List of free 2d,3d engine and others tools
Posted: 08 Oct 2012, 07:48
Lists of free 2D,3D game engine and 2D,3D tools to make fast prototyping games or more serious games for Windows only, some engines need basic programmer skills or no:
Last update: January 07 2020
List of free 3d engine and game engine:
EASY
-Blender 3D 2.79
-FPS Classic 1.20 ( now open source with all 3d models packs)
-MANU 1.0.1a
-Raycasting Game Maker 4.62 & 5.31 (use high res)
-Ray game designer 2
-Silent Walk FPS Creator 2 (Now free)
-Silent Walk: RENAISSANCE
AVERAGE ( need programming skills )
-3D Game Builder 1.7.1
-Alice 3.6.0.0
-Apocalyx 0.9.3
-Basic4gl 2.6.4 and Basic4gl Mobile 1.3.4
-Bennugd 1.00 r348
-Blitz3D 1.108c, (can also make 2D games), Now it's open source : GitHub Blitz3D, Some tutorials http://www.winterbrose.com/blitzbasic3d.html, http://jnoodle.com/Blitz3D/, http://bytecode77.com/coding/devilengines
-BlitzMax 1.50, Now it's open source : GitHub BlitzMax, IDE:Blide
-Cafu 3D 12.05
-Cube 1 engine
-Cube 2 engine Sauerbraten
-DarkBASIC Pro Open source, (can also make 2D games)
-DIV games studio
-Esenthel engine
-Evaldraw 10/04/2020
-Godot Engine 3.2.3
-Jolt-3d 4.45 ( can load COB format )
-Maratis3d 0.3.21 beta
-Megakerma 3.0
-Naalaa 6 (1.0.4)
-Neoaxis 3D engine 2020.6
-Platinum Arts sandbox 2.8.2
-Raylib 3.0 (can also make 2D games)
-RPG Paper Maker 1.6.1
-Tesseract engine first edition (11/05/2014 ), (go in "alt" link to get the last nightly build with last fixes and new adds.)
-Urho 3D 1.8 alpha
HARD ( need more programming skills )
-Bonzai 1.4.1
-Build Engine 1.0
-Build Engine 2.0
-ezEngine 20.8
-Irrlicht 1.8.4
-Jmonkey 3.3.1
-Lumberyard beta 1.25 (free 3D engine by Amazon based on Cryengine)
-Ogre 3D 1.12.9 & 2.2.4
-Panda 3D 1.10.7
-Pnd3D engine
-Torque 3D 3.10.1(see on github, releases section to get the last version)
-Unreal Engine 4.26
-Unity 2020.1.7
-Voxlap, and this cool example game using voxlap engine:voxelstein3d (source code available)
-Stride3D 4.0.0.1 (old name Xenko)
List of free 3D modeling and animation tools:
EASY
-Autodesk 123dapp
-3DAce 2.72
-Anim8or 1.0.1 v1383
-Blockbench 3.7.4
-Character fx 1.2, import: 3DS, OBJ, TXT (milkshape3D ASCII); export: 3DS, B3D, X , MD2 , OBJ, TXT (milkshape3D ASCII), and N (Nebula)
-CubeKingdom 2.0
-Cv3D 1.09
-DAZ studio pro 4.12.2.6
-Dilay 1.9.0
-DOGA - L1
-Freeship 2.6
-Google SketchUp 8.0.15158
-Goxel 0.10.6
-Hamapatch 2.9 and 3.0 preview version1.03
-Hexagon 2.5.2.137
-Hexagreat 3D 5.2.5
-kHED 1.1.5
-LeoCAD 0.83.1-9306
-LEGO Digital Designer 4.3.12
-Looxis Faceworx 1.0 (June 2013)
-MagicaVoxel 0.99.6
-MakeHuman 1.2.0
-MarbleClay 6.4
-MeshMolder 2020
-Misfit3D 1.2.4 (stable) and 1.3.8 (Dev), FORK :Maverick Model 3D 1.3.12
-Neobarok 2.0.i
-Pacemaker 1.34b
-Sculptris
-Sweet Home 3D 6.4
-Tattoo 3D 1.86
-trueSpace MS Legacy Edition V1.1
-Unicorn3D 2013.1
-VECTARY (online 3d tool)
-VoxelShop
-Wings 3D 2.2.5
AVERAGE
-Albatross 3D
-Art of Illusion 3.1.0
-bforartists 2.5.1 (a cool Blender fork)
-Blender 2.83.7 & 2.90.1
-Cherish
-Dust3D 1.0 rc6
-FreeCAD 0.18.4
-Gmax 1.2
-K-3D 0.8.0.6
-Meshmixer 3.5
-OpenFX 2.4
-Seamless 3D 3.007
-Xismo 2.25a
-Xsi mod tool 6.01
-Xsi mod tool 7.5
List of free UV mapper, paint texture, texture pack tools:
-LithUnwrap 1.3f
-SpriteUV2 1.61 ($)
-Tattoo 3D 1.86
-UVmapper classic 0.30a
List of free normal map, bump map, texture generator:
-Agama materials 0.2
-AwesomeBump 5.1 ( need Windows 7/8 or newer)
-Gimp normal map 1.2.3 ( you need Gimp )
-InsaneBump script for Gimp
-InsaneBump 2.5
-Laigter 1.10.02
