Post by LethalReflex on Aug 24, 2008 11:40:27 GMT -8
This is an incomplete list of programs or applications that can be used in the creation of games.
Programming:
* C++
* Python
Game Creation Software
* Microsoft XNA
Art:
* Adobe Photoshop
* GIMP
* Microsoft Paint
* Inkscape
* Terragen (scenery generator) (free version)
Spriting:
* Microsoft Paint
* GraphicsGale
* Pro Motion
Sound design:
* Adobe Audition
* Adobe Premiere Pro (video editing software)
Sound design:
* FindSounds (http://www.findsounds.com/)
* Sounddogs (http://www.sounddogs.com/)
* Soundsnap (http://www.soundsnap.com/)
* Soundrangers (http://www.soundrangers.com/)
* Juicer (Sound Fx)
3D Modelling:
* Maya
* 3ds Max
* Softimage|XSI
* SketchUp (free)
* Blender (includes game engine) (free)
MMORPG Software:
* RealmCrafter
* Multiverse Network
* Gamebryo
* Bigworld Technology
* HeroEngine
* Monumental Games
* Bzoo (expansion for Blender) (free)
Game engines:
* Agar (free)
* Allegro library (free)
* APOCALYX 3D Engine (free)
* Axiom Engine (free)
* Game Blender (free)
* Boom (free)
* ClanLib (free)
* Crystal Entity Layer (free)
* Crystal Space (free)
* Cube (free)
* DarkPlaces (free)
* Delta3d (free)
* Doom engine (free)
* DXFramework (free)
* Eternity Engine (free)
* Exult (free)
* FIFE (free)
* GZDoom (free)
* GemRB (free)
* Genesis3D (free)
* Genesis Device (free)
* id Tech 2 (formerly known as the Quake II engine) (free)
* id Tech 3 (formerly known as the Quake III engine) (free)
* ioquake3 (free)
* Irrlicht Engine (free)
* jMonkeyEngine (free)
* Jogre (free)
* KallistiOS (free)
* Lightfeather 3D Engine (free)
* Nebula Device (free)
* OGE (Open Game Engine) (free)
* OGRE Engine (also called OGRE3D) (free)
* Panda3D (free)
* PLIB (free)
* ProQuake (free)
* Quake engine (free)
* RealmForge (free)
* Retribution Engine (free)
* Sauerbraten (free)
* Spring (free)
* Stratagus (free)
* Adventure Game Studio (freeware)
* Build engine (freeware)
* BYOND (freeware)
* DGD (freeware)
* dim3 (freeware)
* DX Studio (freeware)
* Flatredball (freeware)
* Game Blender (freeware)
* Game Maker Lite (freeware)
* Jogre (freeware)
* Mccode LITE (freeware)
* M.U.G.E.N (freeware)
* Panda3D (freeware)
* World Builder (freeware)
* Wintermute Engine (freeware)
* PhyreEngine (freeware)
* A7 (commercial engine)
* Aurora Engine (commercial engine)
* Blade3D (commercial engine)
* BRender (commercial engine)
* C4 Engine (commercial engine)
* Coldstone game engine (commercial engine)
* CryEngine, CryEngine 2 (commercial engine)
* Crystal Tools (commercial engine)
* Dagor Engine 3 (commercial engine)
* Dunia (commercial engine)
* id Tech 4 (commercial engine)
* id Tech 5 (commercial engine)
* DX Studio (commercial engine)
* Earth-4 Engine (commercial engine)
* Electron engine (commercial engine)
* Elflight Engine (commercial engine)
* Enigma Engine (commercial engine)
* Euphoria (commercial engine)
* Explorations (commercial engine)
* FPS Creator (commercial engine)
* Frostbite Engine (commercial engine)
* Gamebryo (commercial engine)
* Glacier, Glacier2 (commercial engine)
* GrimE (commercial engine)
* Havok (commercial engine)
* HeroEngine (commercial engine)
* IMUSE (commercial engine)
* INSANE (commercial engine)
* Infinity Engine (commercial engine)
* Jade engine (commercial engine)
* Jedi (commercial engine)
* Kaneva Game Platform (commercial engine)
* Kinetica (commercial engine)
* Leadwerks Engine (commercial engine)
* Lithtech (commercial engine)
* Lithtech Jupiter Ex (commercial engine)
* Medusa (commercial engine)
* Monumental Technology Suite (commercial engine)
* Multiverse Network (commercial engine)
* Offset Engine (commercial engine)
* Odyssey Engine (commercial engine)
* Onyx Engine (commercial engine)
* Quest3D (commercial engine)
* RAGE (commercial engine)
* Realm Crafter (commercial engine)
* RelentENGINE (commercial engine)
* RenderWare (commercial engine)
* Revolution3D (commercial engine)
* RPG Maker XP (commercial engine)
* SAGE engine (commercial engine)
* SCUMM engine (commercial engine)
* Serious Engine (commercial engine)
* Shark 3D (commercial engine)
* ShiVa (commercial engine)
* Silent Storm engine (commercial engine)
* Sith (commercial engine)
* Source engine (commercial engine)
* Torque Game Engine (commercial engine)
* Torque Game Engine Advanced (commercial engine)
* TOSHI (commercial engine)
* Truevision3d (commercial engine)
* Unigine (commercial engine)
* Unity (commercial engine)
* Unreal Engine (commercial engine)
* Vengeance engine (commercial engine)
* Vicious Engine (commercial engine)
* Virtools (commercial engine)
* Visual3D.NET (commercial engine)
* WGAF (commercial engine)
