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(free) Software/Resources for game development

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Here's a topic that will be all about resources and software (with a priority on free, "legacy-compatible", (mostly) cross-platform and possibly open-source) useful for (commercial) game development and (some of) which is being used in this team. It's for both staying up-to-date and could be useful for other independent developers out there too. We'll (do our best to) update with a new post anytime one of them releases a new version.
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...(3D):-
NetRadiant - http://ingar.intranifty.net/gtkradiant/ / https://github.com/Garux/netradiant-custom/releases / http://icculus.org/netradiant/files/ / http://www.q3rally.com/2019/07/24/netra ... illwieckz/ / https://netradiant.gitlab.io/page/download/
DarkRadiant - http://darkradiant.sourceforge.net/
GtkRadiant - http://icculus.org/gtkradiant/
Blender - http://www.blender.org/ / https://www.bforartists.de/download/ / https://sourceforge.net/projects/winpen ... /releases/
MeshLab - http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/
Wings3D - http://www.wings3d.com/
OpenFX - http://www.openfx.org/
K-3D - http://www.k-3d.org/
Art of Illusion - http://www.artofillusion.org/
Misfit Model 3D - http://www.misfitcode.com/misfitmodel3d/ / https://sourceforge.net/projects/misfitcubed/
Seamless3D - http://www.seamless3d.com/
Sculptris - http://pixologic.com/sculptris/ ( http://www.violationentertainment.com/f ... er_WIN.exe )
Open3mod - http://www.open3mod.com/
Assimp - http://www.assimp.org/
gMax - http://www.turbosquid.com/gmax ( http://www.violationentertainment.com/f ... empest.zip )
FreeCAD - https://www.freecadweb.org/
BRL-CAD - https://sourceforge.net/projects/brlcad/
DoubleCAD XT - https://www.turbocad.com/content/doublecad-xt-v5
Kerkythea - https://www.kerkythea.net/cms/index.php/downloads
Noesis - https://richwhitehouse.com/index.php?co ... ojects.php
Dilay - https://abau.org/dilay/download.html
Makehuman - http://www.makehuman.org/
OpenFlipper - https://www.openflipper.org/
View3Dscene - https://castle-engine.io/view3dscene.php
Meshmixer - http://www.meshmixer.com/
MeshMapper - https://gpuopen.com/archive/gamescgi/am ... eshmapper/
Soclab ORB - https://www.nexusmods.com/doom3/mods/720 ( http://www.violationentertainment.com/f ... 201.83.zip )
RenderMonkey - https://gpuopen.com/archive/gamescgi/re ... toolsuite/
QuArK - http://quark.sourceforge.net/
Hammer - https://gamebanana.com/tools/5026
DENormGen - https://epsylon.rptd.ch/downloads.php
TrenchBroom - https://trenchbroom.github.io/ / https://github.com/RobertBeckebans/TrenchBroom
J.A.C.K - https://jack.hlfx.ru/en/
4D Blue - http://www.4dblue.com/download.html
sPatch & Hamapatch - http://www.eatonhand.com/images/spatch.htm
Regard3D - http://www.regard3d.org/
Real3D Renderer - https://real3d.pk/rend.html
Insight3D - http://insight3d.sourceforge.net/ / https://sourceforge.net/projects/insight3dng/
ReDucto - http://psychocore.com/index2.html ( http://www.violationentertainment.com/f ... eDucto.zip )
LODka3D - https://sites.google.com/site/lodka3d/
3D Crafter - http://amabilis.com/downloads/
Gloss3D - https://sourceforge.net/projects/gloss3d/files/
Freyja - http://icculus.org/freyja/
Aztec3D - https://sourceforge.net/projects/aztec/
Mapscape - http://www.evolved-software.com/mapscape/mapscapeold
Tree It - http://www.evolved-software.com/treeit/treeit
Arbaro - http://arbaro.sourceforge.net/
PlantStudio - https://www.kurtz-fernhout.com/download.htm
GRASS GIS - https://grass.osgeo.org/
Neobarok - http://neobarok.com/#download
Biturn - http://mirex.mypage.sk/index.php?selected=1
AliceVision Meshroom - https://alicevision.github.io/#meshroom
Artifex Terra 3D - http://www.artifexterra.com/
OpenSCAD - https://www.openscad.org/downloads.html
NaroCAD - http://narocad.com/downloads/
Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/
Ayam - http://ayam.sourceforge.net/ayam.html
Ivy Generator - http://graphics.uni-konstanz.de/~luft/ivy_generator/
Tokoroten - http://kanae.net/secondlife/tokoroten.html
SL-Prim-Lathe - http://sl-prim-lathe.bashora.com/
Sweet Home 3D - http://www.sweethome3d.com/
HUMmer - https://sourceforge.net/projects/hummer/files/