-Mapzone 2.6
-Materialize 1.78
-Material Maker 0.92
-NeoTextureEdit 0.6.4
-njob 1.0
-NormalMap-Online
-Nvidia melody 1.2
-Nvidia normal map plugin ( you need Photoshop )
-PixaFlux 2020 09 16
-ShaderMap 4.3.4 (free for non commercial use)
-SMAK 2.0
-Smart Normal 2.0 (Online)
-SSbump generator 5.3
-TexGraph 0.4.0
-TextureLab 0.2.0
-Texture Tool
-xNormal 3.19.3c (64-bit)
List of free 3D external renders:
-Appleseed 2.1.0 beta
-FastPix3D 3.1.0
-Fujiyama Renderer 0.3.7 alpha
-FurryBall RT free edition
-Kerkythea Echo boost RC 2.5.2, Kerkythea 3.0 boost edition
-Literay 6.0.2
-Luxrender 2.4
-Mitsuba 0.5.0
-Nox 0.44 (Now Open source)
-Picogen 0.3.1
-Pixar Renderman 23
-POV-Ray 3.8.0, PoseRay 3.13.29 and Moray 3.5
-Yafaray 3.5.1 for Blender 2.78, Yafaray 0.9.0 for trueSpace 7.61 Workspace
List of free 3d plant models and 3D tree models:
-ngPlant 0.9.13
-PlantStudio 2.1 [now free]
-tree[d]
-Tree It
List of free 3d objects viewer and 3d objects converter:
-3d model viewer 0.3.5.4
-Konvertor 5.04.18
-Noesis v4.433
-P3dO Explorer 2.8R2
List of free 2D engine:
EASY (NO CODING)
-Arcade Game Studio 1.34, bundled with CHM help file made by Cellulo, all-in-one file pack.
-Clickteam Fusion 2.5 Free Edition
-Construct classic 1.2 and R2 (last version), (SOON new file with all plugins and examples files (*.cap) in one file hosted by me.)
-Gamedevelop 4.0.94 and 5.0.0.100 beta (open source)
-GB Studio 2.0.0 beta3
-InterAx game engine 3.3.1
-Novelty 0.8.9
-Scrolling game development kit 1.46
-Scrolling game development kit 2.31, samples and resources
-Scroller Shooter Creator 1.19 (NOW FREE)
AVERAGE/HARD ( need programming skills )
-Adventure Game Studio 3.5.0 patch5
-BennuGD-1.0.0-r348 and need Bennu Pack
-Bitmelo 2.0.0
-Bladecoder Adventure Engine 4.0.1
-Blitzplus 1.47, Now it's open source : GitHub Blizplus SRC, youtube videos tutorials : 1, 2.
-Cerberux X v2020-05-09b
-Cocos2d-x v4.0, v3.17.2, v2.2.6, Cocos Creator 2.4.2
-Corona
-Ct.js 1.4.2
-Defold 1.2.174
-Duality 2
-FIFE engine 0.4.0
-Flare 1.11
-Franck engine 0.6.5.5
-Freebasic 1.07.1
-GameMaker Studio 2 Free Edition
-Gideros 2020.9.1
-Godot Engine 3.2.3
-Impact 1.24
-libGDX 1.9.10, also can make 3D games.
-Love2d 0.11.3
-LowRes NX 1.1
-Melonjs 8.01 (html5)
-MicroStudio dev
-Monkey X engine 87a
-MonoGame 3.8, also can make 3D games.
-Naalaa 6 (1.0.4)
-Novashell
-OpenBOR 3.0 6391, new version : OpenBOR 3.0 6510(need register to download)
-OpenSurge 0.5.1.2
-Paintown 3.6.1
-PGE engine 0.4.0 alpha
-Phaser 3.21.1(html5)
-Pixel Vision 8
-Pixelbox 2.0.2
-PixiJS v5.3.3 (html5)
-Pygame 1.9.6
-RCBasic
-RC Engine 1.5.0
-Slick2D
-Solarus arpg engine 1.6.4
-Tilengine 2.8.5
-Torque 2D 3.0 (see github, releases section , to get the last release)
-Tululoo game maker 1.3.0, binary and source code (purebasic) of the 2.00 version is available in the tululoo forum.
-Wade 4.11
List of free 2D images editor and paints editor:
-1bitpaint
-8bitpaint
-Active Pixels 2
-Alchemy beta 009 Win
-AzDrawing 2.02, Tips
-AzPainter 2.12, Tips, Tutorials
-Autodesk SketchBook 8.7.1.0
-Chasys Draw IES 5.01.01
-Creative Docs .NET 3.3.6
-Darktable 3.2.1
-Deep Paint 2.0
-Drawpile 2.1.17
-FireAlpaca 2.3.16
-FotoSketcher 3.70
-Gimp 2.10.20
-Gimphoto 24.1
-G'MIC 2.9.2
-GLIPS Graffiti 1.5
-HeliosPaint 1.7
-Hexels 3.15 ($)
-inkscape 1.01, a cheap alternative is Drawplus X8 from Serif, it's old but have more features than Affinity Designer the last vector tool from Serif company.
-Jump Paint 4.0
-Krita 4.4.0
-LazPaint 7.1.5
-LView Pro 2006
-MediBang Paint 25.4.
