Game Design Resources:
Digital Art/Painting
- Adobe Creative Cloud | Mac & Windows | $19.99/mo
- Affinity Designer | Mac & Windows | $49.99 (one time fee)
- Autodesk Sketchbook | Mac & Windows | Free for Students
- GIMP | Mac, Windows, Linux | Free
- Inkscape | Mac, Windows, Linux | Free
- Krita | Mac, Windows, Linux | Free
Programming
- Atom | Mac & Windows | Free
- Eclipse | Mac, Windows, Linux | Free
- Notepad ++ | Windows | Free
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code | Mac, Windows, Linux | Free
- Sublime Text | Mac, Windows, Linux | Free or $70
3D Modeling
- Autodesk 3DS Max | Mac & Windows | Free for Students
- Autodesk Maya | Mac & Windows | Free for Students
- Blender | Mac, Windows, Linux | Free
- Sculptris | Mac & Windows | Free
- SketchUp Pro | Mac & Windows | $49/yr for Students
- ZBrush | Mac & Windows | Core: $149 or Full: $458 stu.
Game Dev/Creation Tools
- Construct 3 | Mac & Windows | $12.99/mo or $39.99/yr stu.
- GameMaker Studio 2 | Mac & Windows | Free for "Win. Export"
- RPG Maker | Mac (limited) & Windows | Free Trials, $25-$80 (varies per version)
- Twine | Mac, Windows, Linux | Free
- Unity | Mac & Windows | Free for Personal Version
- Unreal Engine 4 | Mac, Windows, Linux | Free for Students
Audio, Music, and SFX
- Ableton Live | Mac & Windows | Free Trial, $100+
- Adobe Audition (part of Adobe CC) | Mac & Windows | $19.99/mo for Students
- Audacity | Mac, Windows, Linux | Free
- GarageBand | Mac | Free
- PXTone | Windows | Free
- SFXR (Win) | CFXR (Mac) | BFXR (Flash) | Free
- Freesound.org, ccMixter, SoundJay | Free SFX & Music sites
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