Game Creation Resource Thread

All software is free unless trial or so is after it:

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The item is the best in its category in general opinion

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Item is made/maintained by someone from the ModDB community and you should just give it a look to give its support

Last Update: 09/01/2007

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Xoops
Joomla

Groupware
PHP-Overlord (Demo with ID/Pass on site)(20$ purchase, no trial)

Forums
PHPBB
SMF
Phorum
Invision
XMB

Image Galleries
Coppermine
SPGM

Wikis
PMWiki
MediaWiki

Misc. CMS
EyeOS | Demo --- ID: root, Pass: demo)
Mantis bug tracking software

modelling progs:
Blender3D Blender3d.org
GMAX Turbosquid.com (needs free serial)
Milkshape3D Swissquake.ch (trial, 30 days, $25 Registration Cost)
Wings3D Wings3d.com
3DS MAX www.autodesk.com/3dsmax (30 day trial avaiable - subscription form)
Maya Personal Learning Edition Usa.autodesk.com (needs free key)
Cinema 4D Maxon.net (Trial, allso bodypaint 3d(UVMapper))
Pilot 3D Pilot3d.com (Trial)
Sketchup Sketchup.com (allso a free verision called Google Sketchup: for use with google earth)
Rhino 3D Rhino3d.com (Trial)
Zbrush Pixologic.com (Trial)
MakeHuman Dedalo-3d.com
Pixels3D www.pixels3d.com (MAC ONLY!)
SharpConstruct Sharp3d.sourceforge.net
DeleD: Delgine.com (free & pay)

Unwrappers/UVMappers:
Unwrap3D Unwrap3d.com (Trial)(Export Disabled)
Lithunwrap Files.seriouszone.com
Bodypaint 3D Maxon.net (Trial)

2D Programs:
Adobe Photoshop CS2 Adobe.com (Trial)
GIMP Gimp.org
Ultimate Paint Ultimatepaint.com
Paint.Net Eecs.wsu.edu
Image Forge Cursorarts.com
Project Dogwaffle: Thebest3d.com (free & pay)

Shader Tools:
FXComposer Developer.nvidia.com (Shader Creation)
Rendermonkey Developer.nvidia.com (Shader Creation - Only for ATI Cards)
Shader Designer Typhoonlabs.com

Installers:
NSIS Nsis.sourceforge.net
WinZIP SFX Winzip.com (21 day trial,$49.95)
Install Creator(Pro) Clickteam.com (Trial, displays message after install, Standars:$59/Pro:$149)
Patchmaker Clickteam.com (trial)(displays message after patch)
Wise Install System Wise.com (Trial)

Programming Tools/IDE
Bloodshed DEV (C++) Bloodshed.net
Developers IDE Mystikdevelopment.homestead.com
MinGW Developer Studio Parinyasoft.com
Visual Studio 2005 Msdn.microsoft.com (Trial)
Mono 1.0 (C# Mono-project.com
SharpDevelop (C#) Icsharpcode.net
Cream (Editor) Cream.sourceforge.net
Torsion: Sickheadgames.com (Torque engine only)
Notepad++ (Source code editor(syntax highlighting))
Code::Blocks (C/C++ Compiler)
MS Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition

Webdesign
Kompozer

Audio Tools
Audacity audacity.sourceforge.net
Goldwave www.goldwave.com (Freeware?)
Adobe Audition Adobe.com (Trial)
Sound Forge 8: Sonymediasoftware.com (trial)
Acid Pro: Sonymediasoftware.com (trial)
Acid Free
Cakewalk: Cakewalk.com (trial)

Video Tools
Sony Vegas: Sonymediasoftware.com (trial)
VirtualDub: Virtualdub.org

(Shader)SDK's
DirectX SDK Msdn.microsoft.com
NVidia SDK Developer.nvidia.com
Radeon (ATI) SDK Ati.com

Misc Tools:
PolyTrans 3dcafestore.com) (Model file converter)
MakeHair Dedalo-3d.com (Hair Modeling)
MeLODy Developer.nvidia.com (Normal Map Generator)
DENormGen: Epsylon.rptd.dnsalias.net ModDB
Misc. ATI/AMD Dev Tools (including ATI Normalmapper)