-MyPaint 2.0.1
-Opencanvas 1.1
-Paint.NET 4.2.13
-PaintStar 2.70
-PhotoDemon 7.0.1
-Photofiltre 8.4
-PhotoScape 3.7
-PhoXo 8.4.0
-Pictbear 2.0.4
-Pinta 1.7
-PixBuilder Studio 2.2.0
-Pixelitor 4.2.3
-Pixia 6.50me
-Pixelformer 0.9.6.3 RC3
-Ponyscape 0.4 patched
-Qaquarelle 0.0.4a
-Rendera 1.9
-RealWorld Paint 2013.1
-Saint Paint studio 18.1
-sK1 2.0
-Sodipodi 0.34
-Storyboarder 1.0
-SpeedyPainter 3.6.4
-Ultimate Paint 2.88 LE
-Vectr
-Verve 0.99w.08, Manual, Demos videos
List of free perspective tools:
-Carapace 1.0 by Epicgames
-Perspective Sketch 1.0
List of free 2D pixel editor:
-Aseprite 0.9.5 (last version free), the lastest version is not free but it can be free if you can compile the source code: Source info compilation
-Autodesk Animator Pro 1.3a (need Dosbox to work), and the source code http://animatorpro.org/
-AzPainter 2.12, Tips, Tutorials
-Chasys Draw IES 5.01.01
-Crosti 1.17.0
-Cstitch 0.9.8
-D-Pixed 2.17
-dpixel 0.1.1
-Dither Machine beta 6
-Edge 1.29b, Edge 1.29c ( only in japanese )
-Evilpixie 0.1
-FireAlpaca 2.3.16
-FontSprite 1.17
-Gimp 2.10.20
-grafx2-2.6
-GraphicsGale 2.08.21 [NOW FREE], A cool Graphicsgale manual, Japanese sprite tutorial
-Hexels 3.15 ($)
-iDraw 3.32.3 EN new english version by me
-LibreSprite 1.0
-LodePaint
-Mini Sprite Editor 1.0.9
-Moai 1.7 (successor of Autodesk Animator)
-mtPaint 3.40
-Multipaint 08/08/2020
-Paint of Persia 0.3.2
-PaintCAD 4Windows 1.4.1.1189
-Paint.NET 4.2.13
-Paint.Net Animation Helper v1.0.0.96
-Pictbear 2.0.4
-Piskel 0.14.0
-PixaVoxet 2.01F
-Pixelmash ($)
-Pixelorama 0.8
-Pixelmash 2020.1 ($)
-PixelToolbox 1.1
-Pro Motion NG 7.2.7 (aka Pro Motion 7) ($)
-Pyxeledit 0.2.22c
-PixelShop
-REXPaint 1.60
-SPARTAN 1.2.1
-Tilemancer 0.2.1
-Timanthes 3.0 beta 2, Timanthes 2.3 beta with source code
-Wally 1.55b
-Zixel 1.0.30
List of free color palette editor:
-ActEdit 0.78b (for MUGEN engine), To have english interface, delete "ActEdit.ini" file and rename "Eng_ActEdit.ini" to "ActEdit.ini"
-Color Palette Editor ( ONLINE )
-Color Ramp Creator ( ONLINE )
-CoMiGo's palette generator ( ONLINE )
-Cyotek color palette editor 1.6.2.316
-Gradientifier
-Palette creator 1.05
-Palette Knife 1.0.0.52
-PaletteMaker 1.5 (Trial) ($)
-PaletteEditor 1.02
-PalMerge 3.00d
-PalOtt
-PaletteScope 1.1.4 (english translation by me)
-PEdit 0.9.1
-PixelPaletteTool 1.2
-Vector Chimera 0.2
List of free 2D animations tools:
-3D2Sprite
-Animata 004
-AnimeEffects 1.3.4
-Creatoon 3.0
-Cyotek Gif Animator 0.0.5.2
-DragonBones Pro 5.6.3
-EasyToon 1.9.9
-enve 7.1.20
-Express Animate 3.12
-Jasc animation shop 3.11
-Kinovea 0.8.15
-Kpedit 0.1.1
-OpenToonz 1.4, based on "Toonz" program, See my page of useful videos tutorials links.
-OpenToonz Morevna edition 1.4, a enhanced version of Opentoonz.
