Free Development Tools, for all.

Games are art, but sometimes it can be intimidating when one wants to start creating in that space.
To help make things a little simpler, here are some of my favorite, free development programs. 
You can download some of these tools, and also follow links to demo/trial versions of some different game engines.

Tools are just that; tools. What you use and what you do with them is up to the you; so explore, have fun, and be expressive.
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Atom
A free text editor, perfect for editing or writing code.

atomsetup.exe
File Size: 84307 kb
File Type: exe
Download File

Audacity
Free audio software that does it all. Fairly easy to use, too!

audacity-win-2.1.2.exe
File Size: 26496 kb
File Type: exe
Download File

Gimp
A free graphics editing utility, sometimes called the poor man's Photoshop. Fully featured, but with a bit of a learning curve.

gimp-2.8.10-setup.exe
File Size: 90396 kb
File Type: exe
Download File

Google Nik
A full suite of photography/image editing software plugins.

Download Here

GAME ENGINES

A growing list of game engines. Each has a trial or is free to use, and has their own robust communities. Each has their strengths, and can be used for professional or hobbyist projects.

Unreal Engine

Extremely powerful and accessible multiplatform game engine. Free to use with extensive resources.

Unity
A higher end multiplatform game engine. Free to use with royalties, and a massive support system and store with countless assets, plugins, and the like.

Construct 3
An easy to use, affordable game engine. HTML 5 based, with visual and FSM workflow.

RPG Maker MV
​A more flexible, powerful Javascript based version of the popular RPG Maker engine. 

Godot Engine
Free and Open Source under the very permissive MIT License. No strings attached, no royalties, nothing. Your game is yours, down to the last line of engine code.

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