List of *FREE* game programming resources

[D.J.Peters]

create 2D game content (backgrounds, animations / sprites / tiles ...)

DragonBones (open source)
homepage: http://dragonbones.com/en/index.html
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjKBxgZ6zvE
demos: https://github.com/DragonBones/Demos
runtime API: https://github.com/DragonBones/DragonBonesCPP

Spine
homepage: http://de.esotericsoftware.com/
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We6TsnHuTQM
demos: http://de.esotericsoftware.com/spine-demos
runtime API: https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/spi ... .6/spine-c

Spriter
homepage: https://brashmonkey.com/download_spriter/
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrgGhK48Joo

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[c-sanchez]

Slate - Pixel Art Editor https://github.com/mitchcurtis/slate
Slate is a bitmap editor available for Linux, Windows and Mac. With Slate, you can: Edit images directly, Use layers, Create seamless 2D tilesets, Preview sprite sheet animations.

Dust3D - A brand new 3D modeling software https://github.com/huxingyi/dust3d
It helps you create a 3D watertight base model in seconds. Use it to speed up your character modeling in game making, 3D printing, and so on.

[D.J.Peters]

Create 2D animations/sprites/movies scenes and or backgrounds with free open source OpenToonz !

I found OpenToonz in a video: Best Free Animation Software in 2020

In the video I saw a little girl using it so it's the right tool for me also :-)

homepage: https://opentoonz.github.io/e/index.html

downloads: https://opentoonz.github.io/e/download/opentoonz.html

english pdf: https://opentoonz.readthedocs.io/_/down ... atest/pdf/

forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/opentoonz_en

learning OpenToonz video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... KcvVND0cP-

Joshy

[BasicCoder2]

The problem for your average programmer is not a lack of graphic tools, the problem is not being able to draw or paint let alone animate :)

[D.J.Peters]

... the problem is not being able to draw or paint let alone animate :)

Sure but others more talented artists have done it for you :-)
For example grab a "walk sequence" (as images or bones) import all frames and overdraw it with your shiny player/monster or what ever.

How ever stay safe and healthy !

Joshy

[BasicCoder2]

@D.J.Peters

For example grab a "walk sequence" (as images or bones) import all frames and overdraw it with your shiny player/monster or what ever.

That is the theory, however it is beyond me, particularly as I haven't even been able to finish a simple retro style 2d game!

I remember horde3D for example with the 3d character waving a burning torch.
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=23969&hilit=horde3D
And then there was the TrueAxisWrapper and the examples you provided.
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=22473

However actually learning to use them would be a big task. Having gone through a tutorial on using Unity and Blender to make a simple 3D game it is clear to me FreeBasic is not the right tool for a budding 3D games programmer.

How ever stay safe and healthy !

Thanks. We all need to try and stay safe and healthy with the current crisis. It will be easy for the rich and powerful but for the poorer members of our societies without the money to horde or hunker down and those doctors and nurses on the front line it is a scary time.

[BasicCoder2]

Hi PublioMaro_Virgilivs,
I have responded in another thread.
viewtopic.php?f=15&p=278222#p278222

[D.J.Peters]

FREE STUFF :-)

Joshy

online apps:
3D modeling software https://clara.io/
image bitmap texture sprite vector editor: https://www.photopea.com/
good png (with transparency) and jpeg compressor https://tinypng.com/
diagram software for making flowcharts, process diagrams ... https://www.diagrams.net/

online resources:
HQ textures https://cc0textures.com/
HDRI Cubemaps https://hdrihaven.com/hdris/ see also: https://texturehaven.com/textures/ https://3dmodelhaven.com/models/
converter HDRI to CubeMap: https://matheowis.github.io/HDRI-to-CubeMap/
free cube maps: http://humus.name/index.php?page=Textures
kenney free 2D/3D assets https://kenney.nl/assets

[angros47]

BESCII font: https://github.com/damianvila/font-bescii

A nice retro-style font, that reminds Commodore, Amstrad CPC or Famicom computers

[funlw65]

LibreSprite is a fork of Aseprite.
https://github.com/LibreSprite/LibreSprite