AGDG-pastebin.md

Amateur Game Dev General

>>>/vg/agdg

>>>dropbox/agdg

>>>foolz/vg/agdg

>>>[DEMOS]

>>>[PROGRESS]

>>>[RECAP]

pick one fgts

AGDG resources

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• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aq3t6_4BZDVndHRVekxUYjladjhCby1ST3g0RXllenc&usp=sharing#gid=0

  The AGDG project spreadsheet.

• http://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=561827

  Meet hot gamedevs in your area!

• http://soundcloud.com/groups/agdg-audiofriends

  http://pastebin.com/hC7VfYE3

  Super AGDG Music Bros. Ask them to make music for your game, then stop replying to emails.

• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap2hrAnMNJ6kdHBzd0ZqTk5ZU2dLX1NZTVNrSUxDUXc#gid=0

  AGDG Tutors. Be sure to ask them to do your homework.

• https://www.dropbox.com/sh/adcbqwhnk9iczxq/2TvhIxQ9UA

  The Dropbox progress archive. scroll down for older archives

• irc://chat.freenode.net/##agdg

  irc://chat.freenode.net/#vidyadev

  Webchat for both channels

  IRC. the channels are about idling and Dota2 respectively

• http://steamcommunity.com/groups/vgamedevcrew

  I warn all people against this group as there are probably real rapists within.

posting progress

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• http://www.cockos.com/licecap/

  http://blog.bahraniapps.com/?page_id=21

  Just like make GIFs. record your vidya to show to all your little internet buddies and complain when the colors come out wrong.

• http://exkode.com/dxtory-features-en.html

  Dickstory is fraps but good. Useful for recording audio or longer format video. Check /rs/.

• http://dropbox.com

  http://puu.sh

  http://mega.co.nz

  Free hosting for game demos. Dropbox hosts html, which means js or unity webplayer games run fine. Puush links directly, which works for .swf or .love files.

• http://pastebin.com

  http://hastebin.com

  Don't try to post your shit code to 4chan directly, use a pastebin. hastebin will autodetect language for syntax highlighting, which is nice.

• http://tumblr.com

  #vidyadev #AGDG #smoke-weed-everyday #yoloswag

  Use/track those first two tags, they are progress specific.

Guides and Tutorials

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Getting Started

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• http://heartvine.tumblr.com/post/17243872646/indie-game-dev-faq

  Vine's guide to the vidyadev.

• http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php

  The Old Media /agdg/. Searchable.

• http://makegames.tumblr.com/post/1136623767/finishing-a-game

  Finish your game. No really, go finish it.

• http://pixelprospector.com/indie-resources

  How to spin your game into a business, with money and employees and shit.

• http://www.gamasutra.com/

  An "insider" news site, much like Variety, but for games. Reprints a bunch of material from AAA gamedevs and successful indies alike.

Programming

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• http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~amitp/gameprog.html

  Algorithms commonly used in vidyadev. Check here for pathfinding, AI, Coordinate transforms, and Entity models.

• http://www.metanetsoftware.com/technique/tutorialA.html

  A venerable collision detection tutorial. made by the guys who wrote N+.

• http://gafferongames.com/game-physics/

  http://gafferongames.com/networking-for-game-programmers/

  Covers such topics as: Game physics and loop architecture, networking, state determinism in games and so forth. Mostly of interest to multiplayer devs.

• http://content.gpwiki.org/index.php

  The Game Programming Wiki. Offers a lot of material, in a lot of different programming languages and libraries. Seems to have a low-level, engine creation bias.

Art and Sound

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• http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/pixel-art-tutorials/

  Grab bag of pixel art tutorials, from beginner to intermediate.

• http://pastebin.com/8nSYsL7R

  One anon's musicmaking process in guide format.

• http://youtu.be/Fy0aCDmgnxg

  Juice it or Lose it, or: How to Polish your Turd to a Mirror Shine

Free shit

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All free shit will either be labeled CC-NOPE meaning not actually "free" per se and will probably slam you with a C&D, CC-BY-NC, meaning it cannot be used commercially, or CC0 meaning do whatever the fuck you want. Note that I am using these as umbrella licenses and they may or may not actually apply.

Free software

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• https://github.com/amgade/gamedev-alternatives

  Alternatives to commercial software and closed source freeware for game development.

Free Sounds

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• http://www.freesound.org

  A sound effect portal, includes both amateur and professional work. Not really geared toward gamedev. (CC-BY-NC)

• http://www.superflashbros.net/as3sfxr/

  Lofi bleeps 'n bloops synth. Click the mutate button and get 100% original, low-effort effects. (CC0)

• https://soundcloud.com/search/sounds?q=vgm&filter.license=to_modify_commercially

  Creative Commons licensed soundcloud tracks. Modify the search to fit your needs. (CC0)

Free Grafix

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• http://www.spriters-resource.com/

  Sprites from existing games. (CC-NOPE)

• http://opengameart.org/

  A portal for placeholder art. Licences vary. (CC-BY-NC)

• http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=8970.0

  Oryx design labs sprites as seen in Realm of the Mad God. (CC-BY-NC)

• http://www.indiedb.com/groups/unity-devs/downloads/100-free-fantasy-assets-by-digital-roar-studios

  100 fantasy-themed unity assets. (CC0)

• http://www.mediafire.com/?62mayh7us7jpgw9

  http://www.mediafire.com/?q8ycy9m7zswv7ri

  http://www.mediafire.com/?lrfxk4hth90clt3

  Screenshots of lowpoly art. Good for references/inspiration. (CC-NOPE)

100% Original Ideas Don't Steal

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• http://www.squidi.net/three/index.php

• http://orteil.dashnet.org/gamegen

• http://ideaguy.99k.org/

Ancient history

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Everything here is considered DEPRECATED.

• http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Games_Made_by_/V/irgins

  An old project list, Dates back to the /v/ days.

• http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14853701/AGDG/Dropbox.html

  NG's Archive. updated till the end of July 2013.

  >;_;7

• https://www.copy.com/s/cVIdHlFyhkDR/AGDG

  The copybox archive. Lasts most of august 2013.

• http://sites.google.com/site/vidyadevresources

  More /v/ links. The tutorials are probably still fresh but the content/suggestions definitely aren't.

• http://pastebin.com/xM5d4qu1

  A list of game library suggestions. Supposedly updated 2013, but the info calls now mature libraries indev and and references dead relics.

How 2 edit

login to your github account and fork it, ez. I'll take pull requests from the comments section.

Don't have a github? do a !tell Alloyed in #vidyadev.