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Welcome to ChristGames.org wiki site. This is a collaboratively edited encyclopedia for christian game design. You will find references to the tools, sites, and resources for making games here. All of the software and services on these pages are free in price and open source licensed. Some unrestricted licensed proprietary freeware is also listed.
3D MODELING
- Art of Illusion - 3D modeling and animation tool.
- Blender - 3D modeling, animation, and game engine.
- K-3D - 3D modeling tool supporting RenderMan format.
- MakeHuman - 3D character modeling tool.
- OpenFx - 3D modeling, animation, rendering for Windows.
- Wings3D - Erlang based 3D subdivision modeling tool.
- Wikipedia: 3D MODELING
GAME ENGINES
- Allegro - Game programming libraries for C and C++.
- Angel2D - OpenGL and C++ framework for 2D games.
- Armory - Blender game development tool.
- Blender - 3D modeling, animation, and game engine.
- cocos2d - 2D engines for iPhone/iPad, HTML5, and XNA.
- CrystalSpace - A framework for developing 3D applications.
- Delta3D - Game engine targeting Modeling and Simulation.
- ENIGMA - C++ game development environment.
- Flixel - Actionscript engine for Flash games.
- Gameua - Game engine for Flash and iOS.
- GDevelop - No programming needed game engine.
- Godot - Game IDE and tools similar to Unity.
- Irrlicht - High performance real-time 3D engine.
- HGE - A hardware accelerated 2D game engine.
- jMonkeyEngine - Java based game engine SDK.
- libGDX - Cross platform game framework.
- LÖVE - Lua script 2D game framework.
- LWJGL - Lightweight Java Game Library.
- MelonJS - JavaScript game engine for HTML5.
- MonoGame - Open Source XNA 4.x Framework.
- OGRE - 3D graphics render engine library.
- OpenFL - Flex and WebGL SDK for games and animation.
- Panda3D - Python and C++ game framework SDK.
- PhoneGap - HTML5 and CSS API for mobile applications.
- PyGame - Python game modules for SDL.
- Pyglet - Python windowing and multimedia library.
- SDL - Multimedia library for games.
- SFML - C++ API for graphics, input, audio, etc.
- Solarus - Action-RPG game engine with LUA quest editor.
- SpringRTS - A 3D RTS game engine using Lua scripting.
- Ren'Py - A visual novel and life simulation game engine.
- three.js - Browser based JavaScript library for WebGL.
- Torque3D - Full featured FPS game engine with tools.
- Turbulenz - 3D and 2D game framework for HTML5.
- Tululoo - JavaScript game maker for HTML5.
- Vassal - Online board and card game engine.
- WME - Graphical “point&click” adventure games.
- Wikipedia: GAME ENGINES
MULTIMEDIA
- Audacity - Free software for recording and editing sounds.
- DragonBones - 2D skeleton animation solution for Flash.
- GIMP - Image editing and manipulation software.
- Inkscape - Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) editor.
- Krita - Paint Software similar to Adobe Illustrator.
- LMMS - Audio tool for creating soundtracks.
- MuseScore - Free music composition and notation software.
- MyPaint - Paint program with a large brush collection.
- Pinta - Pixel Editor - Painting Made Simple
- SOX Sound eXchang - Command line tool for audio files.
- Synfig Studio - 2D vector animation studio.
- libtheoraplayer - Theora (video) Playback Library.
- MPlayer - Lightweight media player for video playback.
- OpenGL - Open Graphics Library - 2D/3D graphics API.
- VLC - Cross-platform media player for audio and video.
- Tiled - 2D tile map editor.
- Wikipedia: MULTIMEDIA
PHYSICS
- Box2D - 2D rigid body physics engine for C++.
- Bullet - A collision detection and rigid body physics library.
- ODE - A rigid body physics library for C++.
- Wikipedia: GAME PHYSICS
PROGRAMMING
- Alice - A beginners tool for learning 3D game programming.
- Android Studio - The standard Android IDE from Google.
- Atom - Programable text editor for developers.
- Code::Blocks - C++ Integrated Development Environment.
- Eclipse - Open Source development platform.
- FlashDevelop - IDE for Flash development on Windows.
- Haxe - Mulitplatform Open-Source Programming Language.
- Lua - Common scripting language used by many games.
- NotePad++ - Advanced text editor for programming.
- MinGW - MinGW is a GNU Compiler Collection for Windows.
- Python - High-level cross-platform programming language.
- VS Express - Freeware version of Microsoft Visual Studio.
- XCode - IDE and developer tools for MAC, iPhone, and iPad.
- Wikipedia: PROGRAMMING
UTILITIES
- 7-Zip - File compression/decompression utility.
- ACRA - Crash debug manager for Android.
- CamStudio - Video and audio capturing tool.
- FileZilla - FTP tool for copy files to websites.
- Git - Revision control and source code management.
- Inno Setup - Packaging and setup installer for Windows.
- IzPack - Java packaging and installer tool.
- LibreOffice - Free Microsoft Office clone.
- Mumble - Voice chat client/server software for gaming.
- OBS - Game play live streaming and recording.
- SQLite - Cross-Platform serverless SQL library.
- VirtualBox - Operating system virtualization.
- Wikipedia: CHRISTIAN VIDEO GAME
RESOURCES
- Art - Free pictures and other public domain artwork.
- Links - External links to various notable game sites.
- Music - Creative Commons music resources
- Service - Open Source development services.
- Social - Christian social networking services.
- Sound - Free, public domain sound libraries.
- Video - Christian video sites.
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