-MR Easy Sprite Animation 0.35
-Pencil2D 0.6.5
-Plastic Animation Paper 4.0
-Skeleton 1.1 (wait a moment to grab the file from wayback machine)
-Spriter ($)
-Synfig 1.2.2
-Tahoma2D 1.1, NEW FORK OPENTOONZ, easy UI
-Tupi Desk 0.2.16 (KTooN fork), Maefloresta's tutorials
-Vectorian Giotto 3.0.0
-VPaint 1.7
List of free 2D tile map and level editors:
-2D Map Editor 1.0
-BlockDesigner 3.00
-Brick Atelier 0.85
-Crocotile 3D 1.5.4
-Jugimap 0.96 beta
-LDtk 0.3.2 beta
-GLEED2D - Generic Level Editor 2D 1.3
-Mappy Tile Map Editor 1.4.23
-MR Tiles Master 0.75
-Ogmo editor 3.3
-Tile map editor (TileME) 1.2.2
-Tile Studio 2.0, old version http://tilestudio.sourceforge.net/
-Tiled 1.4.2
-tIDE Tile Map Editor 2.0.7
-Tiles Builder 2.51
-TuDee 1.0.4
-Universal Map Editor 1.4
List of free 2D sprite sheets editors:
-Cyotek Spriter 1.9.0.247
-darkFunction Editor
-GlueIT 1.06
-Quadtastic 0.6.6
-ShoeBox 3.6.5
-Simple Sprite Editor 1.0.5
-SpritePad, CharPad
-Swf spritesheet creator 1.7
-TukunEditor 0.71 ( english translation by me)
List of free 2D 3D sprites particles generators:
-Arcade explosion generator
-DP-Animator: Explosion
-Effekseer 1.52m
-Exploser ( only in japanese but easy to understand )
-Explosion generator 1.1
-ExploGen V2
-Explosion Texture Generator 1.1
-MR Effects to SpriteSheet 0.1.2.1
-Simple Explosion Maker
-SystemX
-Talos 1.0.7
List of free screen color picker:
-Colorcop 5.4.5
-ColorPic
-Colorpix 1.1
-Just Color Picker 5.5
List of free 2D icons, cursors editors:
-AniFX 1.0
-Greenfish Icon Editor Pro 3.6
-IcoFX 1.6.4
-Junior icon editor 4.39
-LiquidIcon XP Editor 1.0.4
-RealWorld Cursor Editor 2013.1
-Snicoedit 2.2.8
-Varilcons Icon Editor
List of free GIF capture videos tools:
-GifCam 6.0
-LICEcap 1.28
List of free compositing and editing videos tools:
-Blender 2.83.8 & 2.90.1
-Fusion 16
-Natron 2.3.15
-OpenShot 2.5.1
-Shotcut 19.07.15
-VideoPad
List of free audio editor tools:
EASY
-Audacity 2.4.2
-WaveShop 1.0.14
-Wavosaur 1.7.0.0
List of free music maker tools:
VERY EASY
-BeepBox 3.0.10
-Circuli - generative ambient sound instrument ( ONLINE )
-Chordpulse misc tools
-Chrome music lab ( ONLINE )
-Duck Composer
-Images to Music
-iNudge ( ONLINE )
-Mario Paint Composer, some soundfonts: http://cynagen.com/mprecord/?page=soundfonts
-Music maker ( ONLINE )
-Otomata - generative musical sequencer ( ONLINE )
-Pixitracker 16bit and 1bit v1.6
-ModBox 3.2.2 ( ONLINE )
EASY
-Audiosauna [ONLINE]
-Bosca ceoil 2.0
-Midi Maker 1.01
-Musagi 1.68, ( Tip for Musagi to have better view on the pattern: Edit the config.txt file with notepad, and at the line "doublesize: 0" set "0 to "1" and save )
-Musagi 0.24a unofficial (buggy now under win10), created by my brother and me.
-Pxtone 0.9.2.5, Manual here, (you must delete japanese.ico to have english interface), source code : http://pxtone.org/developer/
-Sunvox 1.9.5d
-TS-404 (synthesizer)
AVERAGE ( need base of tracking skills )
-Arkos tracker 1.0, Arkos tracker 2.0
-Adlib Tracker II SDL 2.4.24
-Buzz 1503, Buzz Machines
-DefleMask 0.12.0
-FamiStudio 2.2.1
-Famitracker 0.4.6 ( nes tracker)
-Fasttracker 2 clone 1.36
-OCC Famitracker 0.3.15.3 (Famitracker fork based on the official 0.5.0 beta source)
-Game boy tracker 2.6.1
-FM Composer 1.7
-HivelyTracker 1.8
-Jitt64 1.04
-klystrack 1.7.6,-tutorials for klystrack
-LMMS 1.2.2
-Mod2PSG2 2.05 (master system tracker)
-Musetracker 1.5 ( nes tracker)
-ProTracker clone 1.24
-Protrekkr 2.5.4
-Psycle 1.12.2 beta
-SnevenTracker 0.2.2 (fork of famitracker and OCC famitracker)
-VGM tracker 1.11 (sega genesis tracker)
HARD ( need more tracking skills )
-Aodix 4 (use only VSTi plugins to make sound, no need samples files
-Milkytracker 1.02
-OpenMPT 1.29.04.00
-Skale Tracker 0.81
-Schism Tracker 20190805
List of free sound maker tools:
EASY
-as3sfxr
-BeepFX 1.11
-bfxr 1.5.1
-Chiptone 0.4.1
-evosfxr
-LabChirp 1.60
-Leshy SFMaker [ONLINE]
-Lonelynoise [ONLINE]
-rFXGen 2.1
-Sfxr
List of Misc Useful tools:
-Artmesh 3.4.558
-Awakening 2 1.8, Awakening 3.6 (old version)
-Cartography shop 4.1
-DeleD 2.45
-evolved tools and shaders (some tools for Darkbasic Pro)
-gile[s] 2.0 beta 4
-MeshLab 2020.07
-NeoTextureEdit 0.6.4
-Pix3led 2.0.1
-Reptile 2.01
-Terrain generator 3.0.5
-Texture processor 1.3
-Wood workshop 1.01
List of Setup Installation Makers Tools:
-Innosetup 6.0.5
-Install Creator 2
-NSIS 3.06.1
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Japanese realtime toon/manga render (interface in english):
Celsview : import 3ds and mqo files.
you can download this cool character to test Celsview:
Isako
Happy rendering all !
