Game Creation Resourses

[Punk]

Hi, check these links may be helpful to u...



Engines/Authorware for Non-Programmers

• Point & Click Developers
  Kit 2D point and click adventure game developer
  
• MMORPG tools to create Massive Multiplayer
  Online RPGs
  
  

• 3D Game
  Engine alpha release of an unfinished 3D game engine
  (DOS/GNU/Linux) 
  
• The 3D Game Maker point & click
  3D game creator (Win)
  
• 3D
  Game Studio produce 3D realtime applications - demos, adventures, role
  playing, action, advertising, or racing games - without programming skills
  (WIN) 
  
• 3D Rad a
  programmable, user-friendly, 3D real-time engine (WIN) 
  
• ADRIFT a simple, yet powerful IF game
  designer (WIN) 
  
• Adventure Book CYOA
  creator
  
• Adventure Builder text
  adventure authoring system (DOS/WIN) 
  
• Adventure Construction Kit
  create your own roleplaying/adventure games ala the early Ultima games
  (DOS) 
  
• AdventurEd system
  in development for creating graphical adventure games
  (Amiga)  
  
• Adventure Game Engine engine for
  creating graphical first-person adventure games with full support for inventory,
  save/load games, inventory, puzzles, conversations, full motion video, cutscenes
  (WIN) 
  
• Adventure Game Studio (fka
  Adventure Creator) make your own point and click adventure games without
  programming; recently rewritten, now supports the standard Sierra interface as
  well as the LucasArts interface. Very nice. (WIN) 
  
• Adventure Maker 2 make your own
  1st person adventure games with no programming or scripting required
  (Win95+) 
  
• AdventureR Lab planned professional
  tool to create classical point & click adventures < font>
  
• AGAST Adventure Game
  Authoring System to create and play your own graphic adventure games like those
  from LucasArts and Sierra On-line (WIN) 
  
• AGT Adventure Game Toolkit for
  creating text adventures with graphics and sound (DOS) 
  
• ALAN for creating interactive
  fiction (Amiga/Unix/DOS) 
  
• Alice
  create your own scripts that control the motion of 3D objects for games,
  training simulations, etc (WIN95+)
  
• AMOS
  get the source code for the classic Amiga game creation program
  (Amiga) 
  
• AZALTA system
  with endless adventures, an infinite number of large worlds to explore, hundreds
  of puzzles to solve, creatures to meet, and items to find -- you can even create
  your own worlds/creatures/items (WIN/Amiga) 
  
• Blackfish open source
  isometric game engine written in C++ (WIN)< li>
  
• Blitz
  Basic the legendary Amiga Basic compilier for the PC (WIN) 
  
• Blades of Exile a
  fantasy role-playing system (WIN/MAC)
  
• Blender free and fully functional 3D
  modeling/rendering/animation package, including games
  (Unix/Windows/BeOS) 
  
• Blitz Basic II basic
  programming package for creating high-quaility games on the Amiga
  (Amiga)
  
• The Bluespere Project
  text adventure creation software that is in development (WIN/DOS) 
  
  
• Byond
  create online games and applications using a simple programming
  language
  
• ButtonTalk easy to use tool
  for creating interaction fiction (MAC to create, exports HTML)
  
• CAECHO
  Spanish program for creating interaction fiction (DOS)
  
• CAT Creative
  Adventure Toolkit: adventure authoring utility for writing text adventures on
  your PC (WIN)
  
• Clean Game Library
  complete development system for 2D games (platform games, side scrollers), using
  the functional language Clean (Win, MAC, Linux)
  
• Coconut 2D adventure game
  development tool (WIN/LINUX)
  
• Coldstone the most complete solution for
  developing games on the Macintosh (MAC) 
  
• Crystal Space free (LGPL)
  and portable 3D engine written in C++ (WIN/MAC/DOS/LINUX) 
  
• Cycon Online Gaming
  -COG- Engine Open Source project aimed at simplifying the creation of online
  video games with no programming experience necessary.
  