TreeBuilder - https://sourceforge.net/projects/treebuilder/
PTree - https://sourceforge.net/projects/proced ... generator/
ngPlant - http://ngplant.org/
Draw3D - https://sourceforge.net/projects/draw3d/
Dust3D - https://dust3d.org/
Clavicula - https://www.neobarok.com/ ( http://www.violationentertainment.com/f ... .2-win.zip )
Picogen - https://picogen.org/downloads.php.html
Wilbur - http://www.ridgenet.net/~jslayton/software.html ( http://www.violationentertainment.com/f ... _Setup.msi )
gSculpt - http://gsculpt.sourceforge.net/
gCAD3D - http://www.gcad3d.org/
Getic3D - http://marius.mine.nu/index.php?f=1_Get ... nloads.php ( http://www.violationentertainment.com/f ... ov2008.rar )
3D Slash - https://www.3dslash.net/features_downloads.php
MeshMagic 3D - http://www.nchsoftware.com/meshmagic3d/
ModelConverterX - https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/resou ... erterx.91/
ProgMesh - http://lodbook.com/products/progmesh.exe
zModeler2 - https://www.indiedb.com/downloads/zmodeler2
TerreSculptor - http://www.demenzunmedia.com/home/terresculptor/
Sculptypaint - http://elout.home.xs4all.nl/sculptpaint/
Calimax Modeller - https://www.indiedb.com/downloads/calimax-modeller
Softimage Mod Tool - https://www.indiedb.com/engines/source/ ... od-tool-75 / https://www.indiedb.com/groups/source-d ... d-tool-601
Ohmikron Model Editor - https://sourceforge.net/projects/my3dmodeleditor/
Boundary First Flattening - https://geometrycollective.github.io/bo ... lattening/
Clockstone ViewFBX - http://fbx.clockstone.com/fbx-viewer-download.html
Auto Remesher - https://github.com/huxingyi/autoremesher/releases
POV-Ray - https://www.indiedb.com/downloads/pov-r ... ows-64-bit / https://www.indiedb.com/downloads/pov-r ... ows-32-bit
GLC-Player - http://www.glc-player.net/ ( http://www.violationentertainment.com/f ... -setup.exe )
FBX converter - https://www.autodesk.com/developer-netw ... r-archives
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...(2D):-
GIMP - http://www.gimp.org/
ImageMagick - http://www.imagemagick.org/
Inkscape - https://inkscape.org/en/download/
Quixel Mixer - https://quixel.com/mixer
Chasys Draw IES - http://www.jpchacha.com/chasysdraw/index.php
Krita - https://krita.org/en/
MyPaint - http://mypaint.org/
Paint.NET - https://www.getpaint.net/download.html
XnView - http://www.xnview.com/
IrfanView - https://www.irfanview.com/
xNormal - http://www.xnormal.net/
Spacescape - http://alexcpeterson.com/spacescape/
CubemapGen - https://gpuopen.com/archive/gamescgi/cubemapgen / https://code.google.com/archive/p/cubemapgen/downloads
nVidia Melody - http://www.nvidia.com/object/melody_home.html ( http://www.violationentertainment.com/f ... 0.1500.exe )
Howler - http://www.pdhowler.com/Download.htm
MaPZone - http://www.mapzoneeditor.com/ ( http://www.violationentertainment.com/f ... 2_6_1a.exe )
NeoTextureEdit - http://neotextureedit.sourceforge.net
NormalmapGenerator - https://github.com/Theverat/NormalmapGenerator/releases
Evolved Texture Tool - http://www.evolved-software.com/texturetool/texturetool
Compressonator - http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks ... essonator/ ( http://www.violationentertainment.com/f ... 201.50.zip ) ( https://www.katsbits.com/files/Compress ... _DOOM3.zip )
Aorta DDS - https://sourceforge.net/projects/aorta/files/
nCombiner - http://www.planetinaction.com/software/ncombiner.htm ( http://www.violationentertainment.com/f ... mbiner.zip )
Dia - https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Dia/Download
Cas - http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/cas/index.html
TileMage - http://tilemage.50webs.com/
GlueIT - https://github.com/Kavex/GlueIT
ImageJ - https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/download.html
mtPaint - http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/
Glaxnimate - https://glaxnimate.mattbas.org/
BatchBlitz - https://www.sunlitgreen.com/batchblitz.html
FireAlpaca - https://firealpaca.com/
Photo Pos Pro - http://www.photopos.com/PPP3_BS/Photo-P ... ditor.aspx
Picture Window Pro - https://www.dl-c.com/Downloads.html
Symbiotic 3T - ( http://www.violationentertainment.com/f ... c%203T.zip )
Terabit Tattoo - https://www.terabit-software.co.uk/#TATTOO