* XnGine (commercial engine)
* X-Ray Engine (commercial engine)
Programming:
* C++
* Python
Game Creation Software
* Microsoft XNA
Art:
* Adobe Photoshop
* GIMP
* Microsoft Paint
* Inkscape
* Terragen (scenery generator) (free version)
Spriting:
* Microsoft Paint
* GraphicsGale
* Pro Motion
Sound design:
* Adobe Audition
* Adobe Premiere Pro (video editing software)
Sound design:
* FindSounds (http://www.findsounds.com/)
* Sounddogs (http://www.sounddogs.com/)
* Soundsnap (http://www.soundsnap.com/)
* Soundrangers (http://www.soundrangers.com/)
* Juicer (Sound Fx)
3D Modelling:
* Maya
* 3ds Max
* Softimage|XSI
* SketchUp (free)
* Blender (includes game engine) (free)
MMORPG Software:
* RealmCrafter
* Multiverse Network
* Gamebryo
* Bigworld Technology
* HeroEngine
* Monumental Games
* Bzoo (expansion for Blender) (free)
Game engines:
* Agar (free)
* Allegro library (free)
* APOCALYX 3D Engine (free)
* Axiom Engine (free)
* Game Blender (free)
* Boom (free)
* ClanLib (free)
* Crystal Entity Layer (free)
* Crystal Space (free)
* Cube (free)
* DarkPlaces (free)
* Delta3d (free)
* Doom engine (free)
* DXFramework (free)
* Eternity Engine (free)
* Exult (free)
* FIFE (free)
* GZDoom (free)
* GemRB (free)
* Genesis3D (free)
* Genesis Device (free)
* id Tech 2 (formerly known as the Quake II engine) (free)
* id Tech 3 (formerly known as the Quake III engine) (free)
* ioquake3 (free)
* Irrlicht Engine (free)
* jMonkeyEngine (free)
* Jogre (free)
* KallistiOS (free)
* Lightfeather 3D Engine (free)
* Nebula Device (free)
* OGE (Open Game Engine) (free)
* OGRE Engine (also called OGRE3D) (free)
* Panda3D (free)
* PLIB (free)
* ProQuake (free)
* Quake engine (free)
* RealmForge (free)
* Retribution Engine (free)
* Sauerbraten (free)
* Spring (free)
* Stratagus (free)
* Adventure Game Studio (freeware)
* Build engine (freeware)
* BYOND (freeware)
* DGD (freeware)
* dim3 (freeware)
* DX Studio (freeware)
* Flatredball (freeware)
* Game Blender (freeware)
* Game Maker Lite (freeware)
* Jogre (freeware)
* Mccode LITE (freeware)
* M.U.G.E.N (freeware)
* Panda3D (freeware)
* World Builder (freeware)
* Wintermute Engine (freeware)
* PhyreEngine (freeware)
* A7 (commercial engine)
* Aurora Engine (commercial engine)
* Blade3D (commercial engine)
* BRender (commercial engine)
* C4 Engine (commercial engine)
* Coldstone game engine (commercial engine)
* CryEngine, CryEngine 2 (commercial engine)
* Crystal Tools (commercial engine)
* Dagor Engine 3 (commercial engine)
* Dunia (commercial engine)
* id Tech 4 (commercial engine)
* id Tech 5 (commercial engine)
* DX Studio (commercial engine)
* Earth-4 Engine (commercial engine)
* Electron engine (commercial engine)
* Elflight Engine (commercial engine)
* Enigma Engine (commercial engine)
* Euphoria (commercial engine)
* Explorations (commercial engine)
* FPS Creator (commercial engine)
* Frostbite Engine (commercial engine)
* Gamebryo (commercial engine)
* Glacier, Glacier2 (commercial engine)
* GrimE (commercial engine)
* Havok (commercial engine)
* HeroEngine (commercial engine)
* IMUSE (commercial engine)
* INSANE (commercial engine)
* Infinity Engine (commercial engine)
* Jade engine (commercial engine)
* Jedi (commercial engine)
* Kaneva Game Platform (commercial engine)
* Kinetica (commercial engine)
* Leadwerks Engine (commercial engine)
* Lithtech (commercial engine)
* Lithtech Jupiter Ex (commercial engine)
* Medusa (commercial engine)
* Monumental Technology Suite (commercial engine)
* Multiverse Network (commercial engine)
* Offset Engine (commercial engine)
* Odyssey Engine (commercial engine)
* Onyx Engine (commercial engine)
* Quest3D (commercial engine)
* RAGE (commercial engine)
* Realm Crafter (commercial engine)
* RelentENGINE (commercial engine)
* RenderWare (commercial engine)
* Revolution3D (commercial engine)
* RPG Maker XP (commercial engine)
* SAGE engine (commercial engine)
* SCUMM engine (commercial engine)
* Serious Engine (commercial engine)
* Shark 3D (commercial engine)
* ShiVa (commercial engine)
* Silent Storm engine (commercial engine)
* Sith (commercial engine)
* Source engine (commercial engine)
* Torque Game Engine (commercial engine)
* Torque Game Engine Advanced (commercial engine)
* TOSHI (commercial engine)
* Truevision3d (commercial engine)
* Unigine (commercial engine)
* Unity (commercial engine)
* Unreal Engine (commercial engine)
* Vengeance engine (commercial engine)
* Vicious Engine (commercial engine)
* Virtools (commercial engine)
* Visual3D.NET (commercial engine)
* WGAF (commercial engine)
* XnGine (commercial engine)
* X-Ray Engine (commercial engine)