• Dark Basic BASIC language
  that lets you create fast full-screen DirectX and Direct3D games with incredible
  ease. You can write a 3D game in minutes! (WIN)
  
• DC Games tool kit for creating
  the hottest CRPGs available (DOS)
  
• Delver shareware
  single-player overhead-view tile-based computer RPG construction kit written in
  Java (JAVA)
  
• Digital
  Loca-Lite 3D authoring tool, especially designed for beginning
  3D-Game-makers (Win95+)
  
• Dimension3 3D game creator
  (MAC)
  
• DIV Games
  Studio programming language that has been designed exclusively for the
  creation of games (WIN
  
• Divinty RPG
  maker/editor (MAC)
  
• EdPack
  authoring tool for graphic adventures. Site is in Spanish but based on the
  translation I got from AltaVista, program sounds promising.
  
• Erasmatazz Authoring tool used to create
  interactive storyworlds (WIN/MAC) 
  
• Freeplay free, 2D development
  environment for multimedia adventure games. Integrated are editors for sprites,
  scripts, paths and other game components. (JAVA)
  
• Game Builder Lite for creating
  animated adventures and educational programs (DOS) 
  
• Game Maker make
  games like Pacman by just using some simply clicking and drag-and-drop with your
  mouse (WIN) 
  
• GameMaker &
  GameMaker Lite simple, card-based development system that enables you to
  create simple adventure games with graphics, buttons, and text
  (MAC) 
  
• GAUGE
  will be able to support any sort of 3D game, including first person shooters,
  real time strategy, simulations, and more 
  
• Genesis
  3D a completely free 3D gaming engine (WIN)
  
• Glumol
  clone of the mythical LucasArts SCUMM engine (WIN)
  
• GMAX a free 3D
  content creation platform designed to let game enthusiasts create custom art for
  their favorite titles (WIN)
  
• GRAAL script-based
  Graphic Adventure Authoring Language (Amiga) 
  
• G-Wiz Game Wizard will
  be tool for designing and playing text adventure and role-playing games
  (WIN)
  
• Hephaestus computer
  role-playing game system with loadable adventures; with the compiler, you can
  write your own adventures in a simple yet powerful scripting language, and share
  them with anyone else who has Hephaestus (JAVA)
  
• HUGO a programming language
  and authoring system for interactive fiction (WIN/DOS/Linux) 
  
• IndianaJava
  system to create and run 2D graphic adventure games (JAVA) 
  
• Inform a design system for
  interactive fiction (WIN/MAC/Amiga) 
  
• InterAx create games in an
  easy to use yet powerful visual environment without programming or scripting.
  (WIN95+) 
  
• Jamagic
  (fka JAMA3D) if you can program your web page, you can program your 3D game
  in JAVA Script(Win/MAC/Linux) 
  
• KOF91 2D fighting game engine
  (WIN)
  
• Legendary Tales Editor text-based
  gaming environment which allows anyone to create or enjoy independent adventure
  modules set in any medieval, swords and sorcery fantasy
  setting(WIN)
  
• LucasHacks the ultimate SCUMM hacking
  resource including the new SCUMM Revisited (WIN)
  
• MAC Game Creator
  Toolkit CD ROM special registered versions of 5 MAC creators, plus
  tutorials, utilities, and sample games (MAC)
  
• MAD Free graphical
  adventure game engine, designed to be able to create Sierra-style adventures,
  but flexible enough to handle other types (WIN/DOS/others coming
  soon)
  
• Magx
  compiler for creating text adventures which is downward compatible with all of
  the existing versions of the AGT language(DOS/Linux)
  
• MediaForge an event-driven, object-based
  authoring tool (WIN) 
  
• Megazeux
  an object oriented ANSI game maker with many features not found in ZZT
  (DOS) 
  
• Multimedia Fusion create exciting
  interactive applications with a mouse-driven interface - this is the one I use
  (WIN)
  
• Nautilus Engine create a
  retail quality game by writing less than 100 lines of C (Win and Visual
  C++)
  
• Official Hamster Republic RPG
  Construction Engine create your own role-playing games with no programming
  experience (DOS) 
  