ArmorPaint - https://armorpaint.org/index.html
TexGen - https://sourceforge.net/projects/tex-gen/
Pinta - https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/
Alchemy - http://al.chemy.org/download/
Pixelitor - http://pixelitor.sourceforge.net/
LazPaint - https://github.com/bgrabitmap/lazpaint/releases
Synfig - https://www.synfig.org
PixaFlux - http://pixaflux.com/
Contort - http://www.graphicutils.com/contort/
MakeAtlas- http://www.skn3.com/junk/makeatlas/makeatlas1.12.zip ( http://www.violationentertainment.com/f ... as1.12.zip )
Stykz - https://www.stykz.net/downloads/
FenoPhoto - http://fenophoto.com/
PhotoScape - http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php
GraphicsGale - https://graphicsgale.com/us/
Ultimate Paint - http://www.ultimatepaint.com/
Nutty TexGen - http://www.nutty.ca/?p=178
FotoSketcher - https://fotosketcher.com/
RealWorld Paint - http://www.rw-designer.com/image-editor
AnmanieSMP - https://www.chip.de/downloads/AnmanieSMP_13002491.html
A Sharper Scaling - http://a-sharper-scaling.com/
Waifu2X Caffe - https://github.com/lltcggie/waifu2x-caffe/releases/
RealEsrgan - https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN/releases
PhotoFiltre - http://www.photofiltre-studio.com/pf7-en.htm
Pixia - http://www.ne.jp/asahi/mighty/knight/download.html
TexGraph - https://galloscript.itch.io/texgraph
Kujawiak Viewer - http://kujawiak.sourceforge.net/index_en.html
Pictus - https://poppeman.se/pictus/
Piskel - https://www.piskelapp.com/download
TG - https://blackpawn.com/dev/tg.html
Tiled - https://www.mapeditor.org/
HME - http://hme.sourceforge.net/
RIOT - https://riot-optimizer.com/
G'MIC - https://gmic.eu/
QCAD - https://www.qcad.org/en/
LibreCAD - https://librecad.org/
Materialize - http://boundingboxsoftware.com/materialize/
Material Maker - https://github.com/RodZill4/material-maker/releases
NexusFont - https://www.xiles.app/
StereoPhoto Maker - https://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stphmkr/
Sprite Sheet Packer - https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=spritesheetpacker
Klei Texture Tools - https://github.com/handsomematt/dont-st ... s/releases
Seamless Factory - https://www.sac.sk/download/graph/sf35.exe ( http://www.violationentertainment.com/f ... e/sf35.exe )
Seamless Critters - https://sourceforge.net/projects/seamcritters/
Batch AI Photo Sharpener - https://bggenerator.com/batch_ai_photo_sharpener.html
NiceScaler - https://github.com/Djdefrag/NiceScaler/releases
OpenToonz - https://opentoonz.github.io/e/index.html
PhotoFlare - https://photoflare.io/
PhotoDemon - https://photodemon.org/
PhotoWipe - https://www.hanovsolutions.com/?prod=PhotoWipe
PaintStar - https://sites.google.com/site/wangzhenzhou/
Pencil2D - https://www.pencil2d.org/
Darktable - http://www.darktable.org/
NoiseLab - https://sites.google.com/site/noiselab15/
Imagine - https://www.nyam.pe.kr/dev/imagine/
Laigter - https://azagaya.itch.io/laigter
Lunacy - https://icons8.com/lunacy
VPaint - http://www.vpaint.org/
BirdFont - http://birdfont.org/
Photivo - https://photivo.org/start
Pictor - http://www.filefriend.net/#Pictor
Pixopedia - https://sigmapi-design.com/
PaintTool SAI - http://www.systemax.jp/en/sai/
A Viewer - https://www.rlatour.com/av4w/index.html?ar4w
SpeedyPainter - http://speedypainter.altervista.org/
DynamicDraw - https://dynamicdraw.com/download/
Blend It - http://www.blaizenterprises.com/blendit.html
Clic - http://www.blaizenterprises.com/clic.html
Luminance HDR - http://qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net/
HDRscope - http://courses.washington.edu/hdrscope/download.html
Xlideit - https://sourceforge.net/projects/xlideit/
Picturenaut - http://www.hdrlabs.com/picturenaut/index.html
TextureLab - https://njbrown.itch.io/texturelab
Handplane - http://www.handplane3d.com/download.html
SSbump Generator - https://sourceforge.net/projects/ssbumpgenerator/
AMD Normalmapper - https://gpuopen.com/archive/gamescgi/normal-mapper/
Gimel Studio - https://correctsyntax.com/projects/gime ... /#download
AwesomeBump - https://github.com/kmkolasinski/AwesomeBump
Hugin - https://sourceforge.net/projects/hugin/
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...(video):-
FFMPEG - https://ffmpeg.org/
Handbrake - https://handbrake.fr/
Shotcut - https://shotcut.org/
