{"id":3550,"date":"2015-02-04T21:02:32","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T21:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drmop.com\/?page_id=3550"},"modified":"2015-11-18T13:37:13","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T13:37:13","slug":"game-development-tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.drmop.com\/index.php\/game-developer-resources\/game-development-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Development Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the more cumbersome parts of making a game or app is creating the basic structure such as level layouts \/ maps, user interfaces, creating animation and so on. I&#8217;ve listed a collection of tools, apps and utilities that I have found useful below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Game editor and IDE\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gojieditor.com\">Goji Editor<\/a> &#8211; Game editor and integrated development environment<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Booty5 HTML5 game maker\" href=\"http:\/\/booty5.com\">Booty5<\/a> &#8211; HTML5 game maker<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Create sprite sheets and image atlases\" href=\"https:\/\/www.codeandweb.com\/texturepacker\" target=\"_blank\">Texture Packer <\/a>&#8211; Create sprite sheets \/ atlases easily<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Create awesome 2D animation\" href=\"http:\/\/esotericsoftware.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Spline<\/a> &#8211; Brilliant 2D animation editor<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Generic 2D editor\" href=\"http:\/\/gleed2d.codeplex.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Glee2D <\/a>&#8211; Generic 2D editor<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"2D tile based map editor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapeditor.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Tiled<\/a> &#8211; 2D tile based map editor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Creating and modifying art work is also an essential part of game and app development. I&#8217;ve listed a collection of art production packages that I have used in the past or found interesting below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Create 2D bitmap artwork\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gimp.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">GIMP <\/a>&#8211; Free 2D pixel art\u00a0editor<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Create 2D vector artwork\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inkscape.org\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape <\/a>&#8211; Free 2D vector art\u00a0editor<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Create 3D artwork\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blender.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Blender <\/a>&#8211; Free 3D art\u00a0editor<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Create 2 vector artwork\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serif.com\/drawplus\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Serif DrawPlus <\/a>&#8211; Paid\u00a02D vector art\u00a0editor<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Create 3D artwork\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/maya\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Autodesk Maya<\/a> &#8211; Paid 3D art\u00a0editor<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Online 3D editor\" href=\"http:\/\/clara.io\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Clara.io <\/a>&#8211; Online 3D art\u00a0editor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.123dapp.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">123dapp<\/a> &#8211; Free 3D art creation tools from Autodesk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Code editors and IDE&#8217;s:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Free code editor for Windows\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visualstudio.com\/en-us\/products\/visual-studio-express-vs.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Visual Studio Express<\/a> &#8211; Free IDE for Windows (C\/C++, C#, HTML5, Visual Basic)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Free code editor for Mac\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/xcode\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Xcode<\/a> &#8211; Free IDE for Apple Mac OS (Objective-C, C\/C++)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Free cross platform code editor\" href=\"https:\/\/netbeans.org\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Netbeans <\/a>&#8211; Free cross platform IDE (C\/C++, PHP, HTML5, Java and more)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Free cross platform code editor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eclipse.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Eclipse <\/a>&#8211; Free cross platform IDE\u00a0(Java)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Free code editor for Windows \" href=\"http:\/\/notepad-plus-plus.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++ <\/a>&#8211; Free code editor for Windows (supports a range of languages)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Free code editor for Mac OS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barebones.com\/products\/textwrangler\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TextWrangler<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0Free code editor for Mac OS (supports a range of languages)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Powerful open source web development IDE\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aptana.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Aptana Studio<\/a> &#8211; Powerful open source web development IDE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And a collection of other interesting \/ quirky tools that I&#8217;ve come across that may provide useful:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Create 3D models in CSS3\" href=\"http:\/\/tridiv.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Tridiv<\/a> &#8211; Create 3D models in CSS3!<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Generate normal maps for textures online\" rel=\"nofo0llow\" href=\"http:\/\/cpetry.github.io\/NormalMap-Online\/\">Normal Map Online<\/a> &#8211; Create normal maps online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the more cumbersome parts of making a game or app is creating the basic structure such as level layouts \/ maps, user interfaces, creating animation and so on. 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