• OZ Project
  technology and art to help artists create high quality interactive drama, based
  in part on AI technologies 
  
• PAGAN full featured arcade game authoring
  system for shooters, puzzle games, racing games etc (Win)
  
• PAWS IF authoring system
  (Various)
  
• Pie 3D
  Game Creation System make your own 3D action games (DOS/WIN) 
  
• Playground build computer
  environments for 4-8 year olds to play, design, and create games
  (WIN)
  
• QTAC the quick text
  adventure creator (DOS/WIN95+/JAVA)
  
• QML Quest
  Markup Language free XML-based Choose-Your-Own-Adventure game
  system 
  
• Quest Axe Software's app that
  allows you to create your own text adventure/RPG games, quickly and easily.
  (WIN95+) 
  
• QuestMaker
  for making graphical adventure games (DOS)
  
• Reality Factory suite of
  applications that have been created in order to enable people that are NOT
  programmers to make advanced, 3d first and third person games for PC's running
  Windows (WIN)
  
• REXX
  Adventure text adventure engine (OS2 Presentation Manager) 
  
• Role Maker a masters thesis
  project to develop a free authoring system for RPGs (WIN)
  
• RPG
  Toolkit Development System for the Creation and Play of your own RPG Games
  (WIN)
  
• RPGMaker.net site for top 3 RPG
  makers(WIN)
  
• RuneSword RPG game and construction set
  (Win95+)
  
• Scripted Adventure Game Engine
  (SAGE) for creating text adventures with or without graphics (WIN
  95/98/NT)
  
• SCI Studio create games for
  Sierra's SCI engine(WIN)
  
• Scrolling Game Development Kit
  complete game development system whose features can be used by experts and
  beginners alike
  
• SFCI ScienceFact Creative
  Interpreter is a 2D (3D later?) adventure game engine (WIN32)
  
• SKClone RPG game
  maker (WIN)
  
• SLUDGE (Scripting
  Language for Unhindered Development of a Gaming Environment) is the box of cogs
  that will be available so that anyone (within reason) can use it to make an
  adventure game. (WIN)
  
• Sphere RPG engine specialized for
  making 2D, console-style RPGs, similar to Final Fantasy and Phantasy Star (WIN)
  
• Stagecast create multi-level games, mazes,
  puzzles and simulations for the Web, using the mouse to demonstrate what you
  want each character to do(MAC/WIN) 
  
• StoryHarp
  Audioventure Authoring System adds the dimension of voice to interactive fiction
  development (WIN95/NT) 
  
• StoryMaker create
  your own interactive fiction games (MAC) 
  
• StorySprawl a site devoted to the
  creation of hyperfiction 
  
• STOS get the source code
  for the classic AtariST game creation software (AtariST)
  
• SUDS
  adventure game system which combines the content and feel of a text adventure
  game with the point-and-click style of Windows (WIN) 
  
• TADS text adventure development system
  (DOS/WIN/MAC/Amiga/AtariST/OS2/Acorn) 
  
• Text-World
  1.2 text game creator (DOS)
  
• TROAICS upcoming engine - an
  acronym for Text Rooms and Objects Interactive Adventure Creation System
  (WIN) 
  
• ToonTalk -
  Making Programming Child's Play build and run all sorts of computer programs
  (WIN)
  
• Ultimate AGI
  & SCI Web Site great resource for demos, games, utilities
  
• VERGE
  a role-playing game creation system (DOS) 
  
• WinPAW
  windows version of the Professional Adventure Writer (PAW)(WIN)
  
• Wintermute Engine a set of tools
  for creating and running graphical adventure games(WIN)
  