OBS - https://obsproject.com/download
VSDC - http://www.videosoftdev.com/free-video-editor
Vidiot - https://sourceforge.net/projects/vidiot/
OpenShot - https://www.openshot.org/
Avidemux - http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/download.html
VidCutter - https://github.com/ozmartian/vidcutter/releases
SharpCut - https://bagno.jp/software.html
LosslessCut - https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/releases
XMedia Recode - https://www.xmedia-recode.de/en/download.php
IObit Screen Recorder - https://recorder.iobit.com/en/index
Auto Screen Capture - https://sourceforge.net/projects/autoscreen/
ShanaEncoder - https://shana.pe.kr/shanaencoder_download
qStopMotion - https://www.qstopmotion.org/
FlowFrames - https://nmkd.itch.io/flowframes
CamStudio - https://camstudio.org/
Natron - https://natrongithub.github.io/
Axiom - https://axiomui.github.io/
Olive - https://olivevideoeditor.org/download.php
DJV - https://darbyjohnston.github.io/DJV/
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...(audio):-
OpenMPT - http://openmpt.org/
Ocenaudio - http://www.ocenaudio.com/
DarkWave - https://www.experimentalscene.com/downloads/
OmniMIDI - https://github.com/KeppySoftware/OmniMIDI/releases
Midi Editor - http://midieditor.sourceforge.net/
VirtualMIDISynth - https://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/virtualmidisynth
Pazera Extrator - https://pazera-software.com/products/audio-extractor/
Nutty Audio Sampler - https://www.nutty.ca/?p=180
Paul's Stretch - http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/
Sonic Visualiser - https://www.sonicvisualiser.org/
Psycle - https://sourceforge.net/projects/psycle/files/
Wave Editor - http://www.wave-editor.com/
Wavosaur - https://www.wavosaur.com/
LabChirp - http://labbed.net/software/labchirp/
Balabolka - http://balabolka.site/balabolka.htm
DSpeech - http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/
Sekaiju - https://openmidiproject.osdn.jp/Sekaiju_en.html
Sazanami - https://codecpack.co/download/Sazanami.html
Audacity - https://www.audacityteam.org/
Musagi - http://www.drpetter.se/project_musagi.html
MadTracker - http://www.madtracker.org/download.php
XMedia Recode - https://www.xmedia-recode.de/en/download.php
Musescore - https://musescore.org/en/download
WaveShop - http://waveshop.sourceforge.net/index.html
AutoDrum - http://openmidiproject.osdn.jp/AutoDrum_en.html
Giada - https://www.giadamusic.com/download
Fre:ac - https://freac.org/
Anvil - http://www.anvilstudio.com/
Ardour - https://ardour.org/
LMMS - https://lmms.io/
ISSE - http://isse.sourceforge.net/download.html
rFXGen - https://raylibtech.itch.io/rfxgen
Praat - https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/download_win.html
Spek - http://spek.cc/
Bfxr - https://www.bfxr.net/
SoX - http://sox.sourceforge.net/
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...(misc):-
LibreOffice - https://www.libreoffice.org/
AutoHotkey - https://www.autohotkey.com/
Notepad++ - http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus/
ConTEXT - http://www.contexteditor.org/downloads/
Beeftext - https://beeftext.org
TinyTask - https://www.tinytask.net/
Ditto - https://ditto-cp.sourceforge.io/
Clavier+ - http://utilfr42.free.fr/util/Clavier.php?sLang=en
NeatMouse - https://neatdecisions.com/products/neatmouse/
X-Mouse - https://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/XMo ... ontrol.htm
GrepWin - https://tools.stefankueng.com/grepWin.html
WinMerge - https://winmerge.org/
dupeGuru - https://dupeguru.voltaicideas.net/
AntiDupl - https://ermig1979.github.io/AntiDupl/en ... nload.html
Anti-Twin - http://www.joerg-rosenthal.com/en/antit ... nload.html
Diffinity - https://truehumandesign.se/s_diffinity.php
Lucidity - http://skwire.dcmembers.com/fp/?page=lucidity
Sandboxie-Plus - https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/releases
Perfect Automation - https://www.perfectautomation.com/
Clipboard Master - https://www.clipboardmaster.com/
QuickTextPaste - http://www.softwareok.com/?Download=QuickTextPaste
Peek Through - http://www.lukepaynesoftware.com/projects/peek-through/
WindowsPager - http://windowspager.sourceforge.net/
WindowResizer - https://github.com/caoyue/WindowResizer/releases