Last update: January 07 2020
List of free 3d engine and game engine:
EASY
-Blender 3D 2.79
-FPS Classic 1.20 ( now open source with all 3d models packs)
-MANU 1.0.1a
-Raycasting Game Maker 4.62 & 5.31 (use high res)
-Ray game designer 2
-Silent Walk FPS Creator 2 (Now free)
-Silent Walk: RENAISSANCE
AVERAGE ( need programming skills )
-3D Game Builder 1.7.1
-Alice 3.6.0.0
-Apocalyx 0.9.3
-Basic4gl 2.6.4 and Basic4gl Mobile 1.3.4
-Bennugd 1.00 r348
-Blitz3D 1.108c, (can also make 2D games), Now it's open source : GitHub Blitz3D, Some tutorials http://www.winterbrose.com/blitzbasic3d.html, http://jnoodle.com/Blitz3D/, http://bytecode77.com/coding/devilengines
-BlitzMax 1.50, Now it's open source : GitHub BlitzMax, IDE:Blide
-Cafu 3D 12.05
-Cube 1 engine
-Cube 2 engine Sauerbraten
-DarkBASIC Pro Open source, (can also make 2D games)
-DIV games studio
-Esenthel engine
-Evaldraw 10/04/2020
-Godot Engine 3.2.3
-Jolt-3d 4.45 ( can load COB format )
-Maratis3d 0.3.21 beta
-Megakerma 3.0
-Naalaa 6 (1.0.4)
-Neoaxis 3D engine 2020.6
-Platinum Arts sandbox 2.8.2
-Raylib 3.0 (can also make 2D games)
-RPG Paper Maker 1.6.1
-Tesseract engine first edition (11/05/2014 ), (go in "alt" link to get the last nightly build with last fixes and new adds.)
-Urho 3D 1.8 alpha
HARD ( need more programming skills )
-Bonzai 1.4.1
-Build Engine 1.0
-Build Engine 2.0
-ezEngine 20.8
-Irrlicht 1.8.4
-Jmonkey 3.3.1
-Lumberyard beta 1.25 (free 3D engine by Amazon based on Cryengine)
-Ogre 3D 1.12.9 & 2.2.4
-Panda 3D 1.10.7
-Pnd3D engine
-Torque 3D 3.10.1(see on github, releases section to get the last version)
-Unreal Engine 4.26
-Unity 2020.1.7
-Voxlap, and this cool example game using voxlap engine:voxelstein3d (source code available)
-Stride3D 4.0.0.1 (old name Xenko)
List of free 3D modeling and animation tools:
EASY
-Autodesk 123dapp
-3DAce 2.72
-Anim8or 1.0.1 v1383
-Blockbench 3.7.4
-Character fx 1.2, import: 3DS, OBJ, TXT (milkshape3D ASCII); export: 3DS, B3D, X , MD2 , OBJ, TXT (milkshape3D ASCII), and N (Nebula)
-CubeKingdom 2.0
-Cv3D 1.09
-DAZ studio pro 4.12.2.6
-Dilay 1.9.0
-DOGA - L1
-Freeship 2.6
-Google SketchUp 8.0.15158
-Goxel 0.10.6
-Hamapatch 2.9 and 3.0 preview version1.03
-Hexagon 2.5.2.137
-Hexagreat 3D 5.2.5
-kHED 1.1.5
-LeoCAD 0.83.1-9306
-LEGO Digital Designer 4.3.12
-Looxis Faceworx 1.0 (June 2013)
-MagicaVoxel 0.99.6
-MakeHuman 1.2.0
-MarbleClay 6.4
-MeshMolder 2020
-Misfit3D 1.2.4 (stable) and 1.3.8 (Dev), FORK :Maverick Model 3D 1.3.12
-Neobarok 2.0.i
-Pacemaker 1.34b
-Sculptris
-Sweet Home 3D 6.4
-Tattoo 3D 1.86
-trueSpace MS Legacy Edition V1.1
-Unicorn3D 2013.1
-VECTARY (online 3d tool)
-VoxelShop
-Wings 3D 2.2.5
AVERAGE
-Albatross 3D
-Art of Illusion 3.1.0
-bforartists 2.5.1 (a cool Blender fork)
-Blender 2.83.7 & 2.90.1
-Cherish
-Dust3D 1.0 rc6
-FreeCAD 0.18.4
-Gmax 1.2
-K-3D 0.8.0.6
-Meshmixer 3.5
-OpenFX 2.4
-Seamless 3D 3.007
-Xismo 2.25a
-Xsi mod tool 6.01
-Xsi mod tool 7.5
List of free UV mapper, paint texture, texture pack tools:
-LithUnwrap 1.3f
-SpriteUV2 1.61 ($)
-Tattoo 3D 1.86
-UVmapper classic 0.30a
List of free normal map, bump map, texture generator:
-Agama materials 0.2
-AwesomeBump 5.1 ( need Windows 7/8 or newer)
-Gimp normal map 1.2.3 ( you need Gimp )
-InsaneBump script for Gimp
-InsaneBump 2.5
-Laigter 1.10.02
-Mapzone 2.6
-Materialize 1.78
-Material Maker 0.92
-NeoTextureEdit 0.6.4
-njob 1.0
-NormalMap-Online
-Nvidia melody 1.2
