LiU Game Jam

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Jam tools

These tools works great for game jams and are mostly free.

Tools for making computer games

• 3D (or 2D)

  • Unity (C#)
  • Godot (GDScript: Python-like syntax)
  • Unreal Engine (C++/Visual Scripting)

• 2D

  • Construct (Visual Scripting)
  • Pygame (Python)
  • Löve (Lua)
  • Haxeflixel (Haxe)
  • Scratch (Visual Scripting)

Tools for making graphics

• Blender 3D (3D modelling and more)
• MagicaVoxel (Voxel editor)
• Krita (2D drawing and animation)
• MakeHuman (3D-models of humans)
• Simplygon (3D-model optimization)
• Mixamo (Autorig and animate humanoid 3D characters)

Tools for making sound effects

• bfxr (Online old school sound effect generator)
• Sunvox (Modular synthesizer / tracker for music)
• BeepBox (Online chiptune music tracker)
• ChipTones (Old school sound effect generator)

Free game resources

• OpenGameArt.org (Public domain and creative commons game assets)
• Itch.io Game Assets
• HDRI Haven (HDR / Environment Maps)
• cgbookcase.com (Textures)
• Texture Haven (Textures)
• CC0 Textures (Textures)
• textures.com (Textures)
• Dev Assets
• game-icons.net (Icons)
• Gameplay Design Patterns

Tools for keeping track of work (version control)

• Hosts

  • GitLab
  • GitHub
  • Linköping University's GitLab

• Clients

  • Git
  • SourceTree (frontend for Git)

Last updated: 2023-05-10