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HOT GAMEDEVS DON'T GATEKEEP

Inspired by this post by @midwinterhunt, here's a compilation of all the game dev resources I have come across, most of which I use fairly frequently. Most of these are free, some are paid but fairly cheap. Feel free to add your own resources. ✌️

Important reminder: When using basically any works or programs someone else created in your games, make sure you thoroughly understand the licenses and terms it has been shared with. If you don't know what the terms are, reach out to the resource and ask. Don't be lazy about this; it's not only dishonest but it can come back to bite you.

Engines

Unity - Best suited for mobile and multi-platform.

Unreal - Tailored for shooters and high-fidelity experiences.

PICO-8 - Virtual console for simple games

Godot - Open source and free!

GameMaker - Good for 2D games

Bitsy - Great little engine for making simple games and experiences

Construct - Never used but have heard nice things

Scratch - If you've never coded before, this is the best place to start. Great for young devs and those who want to get their feet wet.

Adventure Game Studio - Best suited for adventure games

RPG Maker - Best suited for top-down classic JRPG style games

Twine - Text-centric games like Interactive Fiction

Assets

OpenGameArt - Many assets, various licenses, and plenty of CC0 content.

Unity Store - For Unity only. Some free.

Unreal Store - For Unreal only. Some free.

Godot Asset Library

Jean Moreno's Toon Effects - Some of the best effects available on the Unity store. Unity only but I've used them in basically every project.

Steamworks.net C# Wrapper For Unity - Unity only C# wrapper for integrating Steam compatibility to your game

Itch.io - Plenty of free art assets and game dev resources

Kenney - Kenney makes tons of open-source assets for devs to use.

Art

Mixamo - Generates rigs for your humanoid models and lets you apply a library of free humanoid animations to them. Super helpful for prototyping. Adobe.

Blender - Free, open source and fully featured 3D program.

XNormal - Free offline normal map generator

Normal Map Online - Free online normal map generator

Crocotile - Cheap tool for building 3D models from sprite sheets

MagicaVoxel - Free voxel modelling tool

Piskel - Free online sprite drawing tool

Aesprite - Paid sprite drawing tool

TurboSquid - Not always great quality, but can be good source of free placeholders.

Textures.com - Limited texture downloads per day but free for personal use.

Pexels - Free stock photo resource. Most are free for commercial use. Check licenses.

Clipstudio - Good for illustration or graphic design. One time payment.

GIMP - Image editing program a-la Photoshop. Free.

Audio

Audacity - Free and fully-featured DAW/audio editor.

sfx.me - Free 8-bit synth-style sound effect generator for games.

CastingCallClub - Easy forum to find amateur voice talent for your project (p.s.: you should pay them).

FreeSound.org - Free sounds, searchable by license. A go-to for my audio needs.

Incompetech - Royalty-free music by Kevin McLeod.

Scott Buckley Music - Royalty free with conditions. Generally more on the cinematic side of things but very good stuff!

SoundCloud - 'Search -> By Track -> Filter: Use Commercially' leads to songs posted with allowance of commercial use. Always reach out to the artist to understand their terms and confirm that it's okay to use with your project.

Project Planning

Keymailer - Handy for mailing keys to influencers (don't expect a lot of traction unless you're paying for some of the features though).

Trello - Kanban board. Great for organizing tasks, managing bugs, etc. Free.

Notion - Private text and wiki page editor. Good for project organization, note taking, and fleshing out ideas. Free.

Obsidian - Alternative to Notion, with similar features.

Miro - Free whiteboard for organizing thoughts, images, brainstorming, etc.

Wave - Free Bookkeeping site. Great for keeping finances organized.

