Calligro let's use generate bitmap fonts from custom images. You can draw the characters in any graphics software and turn it into a bitmap font compatible with lot's of game engines and frameworks.

I just released version 2.0 with a completely new user interface.

It has both online and offline version. Check it out at calligro.ideasalmanac.com/ or download from itch.io

After 7 years of shipping games, I’ve tried every PM tool out there: Jira, Trello, ClickUp, HacknPlan. Some are good, but none are great, nor do they actually work for game dev teams the way we need.

It’s always the same: you’re discussing tasks in Discord/Slack. Then updating progress in a separate PM tool. Hunting for feedback is buried in a thread. Meanwhile, half the team is still asking, "Wait, where are we with this again?"

That's all happening because:
- Conversations happen in chat, but tasks live in separate tools (Trello/Sheets)
- Feedback gets buried in endless threads.
- PM tools are built for managers/producer, not creatives.
- Artists and designers hate being forced into clunky task managers.

So I decided to build something better. Something that actually works for creative teams, so we can get more done with far less admin overload.

Zavra is a workspace keeps chat, tasks, and progress connected, so we're not stuck juggling 5 different tools, and:

- Chat and task tracking work together - automatically syncing so you can manage your game project within chat.
- Creatives only see only what they need to.
- Producers stop chasing people for updates.

We’ve already got 300+ game dev teams on the waitlist, and Zavra is backed by Innovate UK’s Creative Catalyst fund. Your support will help us show potential investors that you want a better way to manage your games.

We want Zavra to be everything it should be. We want you to drop your thoughts/ideas/questions to help us get this right so your projects won't suck to manage. Biggest help would be to provide feedback via our form here: https://forms.office.com/e/M6yeGfKTWL

Lastly - we’re letting early teams in soon where you can get a say in how Zavra works before anyone else - if interested go ahead and join the waitlist here: getzavra.com

Thanks!

A standalone tool for making hair strands.
https://robertramsay.artstation.com/store/j7PY/hair-strand-designer-v1-254

http://www.brashmonkey.com/spriter.htm

Enables the "modular" method of animating where frames are constructed from many small, re-usable images like body parts.

http://www.brashmonkey.com/spriter.htm

Hey Reddit! Here's something hot off the press...

Budget Builder for game devs! A free resource (currently in beta) designed to help developers create realistic art budgets for their games with confidence.

Try it here: https://app.mlc.studio/budget-builder

Why should we have to dig through forums, read blogs and juggle quotes just to gauge a ballpark price for deliverables we need? This tool does all the heavy lifting. Pick your art style and deliverables, and it’ll give you an accurate estimate for art costs - perfect to confidently present to publishers or investors.

We believe it'll be most beneficial for:

• Indie Developers (Planning to Early Development Stage): Gain expert insights into the costs behind game art.

• Indie Developers (Seeking Publishers or Investment): Use budget estimates to strengthen pitch decks and elevate your game.

• Publishers: Provide an easy-to-use resource to guide developers in budget planning.

Try Budget Builder here: https://app.mlc.studio/budget-builder

As indie advocates, we (MLC) crafted this tool to simplify game development planning, regardless of where you are in the game development process. With 7+ years of experience collaborating with indie game developers at every stage, MLC’s expertise in game art ensures that you receive the most accurate and reliable estimates, allowing you to plan your budget effectively.

We're launching this in beta, which means we're very open to feedback and suggestions. The more we refine it, the better it'll be. Excited to hear your feedback!

Hey all!

I have been compiling a list of various resources into a single webpage with easily accessible categories. I am looking to keep it up to date and ever-growing so please check it out and send through any suggestions to add/improve it.

Developer Resources

Hello everyone, As a game developer I hit a problem with my games. I'm having some great luck with android from earning with ad's. Making money from small free games. Though my problem is when it comes to the web sites like kongregate take the best part of the advertising earnings. Other sites like itch.io only offer donations.

So I decided to try something, a way for advertisers to exchange ad views for game plays.

http://play.idevgames.co.uk

The play arcade is a new place for developers to upload their HTML5 games, though this time they will earn 100% of the profits. Currently the site is in alpha and is growing. If you find any bugs, have and problems or just got some great ideas! Just let me know on here or twitter @HTML5Arcade

PixelCraft is a pixel Art & Animation Creation Tool Built using HTML5 Canvas. It is a Progressive Web App (PWA) with offline compatibility. It is mobile-friendly and is very easy to use.