-Nvidia normal map plugin ( you need Photoshop )
-PixaFlux 2020 09 16
-ShaderMap 4.3.4 (free for non commercial use)
-SMAK 2.0
-Smart Normal 2.0 (Online)
-SSbump generator 5.3
-TexGraph 0.4.0
-TextureLab 0.2.0
-Texture Tool
-xNormal 3.19.3c (64-bit)
List of free 3D external renders:
-Appleseed 2.1.0 beta
-FastPix3D 3.1.0
-Fujiyama Renderer 0.3.7 alpha
-FurryBall RT free edition
-Kerkythea Echo boost RC 2.5.2, Kerkythea 3.0 boost edition
-Literay 6.0.2
-Luxrender 2.4
-Mitsuba 0.5.0
-Nox 0.44 (Now Open source)
-Picogen 0.3.1
-Pixar Renderman 23
-POV-Ray 3.8.0, PoseRay 3.13.29 and Moray 3.5
-Yafaray 3.5.1 for Blender 2.78, Yafaray 0.9.0 for trueSpace 7.61 Workspace
List of free 3d plant models and 3D tree models:
-ngPlant 0.9.13
-PlantStudio 2.1 [now free]
-tree[d]
-Tree It
List of free 3d objects viewer and 3d objects converter:
-3d model viewer 0.3.5.4
-Konvertor 5.04.18
-Noesis v4.433
-P3dO Explorer 2.8R2
List of free 2D engine:
EASY (NO CODING)
-Arcade Game Studio 1.34, bundled with CHM help file made by Cellulo, all-in-one file pack.
-Clickteam Fusion 2.5 Free Edition
-Construct classic 1.2 and R2 (last version), (SOON new file with all plugins and examples files (*.cap) in one file hosted by me.)
-Gamedevelop 4.0.94 and 5.0.0.100 beta (open source)
-GB Studio 2.0.0 beta3
-InterAx game engine 3.3.1
-Novelty 0.8.9
-Scrolling game development kit 1.46
-Scrolling game development kit 2.31, samples and resources
-Scroller Shooter Creator 1.19 (NOW FREE)
AVERAGE/HARD ( need programming skills )
-Adventure Game Studio 3.5.0 patch5
-BennuGD-1.0.0-r348 and need Bennu Pack
-Bitmelo 2.0.0
-Bladecoder Adventure Engine 4.0.1
-Blitzplus 1.47, Now it's open source : GitHub Blizplus SRC, youtube videos tutorials : 1, 2.
-Cerberux X v2020-05-09b
-Cocos2d-x v4.0, v3.17.2, v2.2.6, Cocos Creator 2.4.2
-Corona
-Ct.js 1.4.2
-Defold 1.2.174
-Duality 2
-FIFE engine 0.4.0
-Flare 1.11
-Franck engine 0.6.5.5
-Freebasic 1.07.1
-GameMaker Studio 2 Free Edition
-Gideros 2020.9.1
-Godot Engine 3.2.3
-Impact 1.24
-libGDX 1.9.10, also can make 3D games.
-Love2d 0.11.3
-LowRes NX 1.1
-Melonjs 8.01 (html5)
-MicroStudio dev
-Monkey X engine 87a
-MonoGame 3.8, also can make 3D games.
-Naalaa 6 (1.0.4)
-Novashell
-OpenBOR 3.0 6391, new version : OpenBOR 3.0 6510(need register to download)
-OpenSurge 0.5.1.2
-Paintown 3.6.1
-PGE engine 0.4.0 alpha
-Phaser 3.21.1(html5)
-Pixel Vision 8
-Pixelbox 2.0.2
-PixiJS v5.3.3 (html5)
-Pygame 1.9.6
-RCBasic
-RC Engine 1.5.0
-Slick2D
-Solarus arpg engine 1.6.4
-Tilengine 2.8.5
-Torque 2D 3.0 (see github, releases section , to get the last release)
-Tululoo game maker 1.3.0, binary and source code (purebasic) of the 2.00 version is available in the tululoo forum.
-Wade 4.11
List of free 2D images editor and paints editor:
-1bitpaint
-8bitpaint
-Active Pixels 2
-Alchemy beta 009 Win
-AzDrawing 2.02, Tips
-AzPainter 2.12, Tips, Tutorials
-Autodesk SketchBook 8.7.1.0
-Chasys Draw IES 5.01.01
-Creative Docs .NET 3.3.6
-Darktable 3.2.1
-Deep Paint 2.0
-Drawpile 2.1.17
-FireAlpaca 2.3.16
-FotoSketcher 3.70
-Gimp 2.10.20
-Gimphoto 24.1
-G'MIC 2.9.2
-GLIPS Graffiti 1.5
-HeliosPaint 1.7
-Hexels 3.15 ($)
-inkscape 1.01, a cheap alternative is Drawplus X8 from Serif, it's old but have more features than Affinity Designer the last vector tool from Serif company.
-Jump Paint 4.0
-Krita 4.4.0
-LazPaint 7.1.5
-LView Pro 2006
-MediBang Paint 25.4.