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#they fight like they're already married ANASTASIA (1997)

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the way tommy reassures buck that no one is looking at them, that nobody cares about what they're doing, but also tells him that he gets why he's tense. he doesn't invalidate his feelings while trying to soothe him. the way he gives buck the space he needs to ask questions he hasn't felt like he could ask anyone else, and answers them patiently and gracefully. the way he flirts with him and even in that, he is kind. he is gentle. he checks for reactions and respects that buck has just started his journey while he's been on his own for years. tommy i love you... i love queer solidarity

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911 on abc you are single handedly responsible for all of us being unable to act normal since last thursday

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[a little bi-buck to get out of my drawing slump]

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i need chim to find out about buck before anyone else does bc he's terrible at keeping secrets so he so he can recreate when charles found out rosa is bi in brooklyn 99 omggg

"bye buck. 😳🧍‍♂️i mean—not bi but bYYE—i mean 👋 see ya. have fun only having sex with women. just banging chicks left and right👍👍👍👍"

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It’s the way that Buck says “okay” when Tommy says he could teach him Muay Thai for me. It’s instant and giddy and downright smitten. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure we have never seen Buck like that with anyone he has dated or been flirty with and it makes me so !!!!

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was doing some thinking about the promo for 7x05 and the buddie/bucktommy of it all OK SO buck gets choked out on this call right its bad enough that he’s spluttering for breath a bit and eddie’s a little too familiar with buck’s heart stopping so insists on giving him a full once over and just. won’t stop fussing. and things between him and buck have been weird since he bumped into him and tommy at the restaurant which is odd, because he’s just glad that buck and tommy are getting along. and buck shrugs him off completely and will barely look at him and they go back to the firehouse and go their separate ways at the end of shift and. something just won’t stop bugging him. so he asks marisol to stay for a bit longer and give chris dinner and he drives to buck’s place and hammers on the door until he’s let in. things are tense and awkward and buck stumbles over his words a bit and it’s so strange and so out of character for buck that it piques eddie’s anxiety. and he knows buck, he knows him to the core, and he knows something’s wrong. he reaches out and lays a hand on his shoulder, digging his thumb a little into his pulsepoint and revelling silently in the steady thump-thump under his thumb. the other hand lands on his waist, anchoring him like it’s absolutely meant to and eddie tells buck that he can tell him anything. and buck just fucking cracks. opens up the most vulnerable part of himself and tells him that him and tommy are a him and tommy now, and its new and wild and something akin to pride and semi-adjacent to longing curls up in eddie's gut which is a little too confusing for him to unpack. and when the word bisexual tumbles from buck's lips for the first time, eddie feels something warm brewing in his chest as he gathers buck into his arms, tucking his head down into his neck and trying to remember how to breathe himself as he hears buck let out a long, steady exhale, like he's coming home.

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gosh. the full weight of buck being canonically bi has hit me like a tonne of bricks and i’m trying not to cry at my desk but like. he’s bisexual. he’s discovering his sexuality in his thirties and embracing a new part of himself and we’re seeing this big bad strong firefighter break all sorts of stereotypes about the kind of man he’s expected to be because he’s kissed a man and that changes his life forever in the best ways. this is the stuff that 911 is just so fucking good at. they’ve done it over and over again in so many different ways with these characters over the years and it’s a fucking wonder to witness happen. they treat their queer characters with such tenderness and kindness and at the same time their queer characters just Are and there’s something so revolutionary in that. esp in an ensemble show that’s set in a world where you ~ classically ~ didn’t see so many queer people (the cop shows and emergency shows of old, etc, were so typically Manly and buddy buddy vibes u know)

anyway. buck is bi. and it’s a beautiful story we’re getting to witness and it’s making me emotional as anything. i can’t wait to see what happens next! i can’t wait!

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having a lot of fun thinking about lou ferrigno jr picking up the phone and on the other side is tim minear going "hey remember us a show you guest starred on for three episodes. wanna come back and kiss oliver stark"

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If the writers miss out on the opportunity to have date-crasher Eddie say "I'm so glad you guys kissed and made up" while Buck chokes on water and Tommy just smirks, I will actually never forgive them

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Something I haven't seen discussed yet is not only did buck and Tommy kiss, but they JUST kissed. Tommy kissed him once, just communicating that "okay is this what you want us to do?" And then he set up a real romantic date where he's going to pick buck up at 8 and everything.

Buck who has a shit load of trauma from partners wanting him for nothing more than his body. From always having to be the person adding the romance into every relationship to convince people there's more to him then sex.

Baby boy just got asked on a wholesome date and got promised romantic helicopter flying lessons and he won't even have to drive and goddddvdhebusjabsjsjdnxns

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9-1-1. 7.04 Buck, Bothered and Bewildered [details]

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my brain every three minutes