MinimizeToTray - https://github.com/sandwichdoge/Minimiz ... /releases/
Text Editor Pro - https://texteditor.pro/
Pulover’s Macro Creator - https://www.macrocreator.com/download/
HotKey Resolution Changer - https://funk.eu/hrc/
VirtualDesktopSwitcher - https://github.com/hangacs/VirtualDeskt ... r/releases
SmartSystemMenu - https://github.com/AlexanderPro/SmartSy ... /releases/
LeoMoon HotKeyz - https://leomoon.com/downloads/desktop-a ... n-hotkeyz/
Vovsoft OCR Reader - https://vovsoft.com/software/ocr-reader/
OpenSaveFilesView - https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/open_save_files_view.html
Rename Master - https://joejoesoft.com/vcms/108/
ScreenWatermark - https://sourceforge.net/projects/screenwatermark/
FocusOn Renamer - https://www.pintosoft.com/en/foren
Rainmeter - https://www.rainmeter.net/
Lintalist - https://lintalist.github.io/
Kate Editor - https://kate-editor.org/
StrokesPlus - https://www.strokesplus.net/
SharpKeys - https://www.randyrants.com/category/sharpkeys/
DragLock - https://www.dcmembers.com/skrommel/download/draglock/
RBTray - https://github.com/benbuck/rbtray/releases/tag/v4.11
Carnac - https://github.com/bfritscher/carnac/releases
ZoomIt - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysint ... ads/zoomit
TextDiff - http://www.angusj.com/delphi/textdiff.html
ScreenGridy - https://www.digola.com/screengridy.html
MouseTray - https://github.com/EsportToys/MouseTray
TPMouse - https://github.com/EsportToys/TPMouse
MaxAutoClicker - https://sourceforge.net/projects/maxautoclicker/
Lock Cursor Tools - https://www.digola.com/lockcursor.html
TheFolderSpy - http://venussoftcorporation.blogspot.co ... erspy.html
PixelNotifier - https://www.dcmembers.com/skrommel/down ... lnotifier/
OnTopReplica - https://github.com/LorenzCK/OnTopReplica
QTTabBar - http://qttabbar.wikidot.com/
AstroGrep - https://astrogrep.sourceforge.net/download/
Textadept - https://orbitalquark.github.io/textadept/
NormCap - https://dynobo.github.io/normcap/
SetMate - https://www.digola.com/setmate.html
WildGen - https://www.skytopia.com/software/wildgem/index.htm
AnyTXT - https://anytxt.net/
Swiss File Knife - https://sourceforge.net/projects/swissfileknife/
TextWedge - https://sourceforge.net/projects/textwedge/
Coreutils - https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
AutoText - https://sourceforge.net/projects/autotext/
Datamash - http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releas ... -binaries/
Diffuse - https://sourceforge.net/projects/diffuse/
CSVfix - https://sourceforge.net/projects/csvfix/
Miller - https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/releases
Ksnip - https://github.com/ksnip/ksnip
GrSync - http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/
AltDrag - https://github.com/stefansundin/altdrag/releases
AltSnap - https://github.com/RamonUnch/AltSnap/releases
ppInk - https://github.com/pubpub-zz/ppInk/releases
XMLstarlet - https://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/download.php
XMLtools - https://github.com/fabiobento512/XmlToo ... es/tag/20d
XMLtool - https://github.com/richardlehane/xmltool/releases
CSV2HTML - https://github.com/dbohdan/csv2html/releases
CSVTK - https://github.com/shenwei356/csvtk/releases
Vim - https://www.vim.org/download.php
SD - https://github.com/chmln/sd/releases
SED - https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/sed.htm
GREP - https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/grep.htm
UGREP - https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases
AGREP - https://www.tgries.de/agrep/
RIPGREP - https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases
GOAGREP - https://github.com/schollz/goagrep/releases
PCRE2GREP - https://www.pcre.org/current/doc/html/pcre2grep.html
RXREPL - https://sites.google.com/site/regexreplace/
FART - https://fart-it.sourceforge.net/
FNR - http://findandreplace.io/download
FZF - https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/releases
XSV - https://github.com/BurntSushi/xsv/releases
CSVQ - https://github.com/mithrandie/csvq/rele ... g/v1.17.11
MDLT - https://github.com/metadelta/mdlt/releases

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...(resources):-
(* if you plan to outsource, always check the licenses and document everything you use...)