Resource Sites
www.turbosquid.com (3D Marketplace)
www.renderosity.com (3D Tutorials)
Developer.nvidia.com (NVidia OpenGL Docs)
Mayang.com Free Textures
3dcafe.com Some free models

This list is not complete (EDIT: list will probably never be completed )
If you have any other tools not on this list, please PM me and i will add them.
Contributors:

• TKAza
• Wraiyth
• Methulah
• Liothen
• TheHappyFriar
• Jiffy_No0b
• Dragonlord
• Salohcin

Edited by (in order): Arxae, Arxae, Arxae, Arxae, Arxae, Arxae, Arxae, Arxae, Liothen

Nice list. I vote for this to be sticky'd.

raver cool but you bracketed the links and they dont hotlink

Nice list, but FX Compose isn't for only nVidia cards.
Might also want to throw OpenGL Shader Designer in there (for the GLSL programmers amongst us)
Also, add some Programming tools (.NET 2005, Dev-C++)
Are you going to include resource websites/packages? Because if so, throw in links to shader SDKs also.

We need like an 'UBER LIST' that has everything (or something added to ModDB for people to search what they want, like free/retail utilities and resources)

Edited by: Wraiyth

im at school now, when i get home il update the list with hotlinks.
il add the programming category but i dont know the good programs
and resource websites/packages: ok, if i can find them.
great that i finaly made a useful post xd

EDIT: I have added some programming tools and the shader thingy.
i will put hotlinks in when im home

Edited by: Arxae

Programming.
Visual Studio 2003 (Not free and expensive)
Skinning.
Tatto ( Free for personal use not free for companys) Terabit.nildram.co.uk

Edited by: TKAzA

Zifn't credit me Dark_Raver!

Another piece of software for 3d: Daz|Studio

For resources:
www.turbosquid.com
www.renderosity.com

Audio:
Pro Tools
Adobe Audition

Only ones I can think of off the top of my head for now, but I've got tonnes of stuff lying around or in my head. Depends to what extent you want it all

update
srry about the shader sdks, i couldnt find any.
il search again tommorow.
when does this gets stikyd :p

What to say, please make it a sticky.

Edited by: CrazyGoat

For shader SDKs, nVidia, ATI and Microsoft all have their respective SDKs on their websites (nVidia SDK, Radeon SDK and DirectX SDK) which all contain, amongst other things, alot of shader samples
Renderosity and Turbosquid also contain free models (Renderosity especially has some awesome shit)

As does 3D Cafe. I'm updating my computer, so I don't have any bookmarks on me at the moment, but I'll post some soon.

i added the shader sdks for nvidia and ati aswell as some website systems, wikis, forums, image galeriesand groupware
PLUS: i hotlinked all the urls xd

Polytrans link needs a space at the brackets

If you're adding web software, throw Mantis in there (www.mantisbt.org) - great bug reporting software.

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yay, update

Awsome set of links. i also vote for this to be pinned

Whoa. Bumpage rapage!

That's okay, though. I'll pin it. Hopefully Dark_Raver is still around to update it. If not, you can handle it, can't you, Liothen?

That I can

Dark_Raver sent me a PM asking to have this unlocked, because he still wanted to update the information.

So, deed done.

What about www.g2mods.net?? &

Some game resources - Gamemaker.nl

GameMaker's resource packs are copyright infringing.

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Audio: Acid (Trial)
Misc: Vegas (Trial)
Audio: Cakewalk (Trial)

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Edited by (in order): TKAzA, TKAzA

Graphic:
Project Dogwaffle (Painter like program): Thebest3d.com Free & Pay versions

Video:
VirtualDub: Virtualdub.org

Coding:
Torsion (Torque IDE): Sickheadgames.com

3D modeling:
DeleD: Delgine.com (free & pay)

Wiki:
PBWiki (public/priviate wiki's): Pbwiki.com (free & pay)

Edited by: TheHappyFriar

there update
im allso gonna "introduce" some tags the explanation is on the top
allso if you guys can help me with 2 things:

1. Getting the recommended tags setup for each category: just tell me wich program is regared the best in its category

2. and offcoarse, keep the programs comming
trials are good but fully free is better:)

EDIT: ok last edit of this post (i hope )
cleaned up the links a bit (removed 404's updated some links)
and what i wanted to say: if anyone got ideas to make this thread better, name it

Edited by (in order): Arxae, Arxae