• World
  Builder create your own adventure games (MAC)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Graphics, Music, and Other Resources  Ambrosia Software utilities for the MAC  Anim8or free 3D animation software (WIN9x/NT)  Art-O-Matic instant 3D graphics  Automated Composing System automatic music composing system Baumgarten Enterprises Web's largest free Poser parts place, and Bryce? tutorials  Blender free and fully functional 3D modeling/rendering/animation package (Unix/Windows/BeOS)  Button Blast 300 beautifully-textured buttons  Caligari TrueSpace  Clickteam Install Maker professional installations for everyone  Clickteam Patch Maker secure update patches in minutes  Cyberoptics freeware drawing program Dark Music Media game music for sale  Games Factory Pack 3.1 sprite, tile, and map maker  Hash Complete animation software  Icon Bank icon viewer/collection for webmasters, desktop publishers, programmers  Infinity Textures powerful texture designer and generator  JASC Paintshop Pro  Metacreations Bryce2, Bryce 3D, Poser, Painter, RayDream and other creative tools  Nichimen Graphics N-World, Nendo, Game Exchange  Pixia freeware painting tool for full-color graphics (WIN) Pro Motion drawing and animation package for bitmap graphics (WIN) Reptile 2 free application that lets you create funky backgrounds (WIN)  SpriteLib Ari Feldman's free game sprites  SpriteWorks Two-thousand sprites and animation sequences for Java and game programming  Strata Free industrial Strength 3D modeling and rendering package Terragen photorealistic scenery rendering software Thomas Baier's page 3D file converters  Tilesets Tile Studio complete development utility for tile-based games for use with The Game Library for the language Clean. Universe Image Creator create realistic images of deep space  Game Development News and Resources Articles on IF game design and asthetics

  
  
  
  

[satan]

lol good collection budd. Really appreciate it

[harshdesign]

ALL I CAN SAY IS "f**k YOU MAN"...awesome collection u got there...its was like a food for my starving gaming need...hats off 2 u...keep on shooting more resources pal...JUST DO IT

[dynafx]

excellent resource for game artists

 

[Punk]

Thanks guys....i will try my best

[hu_skll]

hey grt list u got there man, loved it

lemme add a humble contribution

ben Mathis' site

www.poopinmymouth.com

 

aint this guy wierd? such a name for a site.

hu_skll38266.4783680556

[Punk]

ya man the tutorials on texturing are awesome...thanks hu_skll Punk38267.067337963

[the dOktoR]

hmm very impressive punk... and hu skll... do u guys just surf all day long .. i mean whr do you get all this info from???

[rockyj123]

waw dada....lol

[dynafx]

how can i not contribute here 



if its a repeat, pardon me



http://gameart.jaquays.com/texture_resources.html



this was in my favourites, since i've tons in my fav, i didnt c this, suddely, found



so, its my contribution for the gaming toooo

[sujoystick]

wow cool links man

[hells angel]

awesome links Punk.....will be very helpful to me!!..thanks

[the dOktoR]

ok i was jus snooping around... but im sure bout this one.... friendz a very big welcome to indraneel.... you can call him a game guru... thnx for joining our company hope to see a lot of you in the future... ENJOY YOUR STAY

[Crunk]

great collection of links ... there is something here for everyone.... some more of this kinda stuff.. and yu can become start disscussion in msn.. like how madan (dynafx) does everyday... 

[sujoystick]

my personal favourite, resource of game videos... i visit  it
daily::::they should make me a moderator by now i must have d/l all the
videos bwahahahaha (me the eternal consumer!!!!).



http://www.gametrailers.com/





my personal favourite the onimusha 3 game cinematic ..... its a slabberknocker.



cheers

[prithvi]

WOW! That's an awesome collection
Thanks, man

Now from where can I download some time?

[satan]

Originally Posted by sujoystick

my personal favourite, resource of game videos... i visit  it daily::::they should make me a moderator by now i must have d/l all the videos bwahahahaha (me the eternal consumer!!!!).

http://www.gametrailers.com/


my personal favourite the onimusha 3 game cinematic ..... its a slabberknocker.

cheers

Wow what a co-incidence. I'm also a daily viewer of that site. Kinda takes too much time to load but its really awesome. Though I dont DL all the trailers n vidz coz of my slow connection. Anything below 20 mb only gets its place in my HD.
I especially like the Japanese trailers. True piece of art those r.

[sumanpaul]

great collection ... i thought of adding some ..but u havent left space for me 

[krishki]

Thanks for the links !

[pravinroche]

 

 How come i didn't saw this forum. great help thnks