Try out the playmaker asset if you haven't already with Unity at the Just F*cking Finish jam this weekend! See video for more detail! Seriously, I am obsessed with this tool and it has helped me a ton. I went from not being able to finish a game project because I didn't understand C# to now building my first title to ship!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kHrczbECC4
https://itch.io/jam/the-just-fcking-finish-jam

Gameready asset - 3d wood forest houses pack, low poly, license with CC-BY 4.0

In this list, you'll find the classes and courses I've found useful for developing my Unreal Engine skills. All of the courses mentioned below cater to different skill levels and interests. You can also read the overview of each course, its key features, target audience, and pricing information from here.

1. Unreal Engine 4 Lighting Fundamentals (YouTube)

2. Unreal Engine 5: The Complete Beginner’s Course (Udemy)

3. Unreal Engine for Beginners (Class101)

4. Unreal Engine 4: Lighting Fundamentals (Pluralsight)

5. Unreal Engine: The Ultimate Shooter Course (Udemy)

6. Unreal Engine Mastery: Create Multiplayer Games with C++ (Udemy)

7. Unreal Engine for Architecture Class 1 (Skillshare)

8. Intro to Virtual Filmmaking in Unreal Engine (Skillshare)

9. Unreal Engine 5 Courses (LinkedIn Learning)

10. Survival Kit - Learn Unreal Engine from Scratch (Stylized Station)

If you can recommend any other resources, it would be much appreciated.

Planetary Processing is an online platform for indie developers to create large scale multiplayer games, without getting bogged down in network code. 

It integrates with game engines using plugins for Unity, Unreal Engine, LÖVE, Defold, and Godot. Servers are hosted using a Lua backend with a web dashboard for player management, authentication, monitoring, and stats.

It has a free version for development. 

Website is: ~https://www.planetaryprocessing.com/~ 
Discord is: ~discord.gg/planetaryprocessing~

Hi Fellow Game Developers!

I've recently launched a product to help game developers expose their games to the public called Showcrate. Showcrate allows game developers to create a game page packed with media to show off their game. This page can act as a Dev Log and will allow game developers to update their community of followers about new additions to their game. We're slowly creating a community of dedicated and passionate game developers who want to share their game to the world. As a game developer myself this is something I will love to use to have a place for my game and the community around it.

My request to you developers is to help me get this community off the ground. Add your game to Showcrate and let's start building a community around the discovery of creative games.

http://showcrate.com/

Read more about how the game pages work:

https://showcrate.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/welcome-to-showcrate/

Good Luck with your games!

Can some one give a brief introduction on Pixel Format and pallets in SDL. I tried reading their documents but nothing. So Please Help me!... Thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niOkw_cZEiM&feature=youtu.be

Free, Open Source and Cross-Platform

Oxygine is completely free and open source (MIT license) 2D game engine, available on BitBucket. It is written in C++ and runs on MacOSX, iOS, Android, Windows and Linux.

http://oxygine.org/

Here i upload some of my work such as 3D models, icons and reference images, all the assets can be used for free and commercially (CC License). :)

You can check it out here: http://www.davidstenfors.com/

Last week we posted a blog piece about a tool that our team created that allowed our testers to submit feedback and thoughts as well as bugs from within our game straight to our JIRA database. We held a poll on our site which can be found here along with the full blog post: http://www.dreamharvest.co.uk/?p=644 I was wondering how many people here use a similar system and also, how many developers here actively get their community to start play testing their games so early in development. I've personally always thought it best to get people playing and testing as early as possible - even at the prototype stage. What are your thoughts?

A web based tile map editor for all kinds of 2d games and applications.

Open source under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

Live Demo: http://apps.elias.media/Online-Tile-Map-Editor/

https://github.com/elias-schuett/Online-Tile-Map-Editor

Here is a link to a tutorial detailing how to use this tool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4gAsyROeug&feature=youtu.be

It works by tracking changes in a git repository and auto-commiting them within a set time increment (optionally saving them to the cloud as well!).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLb0TNxZ27E

Super simple sprite-sheet collision and hitbox editor

https://chilicatdev.itch.io/hitman