Video Games

Game Design Depository Game Design Depository- Resources and quotes from famous game designers and others. Frogames.net Frogames.net- Art packs (3d models, textures and content packs) are available for purchase that enable indie game developers to save development time. Frogames also offer customiz… MODSonline.com MODSonline.com- Tutorials, videos and downloads that enable users to modify assorted popular computer games such as Doom 3, Half Life, Soldier of Fortune and Call of Duty. Tom Sloper's School-a-rama Tom Sloper's School-a-rama- Advice and tutorials for those that want to design and publish their own games. Detailed list of articles regarding breaking into the games industry. The Art of Computer Game Design The Art of Computer Game Design- The entire book "The Art of Computer Game Design" by games industry veteran Chris Crawford published in HTML. Game Design: Theory & Practice Game Design: Theory & Practice- A book by Richard Rouse III about computer and video game design. Game Development Resources Game Development Resources- Gamedev.net provides many articles, columns and features related to game development. Game industry jobs are also highlighted. ACM/SIGCHI ACM/SIGCHI- Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction Gamasutra: Game Developer Gamasutra: Game Developer- Delivers technical, how-to articles to professionals creating hits for the PC, console and arcade. Loonygames Loonygames- Features articles about the craft of games. Regular tutorial columns on 3D animation and game design. Unique columns like Pixel Obscura's reviews of games from a cinem… Gameslice Gameslice- Reporting on events within the game industry they have no-holds barred editorials weekly on interesting topics. Gamasutra Gamasutra- The online free version of Game Developer Magazine. Weekly articles on game design and threads for discussion. Laboratory for Recreational Computing, The Laboratory for Recreational Computing, The- The LARC at the University of North Texas. GameInstitute GameInstitute- Offers convenient, high quality online game programming courses. Courses are designed to teach you fundamental and advanced game programming techniques so that you … Game Programmer: Schools Game Programmer: Schools- List of schools that might be of interest to everyone involved in game development, including producers, directors, artists, and musicians, as well as ga… DigiPen DigiPen- Game programming school in Redmond, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia Exit Games Exit Games- Photon enables multiplayer capabilities on multiple platforms. Gamebryo Gamebryo- A multi-console video game development tool, including full support for the Wii. JumpCraft JumpCraft- An easy-to-use game making tool that produces 2D games of any genre. It has a simple, but powerful level editor. It supports animated images, video files, and many audi… RPGToolkit RPGToolkit- A program for the creation of your own RPGs. The software is free to download. Unity Unity- A multi platform game development tool with customizable and easy to use editor, graphical pipelines to DirectX and OpenGL, advanced physics engine, 3D audio and video, and… PlayBasic PlayBasic- A powerful Windows based 2D/3D game orientated development tool, based upon the easy-to-use Basic programming language. ShiVa Technologies SAS ShiVa Technologies SAS- Producers of ShiVa, a platform for 3D real time development, allows you to make games such as: first person shooters, platform games, adventure games, mass… Softimage Softimage- A developer of high-end software for all areas of professional visual content production, including tools for 3D and 2D animation, and for creating, editing and finishi… Spherical Spherical- A console-style RPG engine that allows others to create an RPG similar Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, or Phantasy Star. Chat Mapper Chat Mapper- Software tool for writing and testing non-linear dialog, especially for video games. Official Hamster Republic Role Playing Game Construction Engine Official Hamster Republic Role Playing Game Construction Engine- An all-in-one editor for creating Role Playing Games. (Linux/Mac OS X/Windows, VGA graphics) Delver Delver- A shareware single-player overhead-view tile-based computer RPG construction kit written in Java. Flash Fight Game Engine Flash Fight Game Engine- An open source fighting game engine for Adobe Flash. It is based on popular side-scrolling fighting games such as Final Fight, Streets of Rage and Double … SpEdito SpEdito- Simple sprite editor and code generator for Z88DK. Runs under MS Window or Linux. GameSalad GameSalad- Allows you to create sophisticated games for the Mac and iPhone without any programming or scripting. You can edit your games during runtime. Linderdaum Engine Linderdaum Engine- A modern polygonal and volume rendering solution for games, as well as industrial and scientific visualization. Karvonite Karvonite- MP Advanced offers Karvonite, an object persistence framework for the .NET platform, including the Compact and XNA frameworks. The API is simple and has a gradual learn… PPTactical Engine PPTactical Engine- GPL licensed 2D engine suitable for real-time tactics/strategy games. Mokoi Gaming Mokoi Gaming- Specializes in tools that provide a simple, flexible and open game platform for easy distribution. Mogware Mogware- Provides comprehensive and scalable solutions for managing game content throughout console game development. Presagis Presagis- Develops and markets 3D modeling and simulation software. In addition, it develops artificial intelligence middleware that is highly scalable for simulation environments. AGen 2D Game Engine AGen 2D Game Engine- 2D engine and framework specifically designed for the easy and rapid development of games, game prototypes or other visual applications. The engine runs entir… 4D Rulers 4D Rulers- Offers game dev tools such as the AMP2 Game Engine and the Normal Mapper tool for 3D Studio Max. CAST II 3D engine CAST II 3D engine- Offers free download of an opensource 3D engine for Delphi. The engine has a powerful tool for creating and editing 3D worlds. DarkWynter Games and Visualization DarkWynter Games and Visualization- Flexible 3D utility, which enables artists and technical professionals to rapidly prototype 3D technology using a simple override system. It ex… gmax gmax- Discreet's game development and level editor based on the world's best selling 3D modeling, animation and rendering platform, 3ds max. ZGameEditor ZGameEditor- Freeware tool for creating games that have a redistributable size of only 64kb or less. The game engine use OpenGL for graphics, and a real time synthesizer for audio… Aquatica engine Aquatica engine- This program can be used to simplify the implementation of high quality, photo-realistic water surfaces in games and applications with DirectX9 graphics. ika ika- A game making program that allows scripting with Python. It features a fast OpenGL graphics engine, 32 bit color, a map editor, support for a large variety of audio and image… 001 Action / RPG Maker 001 Action / RPG Maker- A free 2D action RPG development program, which focuses on an easy-to-use design. It features a map editor, ability to create items, characters, vehicles. … Game Editor Game Editor- Create 2D games with little or no programming knowledge. Documentation, downloads, screen shots and forums. DimensioneX DimensioneX- Freeware for developing a multiplayer games and run them over any java-enabled web server. Tile Studio Tile Studio- A development utility for graphics of tile-based games. It contains a bitmap editor for creating tiles and sprites and a map editor for designing level maps. The Lost Realm of Anoria The Lost Realm of Anoria- An open source software engine designed to allow creation of a diverse variety of online worlds, ranging from online multiplayer fantasy rpg to online mu…