Luggage posted:

I've worked my way through most of a book about making games with ActionScript 3.0 before and also did about a dozen tutorial games in C++ a few years back. I'm pretty much an enthusiast newbie coder and would like to use my free July to participate. I am not married to any platform or language. What's a good and free framework/language/library to spend the next 1-2 weeks learning to have a decent basis to stumble myself through a basic game prototype for this jam? I'm not adverse to math, but unless it is ridiculously simple, I'd rather forego 3D for 2D.

Luggage posted:

One more on that recommendation, from what I see Unreal Engine is exclusively for 3D stuff. I am definitely looking towards 2D as a beginner. Is this possible with Unreal Engine? And since they get compared a lot, how easy is 2D stuff with Unity?

Tube posted:

If I were to compete this year (which I haven't in a few, and probably won't this year either), would it be acceptable under the current rules to create art assets using stop-motion animation of real-world objects such as, say, action figures or Barbie dolls? I've considered doing that several years running now, and just couldn't be bothered to take the time, but who knows, maybe this year will be different.

The White Dragon posted:

netcat posted:

Shoehead posted:

Heran Bago posted:

free resources

Textures

https://textures.com
A free account can download 15 per day. A paid subscription can get far more and at much higher resolution, but it's still not unlimited.
License: "Our images may be used for many different purposes, such as game development".

https://opengameart.org 1,645 textures.
License: Various.

http://www.blendswap.com/ 649 textures, 950 materials, 116 looping patterns.
Blender Focused. A free account is allowed 20 downloads per month.
License: CC-*.


Music

http://www.zapsplat.com/ 34 songs
License: Royalty Free

https://opengameart.org 2,730 songs.
License: Various.

http://www.soundjay.com/
License: Royalty free


Sound Effects

http://www.stillnorthmedia.com
These guys kickstarted two sound effects libraries. Tons of high quality real gun and medieval weaponry sound effects. Real also means that the guns go 'pap pap' instead of 'bang bang'.
License: Not sure what you would call it.

http://www.zapsplat.com/ 10,379 sound effects
License: "Our sound effects can be used in almost any project be it non-commercial, commercial and even for broadcast. "

https://www.freesound.org
License: Creative Commons

http://soundbible.com/royalty-free-sounds-1.html 1,550 sounds
License: Creative Commons and Public Domain

https://www.partnersinrhyme.com
License: Royalty free and Public Domain

http://www.soundjay.com/
License: Royalty free

https://opengameart.org 825 files.
Many contain several sound effects.
License: Various.


3D Models

http://www.blendswap.com/ 17,163 minus a couple thousand, give or take.
Blender Focused. A free account is allowed 20 downloads per month.
License: CC-*.

https://opengameart.org 2,257 models.
License: Various.

https://turbosquid.com 656,926 total. 22,468 free.
See also https://www.pixelsquid.com/ for stock images.
License: "Royalty Free License"

http://tf3dm.com/ 15,463 free
I like this one.
Licence: Various

http://www.3dxtras.com/ 10,278 free
License: "not copyrighted unless stated. You are free to use these models in your projects to generate games"

http://www.thingiverse.com/ ???
3D Printing focused.
License: generally Creative Commons

https://pinshape.com 20,126
3D Printing focused.
Licence: CC

http://www.123dapp.com/ 555,664
3D Photographs, licensed characters, you name it.
License: generally Creative Commons-non commercial

https://cults3d.com ???
Generally free, quality models that are intended for 3D Printing but many could have use in games
License: Creative Commons

https://yeggi.com 1,011,883 (!)
Serves as an aggregate and search engine for other model sites, so you will need to click to see if there is still a valid download or what the license is. The site acts like it's 3D printing focused but the model selection is all over the place.
Licence: Various

https://www.yobi3d.com ???
Serves as an aggregate and search engine for other model sites, so you will need to click to see if there is still a valid download or what the license is.
License: Various

http://3dsha.re/browse/ 1,820 free
All over the place in terms of quality.
License: Creative Commons

http://www.top3d.net/ 108 free

http://www.3dmodels-textures.com/3dmodels 0 free.

http://makerlove.com/Free-3D-Sex-Toys/index.html 16
lol
License: Public Domain


Honorable Mentions:

https://sketchfab.com/ ???
This site has so many models but not many can actually be downloaded for use. Lacking in advanced search tools, so kind of frustrating if you're looking for something in particular.
License: Various. Often none.

Character sprite sheet generators intended for RPG maker:
http://charas-project.net/charas2/
http://gaurav.munjal.us/Universal-LPC-Spritesheet-Character-Generator/
http://www.rpgmakercentral.com/topic/2213-a-slightly-prettier-character-generator/
http://opengameart.org/forumtopic/sprite-creator-3-finished-xp-vx
There are a lot of these out there.