...(materials):-
https://www.textures.com
https://c4dcenter.com/material-library/
http://freepbr.com
https://3dtextures.me
https://www.cc0textures.com/
https://texturehaven.com/textures
https://www.sharetextures.com/textures
https://www.cgbookcase.com/textures
https://publicdomaintextures.com/
https://textures.pixel-furnace.com
http://www.goodtextures.com
https://cgivault.com/product-category/textures/
https://store.chocofur.com/search/free/materials
https://3d-wolf.com/products/materials
https://www.archinspirations.com/materials
https://www.mrmaterials.com
http://patternpanda.org
https://texturebox.com
https://texturefun.com
https://www.texturecan.com
https://matlib.gpuopen.com/main/materials/all
https://hammer3d.com/textures/ (???404???)
https://virtualshade.tumblr.com/ (???404???)
http://cinema4dmaterials.com/category/materials (???404???)
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http://texturer.com
http://www.texturemax.com/news
http://texturelib.com
http://www.imageafter.com
https://www.textureking.com/
https://texture.ninja/
https://freestocktextures.com/texture/
https://www.3dxo.com/textures
http://www.3dvalley.com/textures
http://www.humus.name/index.php?page=Textures
https://www.wildtextures.com/category/free-textures/
https://3djungle.net/textures/
http://14textures.com
http://seamless-pixels.blogspot.com
http://www.benkyoustudio.com/Textures/
https://lostandtaken.com/
http://textures101.com
http://texturify.com
http://www.texturise.club
https://mediamilitia.com/category/freebies/
http://www.maxtextures.com/
https://archivetextures.net / https://archibase.co/textures / http://www.cadhatch.com/seamless-textures
http://www.lughertexture.com (???$$$???)
http://www.plaintextures.com (???$$$???)
https://www.highqualitytextures.com/textures (???$$$???)
http://texturez.com (???404???)
http://www.texturegen.com/free-textures (???404???)
http://www.texturemate.com (???404???)
http://www.allcgtextures.com (???404???)
http://www.magnet-textures.com (???404???)
http://www.terminal26.de/d_free_textures.php (???404???)
http://uvtextures.com/ (???404???)

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https://pixabay.com
https://pxhere.com
https://www.pxfuel.com
https://www.reshot.com
https://unsplash.com
https://www.freeimages.com
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...(marketplaces/communities):-
http://opengameart.org/latest
http://www.blendswap.com/blends
https://share.allegorithmic.com
https://www.vray-materials.de/all_materials.php
http://www.sketchuptextureclub.com/textures
https://www.highend3d.com/downloads
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...(premium/etc.):- (...may still have free content)
http://www.gamedevmarket.net (~$)
http://3dexport.com (~$)
http://www.arroway-textures.com ($)
https://friendlyshade.com/shop ($)
https://free3d.com ($)
https://www.renderhub.com ($)
https://www.cgtrader.com ($)
https://pbrtexture.com ($)
https://www.lotpixel.com ($)
http://www.turbosquid.com (~$) (*be very careful to check seller's reputation, because TurboSquid will not help you if you get ripped off!) ( https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/turb ... tent-again )
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ImageMagick has been updated 6.8.9-7. This software is capable of some interesting operations with 2D images and worth checking out for 2D artists, although I haven't used it much yet I have read some interesting things about it and keep it handy.
