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⮦ Tab Categories @ Bottom*It's okay to help rearrange the formatting here / add columns!
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https://tiny.cc/gamedevlistRULES
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Dev Tools1. Post your non-spammy, favorite tools/utilities below. Please categorize them by TABS (at the bottom). For example, this section is for Dev Tools.
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2. Don't forget that your posts are subjective. Not everyone will agree with them. Use "memo" if you want to say a few pros/cons.
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IDE's, VPN's, BaaS, Cloud Solutions, Utilities, Libraries...3. Don't use affiliate links.
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Unity (2D/3D Engine)C# game engine. Higher-level, better for prototyping and getting your product out the door fast.
Free to start. Then $35/mo/seat for premium version (or if your company grosses $100k+/yr). Or $125/mo/seat if your company grosses ~$200k+/yr)
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Unreal (2D/3D Engine)C++ game engine. Lower-level, better for optimization and performance.
Free until you make $100k+, then ~5%ish?
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Godot (2D/3D Engine)Apparently a great 2D engine. I don't know much about it, but see tons of people prefer it over Unity. It is free software with MIT license, which means you can do (almost)anything with it.
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Visual Studio 2017+ (IDE)Loaded with features. Refactoring. Autofill. Intellisense. Step-through debugging with break points. Supports a bunch of languages. Free.
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Visual Studio Code (IDE)Lightweight version of VS. Completely modular. Free, including all modular add-ons. It's literally like making your own code engine. Free.
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Notepad++ (IDE)An alt. to Sublime. Loads in 1/10 second, supports perpetual open tabs, color coding - essentially a Notepad replacement. Free.
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POSTman (GET/POST Testing)An alt to Notepad++. Loads in 1/10 second, supports perpetual open tabs, color coding - essentially a Notepad replacement. Free.
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Test your POST/GET/API calls. Save JSON templates. Some companies save FULL architecture of all their calls for you to import. Supports environmental variables. Free.
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Git Tower (Git Client)Windows Git client. Paid ($50/year? Comes with 2 seats). Intuitive, does what it's supposed to do.
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DigitalOcean (VPN)VPS loaded with features, 1-click installs, and competitive rates. They only use SSD's and recently doubled their specs. Supports private networking, floating IP.
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DigitalOcean -> GitLab CE (Git Server)CE = Community Edition. Free, unlimited storage, no restrictions. Free (self-hosted).
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Digital Ocean -> GitLab CE -> GitLab CI (Auto Builds)CI = Continuous Integration. Automated builds/unit testing. Comes as a free native add-on to GitLab CE
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DigitalOcean -> Discourse (Forum)Epic forum. Ruby-based. Can even paste images directly inside -- super modern. Free and open src.
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GitLab (Hosted Git Repos)10gb free. Unlimited private repos. Beautiful UI. In my opinion, blows GitHub out of the water. Has free self-hosted solution and CI above ^
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WinSCP (S/FTP)Simple (s)ftp. Free.
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PuTTY (SSH)Simple SSH client. Free.
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http://jsonlint.com/Format your json pretty - ensure proper syntax
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Discord.js (Lib)If you're making a Discord BOT, this prevents you from reinventing the wheel.
> https://discord.js.org/
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Perforce (Versions)Version mgmt
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Git LFS (Versions)Git extension with better support for binary files versioning. Transparent so you don't have to use additional commands.
Supported by many cloud providers.
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PlasticSCM (Versions)Easy to use, performant, games friendly version control system
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Jenkins (Auto)Build Automation (CI)
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Everything (Utility) by VoidToolsLocate files and folders by name instantly. Multitudes better than Windows search since often you know exactly what you're looking for by filename. Allows regex.
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Monogame (Framework, C#)Open-source, cross-platform alternative to Microsoft's XNA-framework.
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fmod (Sound-engine, C#, c++, javascript)A cross-platform sound engine which has all the features a sound-designer could ask for. Great choice if you need positioned sound or multiple sound-layers and don't have the time (or experience) to implement it yourself. Free for indie-games but requires a logo to be displayed in the game's splash screen (unless you come up with your own solution with the fmod team).
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ConEmu (CLI Utility)ConEmu-Maximus5 aims to be handy, comprehensive, fast and reliable terminal window
where you may host any console application developed either for WinAPI (cmd, powershell, far)
or Unix PTY (cygwin, msys, wsl bash).
It has quake stye terminal functionality that you can bind to custom key/shortcut
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Chocolatey (CLI Utility)The package manager for Windows
Chocolatey Software Management Automation
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Windows 10 Linux Subsystem (Linux CLI)Linux (multiple flavors) now has NATIVE cli support in Windows (via the Windows Store + a special feature to enable). Native bash console, apt-get package mgr, etc.
> More @ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10
> Combine with ConEmu above for best results.
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RaylibC++ crossplatform library to make games. Linux, MacOS, Windows, Android and Web Support.
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OneSignal (onesignal.com)Push notification service for websites and mobile applications.
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