-MyPaint 2.0.1
-Opencanvas 1.1
-Paint.NET 4.2.13
-PaintStar 2.70
-PhotoDemon 7.0.1
-Photofiltre 8.4
-PhotoScape 3.7
-PhoXo 8.4.0
-Pictbear 2.0.4
-Pinta 1.7
-PixBuilder Studio 2.2.0
-Pixelitor 4.2.3
-Pixia 6.50me
-Pixelformer 0.9.6.3 RC3
-Ponyscape 0.4 patched
-Qaquarelle 0.0.4a
-Rendera 1.9
-RealWorld Paint 2013.1
-Saint Paint studio 18.1
-sK1 2.0
-Sodipodi 0.34
-Storyboarder 1.0
-SpeedyPainter 3.6.4
-Ultimate Paint 2.88 LE
-Vectr
-Verve 0.99w.08, Manual, Demos videos
List of free perspective tools:
-Carapace 1.0 by Epicgames
-Perspective Sketch 1.0
List of free 2D pixel editor:
-Aseprite 0.9.5 (last version free), the lastest version is not free but it can be free if you can compile the source code: Source info compilation
-Autodesk Animator Pro 1.3a (need Dosbox to work), and the source code http://animatorpro.org/
-AzPainter 2.12, Tips, Tutorials
-Chasys Draw IES 5.01.01
-Crosti 1.17.0
-Cstitch 0.9.8
-D-Pixed 2.17
-dpixel 0.1.1
-Dither Machine beta 6
-Edge 1.29b, Edge 1.29c ( only in japanese )
-Evilpixie 0.1
-FireAlpaca 2.3.16
-FontSprite 1.17
-Gimp 2.10.20
-grafx2-2.6
-GraphicsGale 2.08.21 [NOW FREE], A cool Graphicsgale manual, Japanese sprite tutorial
-Hexels 3.15 ($)
-iDraw 3.32.3 EN new english version by me
-LibreSprite 1.0
-LodePaint
-Mini Sprite Editor 1.0.9
-Moai 1.7 (successor of Autodesk Animator)
-mtPaint 3.40
-Multipaint 08/08/2020
-Paint of Persia 0.3.2
-PaintCAD 4Windows 1.4.1.1189
-Paint.NET 4.2.13
-Paint.Net Animation Helper v1.0.0.96
-Pictbear 2.0.4
-Piskel 0.14.0
-PixaVoxet 2.01F
-Pixelmash ($)
-Pixelorama 0.8
-Pixelmash 2020.1 ($)
-PixelToolbox 1.1
-Pro Motion NG 7.2.7 (aka Pro Motion 7) ($)
-Pyxeledit 0.2.22c
-PixelShop
-REXPaint 1.60
-SPARTAN 1.2.1
-Tilemancer 0.2.1
-Timanthes 3.0 beta 2, Timanthes 2.3 beta with source code
-Wally 1.55b
-Zixel 1.0.30
List of free color palette editor:
-ActEdit 0.78b (for MUGEN engine), To have english interface, delete "ActEdit.ini" file and rename "Eng_ActEdit.ini" to "ActEdit.ini"
-Color Palette Editor ( ONLINE )
-Color Ramp Creator ( ONLINE )
-CoMiGo's palette generator ( ONLINE )
-Cyotek color palette editor 1.6.2.316
-Gradientifier
-Palette creator 1.05
-Palette Knife 1.0.0.52
-PaletteMaker 1.5 (Trial) ($)
-PaletteEditor 1.02
-PalMerge 3.00d
-PalOtt
-PaletteScope 1.1.4 (english translation by me)
-PEdit 0.9.1
-PixelPaletteTool 1.2
-Vector Chimera 0.2
List of free 2D animations tools:
-3D2Sprite
-Animata 004
-AnimeEffects 1.3.4
-Creatoon 3.0
-Cyotek Gif Animator 0.0.5.2
-DragonBones Pro 5.6.3
-EasyToon 1.9.9
-enve 7.1.20
-Express Animate 3.12
-Jasc animation shop 3.11
-Kinovea 0.8.15
-Kpedit 0.1.1
-OpenToonz 1.4, based on "Toonz" program, See my page of useful videos tutorials links.
-OpenToonz Morevna edition 1.4, a enhanced version of Opentoonz.