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xNormal has been updated to 3.18.9. This is software used for baking normalmaps of high-poly models onto low-poly in-game models.
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Makehuman has been updated to 1.0.2. While I don't recommend this software for the creation of real-time content, it's still very useful as a reference tool and allows character designers to quickly prototype fine features with its parametric utilities and have an actual 3D reference to import and work from.
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GIMP has a new update released which is version 2.8.14. I don't think I need to explain to anyone about this software. :P
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XnConvert has been updated to 1.65. This is part of the XnView software that can (batch) convert between over 400 different image formats while performing many processes and manipulations.
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Chasys Draw IES has been updated to 4.25.03. This is a "suite of image editing applications" comparable to GIMP that is worth checking out as an alternative.
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A couple of new updates:-

L3DT Pro has a new release candidate which is 14.09-4. Note that this is the pro version which requires a license.

OpenMPT has been updated to 1.23.05. This is a tracker program (Open ModPlug Tracker) which is a very powerful tracker for making music because it can compile a "render" of your complicated tracks which may not even play properly in real-time, but can be output perfectly using this method. This software can handle many tracks, channels and superior sound quality, so it's anything but just another chiptune tracker. It's capable of very high-quality audio.
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Notepad++ has been updated to 6.6.9.
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ImageMagick has been updated 6.8.9-8.

There are also a couple of important betas worth mentioning - Blender 2.72 & DarkRadiant 2.0*
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I've been out of action for a while due to a very long stay in hospital, so many updates have been missed. I will focus on a few important ones and try to keep up with everything as much as possible, now that I'm back. :)

Mainly I visit http://www.sourceforge.net and http://www.majorgeeks.com, as well as everything in the lists in the first post, but there are other places to hunt for softwares too. I also a bunch of software I haven't tested yet that I've never used before that may be very useful, so I should get around to doing that sometime soon.

These have been updated within the last month or so...
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Some more delays and some more spotted updates from a bunch of ones I've surely missed:-
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Happy new 'year of the Back To The Future II':-
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Sorry. Will try to not be this slow ever again... :P
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Late, once again...
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[ external image ] Blender = 2.77test1.
[ external image ] DarkRadiant = 2.0.3.
[ external image ] DarkRadiant = 2.0.4pre2.
[ external image ] QuArK = 6.6.0b7
[ external image ] GIMP = 2.8.16.
[ external image ] Chasys Draw IES = 4.37.02.
[ external image ] ImageMagick = 6.9.3-4.
[ external image ] XnView/MP = 2.35/0.78.
[ external image ] Notepad++ = 6.8.8.
[ external image ] OpenMPT = 1.25.04.
[ external image ] PHPBB = 3.1.7.

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I would really love to hear from anyone about recommended software to add to this list.
If you have something to suggest, please don't hesitate to post. I've been meaning to try out a bunch of new stuff that I've downloaded, but I want to do it on a "disposable operating system setup", and try out something called "Sandboxie" which sounds great for just this purpose.
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Updated to include a heap of material/texture sites as resources. I definitely plan to come back to this thread and update/curate it, as well as add a bunch of new software as I go through a huge backlog of stuff I've been meaning to try out. So many of these types of lists online have become walls of dead links that will give you nothing but 404, server-not-found and squatted domains. I'm determined to not let that happen to this one.
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lots of high res textures at https://www.poliigon.com , signed up and presto... lots of stuff and materials and tutorials for all the best 3d programs too!

216 dollars per year :
The Freelancer License is provided for a single Permitted User doing commercial work. Under the Freelancer License Your account will be credited with 300 Credits per month which may be used to download Poliigon Assets from the Service,
the average texture (asset) is between 4 and 10 credits
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Poliigon was on the list, until...:-
https://blenderartists.org/t/my-thought ... on/1131275

Well, it's a long story, but basically they made a lot of bad decisions in the pursuit of money. These days there are much better sites with much better ethics and far superior content, compared to Poliigon.
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Great List, Gimp, Krita, Inkscape, Pencil2D, Opentoonz Blender, Shotcut and Openshot are the options that I always use, saves me a lot of money.
I recommend a useful site with lots of productivity apps: https://pctechtest.com/category/apps
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