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sfxr – Simple and fun game sound effects generator

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sfxr is a free and tiny sound effect quick generating tool specially designed for game developers, developed by Tomas Pettersson (DrPetter) from Sweden in the 10th Ludum Dare competition in 2007. As a procedural video game sound automatic generator for Windows, it’s so popular that it has many code transplantation works on Mac, Linux, Web, ActionScript and iPhone, made by other developers.

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[ Linux Software ], [ Mac Software ], Program & Develop

Irrlicht Engine – A free, open-source and lighting fast realtime 3D engine

To learn 3D game development with limited pockets, I guess you’ve tried many classic, free, open-source game development engines like TV3D (Truevision3D), OGRE and Irrlicht Engine. By contrast, the pros of TV3D are easy to learn and get started with; its cons are that it was built based on the ActiveX control and requires the RunTime DLL to be registered before running; OGRE is better than Irrlicht in that it has a capable and vigorous engine framework, and supports for extending new functionality in the form of plug-ins (this is better than Irrlicht); but its downside is that it’s not easy to get started with.

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Tiled – Best free, easy-to-use and highly flexible level editor

Tiled (full name: Tiled Map Editor) is currently the most popular, powerful and flexible tiled map/level editor for all types of 2D games, developed by Thorbjørn Lindeijer in 2008 (written in Java, therefore it’s cross-platform). It is identified as an edge tool for 2D game developers to quickly create game maps.

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Torque 3D – Premier free and open-source game engine

Torque 3D (full name: Torque Game Engine, TGE for short) is free, open-source and cross-platform 3D game engine developed by GarageGames (originally developed by Dynamix for the first-person shooter game Tribes 2 released in 2001) under the MIT license. It features powerful and complex rendering system, high-speed network transmission, authentic real-time editing, script editing system, as well as maximum flexibility and performance across a wide-range of hardware, and a full suite of tools for producing high-quality Windows and browser-based games development.

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Sams Teach Yourself Unreal Engine 4 Game Development in 24 Hours HD PDF

The free admission of the commercial 3D game development engine Unreal Engine has attracted more independent game developers, with the majority studying Unreal Engine on their own. Under such circumstance, a well-written guide book becomes very helpful or even necessary. If you are eager to use Unreal Engine to develop your own creative and attractive cross-platform games, then the Unreal Engine 4 Game Development in 24 Hours in Sams Teach Yourself series can be your first choice.

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[v1.8.0.7] SMILE GAME BUILDER – Easily create 3D RPGs, just drag & drop, no coding

As is known to all, all the time, the most popular RPG game production tool must have been none other than RPG Maker. But from now it needs to try its best to keep its job. Because it has had a brand-new and foolproof game engine that can produce both 2D and 3D RPG games with ease as its strong competitor – SMILE GAME BUILDER, which is currently the only 3D RPG game making software as I know (without regard to using the general 3D game development engines, such as Unity, Unreal Engine, etc.).
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Sams Teach Yourself, Unity Game Development in 24 Hours, 2nd Edition

Unity Game Development in 24 Hours, Second Edition may be currently the best tutorial book written for absolute beginners to the Unity game engine who want to learn it from scratch and step by step.

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