-MR Easy Sprite Animation 0.35
-Pencil2D 0.6.5
-Plastic Animation Paper 4.0
-Skeleton 1.1 (wait a moment to grab the file from wayback machine)
-Spriter ($)
-Synfig 1.2.2
-Tahoma2D 1.1, NEW FORK OPENTOONZ, easy UI
-Tupi Desk 0.2.16 (KTooN fork), Maefloresta's tutorials
-Vectorian Giotto 3.0.0
-VPaint 1.7
List of free 2D tile map and level editors:
-2D Map Editor 1.0
-BlockDesigner 3.00
-Brick Atelier 0.85
-Crocotile 3D 1.5.4
-Jugimap 0.96 beta
-LDtk 0.3.2 beta
-GLEED2D - Generic Level Editor 2D 1.3
-Mappy Tile Map Editor 1.4.23
-MR Tiles Master 0.75
-Ogmo editor 3.3
-Tile map editor (TileME) 1.2.2
-Tile Studio 2.0, old version http://tilestudio.sourceforge.net/
-Tiled 1.4.2
-tIDE Tile Map Editor 2.0.7
-Tiles Builder 2.51
-TuDee 1.0.4
-Universal Map Editor 1.4
List of free 2D sprite sheets editors:
-Cyotek Spriter 1.9.0.247
-darkFunction Editor
-GlueIT 1.06
-Quadtastic 0.6.6
-ShoeBox 3.6.5
-Simple Sprite Editor 1.0.5
-SpritePad, CharPad
-Swf spritesheet creator 1.7
-TukunEditor 0.71 ( english translation by me)
List of free 2D 3D sprites particles generators:
-Arcade explosion generator
-DP-Animator: Explosion
-Effekseer 1.52m
-Exploser ( only in japanese but easy to understand )
-Explosion generator 1.1
-ExploGen V2
-Explosion Texture Generator 1.1
-MR Effects to SpriteSheet 0.1.2.1
-Simple Explosion Maker
-SystemX
-Talos 1.0.7
List of free screen color picker:
-Colorcop 5.4.5
-ColorPic
-Colorpix 1.1
-Just Color Picker 5.5
List of free 2D icons, cursors editors:
-AniFX 1.0
-Greenfish Icon Editor Pro 3.6
-IcoFX 1.6.4
-Junior icon editor 4.39
-LiquidIcon XP Editor 1.0.4
-RealWorld Cursor Editor 2013.1
-Snicoedit 2.2.8
-Varilcons Icon Editor
List of free GIF capture videos tools:
-GifCam 6.0
-LICEcap 1.28
List of free compositing and editing videos tools:
-Blender 2.83.8 & 2.90.1
-Fusion 16
-Natron 2.3.15
-OpenShot 2.5.1
-Shotcut 19.07.15
-VideoPad
List of free audio editor tools:
EASY
-Audacity 2.4.2
-WaveShop 1.0.14
-Wavosaur 1.7.0.0
List of free music maker tools:
VERY EASY
-BeepBox 3.0.10
-Circuli - generative ambient sound instrument ( ONLINE )
-Chordpulse misc tools
-Chrome music lab ( ONLINE )
-Duck Composer
-Images to Music
-iNudge ( ONLINE )
-Mario Paint Composer, some soundfonts: http://cynagen.com/mprecord/?page=soundfonts
-Music maker ( ONLINE )
-Otomata - generative musical sequencer ( ONLINE )
-Pixitracker 16bit and 1bit v1.6
-ModBox 3.2.2 ( ONLINE )
EASY
-Audiosauna [ONLINE]
-Bosca ceoil 2.0
-Midi Maker 1.01
-Musagi 1.68, ( Tip for Musagi to have better view on the pattern: Edit the config.txt file with notepad, and at the line "doublesize: 0" set "0 to "1" and save )
-Musagi 0.24a unofficial (buggy now under win10), created by my brother and me.
-Pxtone 0.9.2.5, Manual here, (you must delete japanese.ico to have english interface), source code : http://pxtone.org/developer/
-Sunvox 1.9.5d
-TS-404 (synthesizer)
AVERAGE ( need base of tracking skills )
-Arkos tracker 1.0, Arkos tracker 2.0
-Adlib Tracker II SDL 2.4.24
-Buzz 1503, Buzz Machines
-DefleMask 0.12.0
-FamiStudio 2.2.1
-Famitracker 0.4.6 ( nes tracker)
-Fasttracker 2 clone 1.36
-OCC Famitracker 0.3.15.3 (Famitracker fork based on the official 0.5.0 beta source)
-Game boy tracker 2.6.1
-FM Composer 1.7
-HivelyTracker 1.8
-Jitt64 1.04
-klystrack 1.7.6,-tutorials for klystrack
-LMMS 1.2.2
-Mod2PSG2 2.05 (master system tracker)
-Musetracker 1.5 ( nes tracker)
-ProTracker clone 1.24
-Protrekkr 2.5.4
-Psycle 1.12.2 beta
-SnevenTracker 0.2.2 (fork of famitracker and OCC famitracker)
-VGM tracker 1.11 (sega genesis tracker)
HARD ( need more tracking skills )
-Aodix 4 (use only VSTi plugins to make sound, no need samples files
-Milkytracker 1.02
-OpenMPT 1.29.04.00
-Skale Tracker 0.81
-Schism Tracker 20190805
List of free sound maker tools:
EASY
-as3sfxr
-BeepFX 1.11
-bfxr 1.5.1
-Chiptone 0.4.1
-evosfxr
-LabChirp 1.60
-Leshy SFMaker [ONLINE]
-Lonelynoise [ONLINE]
-rFXGen 2.1
-Sfxr
List of Misc Useful tools:
-Artmesh 3.4.558
-Awakening 2 1.8, Awakening 3.6 (old version)
-Cartography shop 4.1
-DeleD 2.45
-evolved tools and shaders (some tools for Darkbasic Pro)
-gile[s] 2.0 beta 4
-MeshLab 2020.07
-NeoTextureEdit 0.6.4
-Pix3led 2.0.1
-Reptile 2.01
-Terrain generator 3.0.5
-Texture processor 1.3
-Wood workshop 1.01
List of Setup Installation Makers Tools:
-Innosetup 6.0.5
-Install Creator 2
-NSIS 3.06.1
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Japanese realtime toon/manga render (interface in english):
Celsview : import 3ds and mqo files.
you can download this cool character to test Celsview:
Isako
Happy rendering all !