Game Development Megathread

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Here's a place to put all random articles/links related to game development. Organized by category.

Texturing and Image Editing

• Color Palette Generator
• Dota 2 Character Art Guide
• Dota 2 Character Texture Guide
• Blizzard Artist Tutorials
• Large collection of Video Tutorials
• Table Tennis Troll Texturing Tutorial
• CGTextures
• Pixelly Explosion Examples
• Free Cubemaps (Great for Reflections)
• Art Direction and Consistency in Dragon Age

3D Modelling

User Interface

• Immersive UI Design in Hearthstone
• User Experience Rules and Tips

Level Design

• The Level Design of Summoner's Rift
• Beginner Level Design
• Dungeon Design
• Thousands of Example Levels
• Dave's Mapper Dungeon & World Generator

World, Theme, and Concept Design

• Creating Worlds through Design Thinking
• Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Design
• Heroes and Villains
• DonJon random everything generator
• Magic in Fantasy - What's Wrong
• World building subreddit
• Medieval Arms & Armor
• Inspiritational Dungeons Subreddit
• Character Design

Programming and Mechanics

• FXAA glsl
• Leveling Mechanics, Part 1
• Leveling Mechanics, Part 2
• Projectile Hitting a moving target
• Less is More AI
• Narrative Mechanics in Missile Command
• Game Mechanic Explorer - with example code

Audio and Sound Design

• Freesound
• CC Orchestral Music Thread