Beginner's Guide to Indie Game Development 🎮

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- I tried to focus finding software that is free to use, so if you're wondering why programs like Photoshop or FL Studio are missing, thats why.

== DAWS ( Sound and Music ) ==
Waveform : https://www.tracktion.com/products/waveform-free
Bosca Ceoil Blue : https://yurisizov.itch.io/boscaceoil-blue
Reaper : https://www.reaper.fm/index.php
Beepbox : www.beepbox.co

== ART ==
Libresprite : https://libresprite.github.io/#!/
- From what I know Libresprite is kinda behind on modern Aseprite features, but it should be more than good enough to start with! Also the sourcecode for Aseprite is freely available, so you can built the program yourself for free if you know how to
Paint.net : https://getpaint.net/
Gimp : https://www.gimp.org/
Krita : https://krita.org/en/
Fire Alpaca : https://firealpaca.com/

== MISC ==
Github Desktop : https://desktop.github.com/download/
- Any git client would be fine to use, I've just found that Github Desktop is the most user friendly / easiest for beginners to learn
IDEs : https://github.com/zeelsheladiya/Awesome-IDEs
Open Game Art : https://opengameart.org/
Itchio Assets : https://itch.io/game-assets
GDC : https://www.youtube.com/@GDCFestivalofGaming/videos
- The GCD channel has tons of videos on game design, and the game industry as a whole, so its worth checking out if thats something youre interested in

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music used ( in order)
- Replay ( Time Attack ) - Rage Racer
- Zeus Carnage Heart Second - BGM 08
- Beneath The Mask ( Instrumental ) - Persona 5
- Lightning Luge - Rage Racer
- Gwyn, Lord of Cynder - Dark Souls
- Elevatorstuck - Homestuck