

• Toon Art tutorials & tips
• How to learn drawing
• Stylised environment
• Cyberpunk Taxi Pixel 3d art
• What is Text Mode Art?

Marketing

• Funnel Marketing