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Since this topic seems to be more geared toward tutorials and sprites, I thought I'd make a separate topic, for programs and such.
The game section is pretty obviously quite limited to what I know about, so help with that would be cool.
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A few of these are in Japanese only. Sorry about that! u~u;; Also, most if not all of these are Windows-based.
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Artwork / Image Editing

AzPainter2 and AzDrawing2
http://www.vector.co.jp/soft/win95/art/se476022.html
http://www.vector.co.jp/soft/win95/art/se492907.html

Chasys Draw IES
http://www.jpchacha.com/chasysdraw/

Drawpile
http://drawpile.net/

FireAlpaca
http://firealpaca.com/

GIMP
http://www.gimp.org/

Inkscape
http://inkscape.org/index.php

Krita
https://krita.org/

MediBang Paint
http://medibangpaint.com/en/

Paint.NET
http://www.getpaint.net/

PictBear
http://www.fenrir-inc.com/us/pictbear/

Pixia
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/mighty/knight/
http://www.pixia.jp/

pixiv Sketch (pixiv account required)
https://sketch.pixiv.net/

Skencil
http://www.skencil.org/

SmoothDraw
http://www.smoothdraw.com/


2D Animation

Ajax Animator
http://antimatter15.com/ajaxanimator/

E-mote Free Movie Maker "EmoFuri"
http://emote.mtwo.co.jp/emofuri.php

OpenToonz
https://opentoonz.github.io/e/

Pencil
http://www.pencil-animation.org/

Synfig Studio
http://www.synfig.org/


3D Modeling / 3D Animation

Anim8or
http://www.anim8or.com/main/index.html

Art of Illusion
http://www.artofillusion.org/

Blender
http://www.blender.org/

K-3D
http://www.k-3d.org/

MetasequoiaLE (only LE is freeware)
http://metaseq.net/index.html

Sculptris
http://pixologic.com/sculptris/

SketchUp Make
http://www.sketchup.com/products/sketchup-make

Source Filmmaker (Steam required)
http://www.sourcefilmmaker.com/

Wings 3D
http://www.wings3d.com/


Video Game Creation

Adventure Game Studio
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/

DanmakuTime
http://code.google.com/p/danmakutime/

DNML (Digital Novel Markup Language)
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA015183/dnml/

Kirikiri
http://kikyou.info/tvp/

NScripter
http://www.nscripter.com/

OHRRPGCE
http://rpg.hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/Main_Page

Platinum Arts Sandbox Free 3D Game Maker
http://www.sandboxgamemaker.com/

Pygame
http://www.pygame.org/

Ren'Py
http://www.renpy.org/

Retribution Engine
http://www.apgardner.karoo.net/retrib/index.html

RPG Maker VX Ace Lite
http://tryace.rpgmakerweb.com/download-lite/

RPG Toolkit
http://rpgtoolkit.net/home/

Shooting Game Builder
http://www.vector.co.jp/soft/winnt/game/se426708.html

Stencyl (free version)
http://www.stencyl.com/

Touhou Danmakufu
http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValle ... h_ph3.html
http://dmf.shrinemaiden.org/wiki/Main_Page

WOLF RPG Editor
http://www.silversecond.com/WolfRPGEditor/


Music / Audio

AmazingMIDI
http://www.pluto.dti.ne.jp/araki/amazingmidi/

Anvil Studio
http://www.anvilstudio.com/

Aria Maestosa
http://ariamaestosa.sourceforge.net/

Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Denemo
http://www.denemo.org/

Linux MultiMedia Studio
http://lmms.sourceforge.net/

Melody Generator
http://www.nici.ru.nl/~povel/Melody/index.html

FL Studio (demo, can't save)
http://www.image-line.com/downloads/fls ... nload.html
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This is a nice list.

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Thanks for the list, I'll need to check these out today
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Just as an addition, add SketchUp.
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I can't tell if it's me, my computer, or the three danmaku-esque video game creation freeware that are messing up...
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oh my gosh a topic of mine was stickied woah
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@ SonicBoom: If it's the speed, do you think it has to do with the number of items on the screen? I usually close everything else when playing, say, a Touhou game, so the FPS stays at about 60. The main discussion / testing threads for Danmagine and DanmakuTime can be found here and here, respectively.
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Regarding 3D Sculpting
Sculptris is a good (and free!) 3D sculpting program, owned by the same people who own ZBrush, a similar but more high-end product which apparently a lot of professionals use for some games and movies and whatnot. Things you learn in Sculptris can be easily translated to ZBrush, even exported to said format quite easily, and is actually kind of fun to play around with when you get familiar with how the tools work.
Essentially it's very much like playing around with some clay, it's very interesting.
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What about music programs?
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I actually originally planned to include music and sound programs, as well as text editors, but after a while I decided to just stick with what I had so far.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fr ... _for_audio
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Regarding the ones on the free art programs list, [Easy] Paint Tool Sai is also a free and good one.
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Audacity for music is a great one, if you ever add music programs.
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ZeroAlpha wrote:Regarding the ones on the free art programs list, [Easy] Paint Tool Sai is also a free and good one.
Paint Tool SAI isn't free though? Not unless you pirate it or something.
A software license for SAI is about ~$52. I had to spill out about ~$60 for mine due to currency exchange rates.
I mean, sure literally the only thing you can't do is save drawings after the trial expires, but it's a huge hindrance if you normally draw at high-resolutions and plan on making prints or whatever. Money things and all that.
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Also consider adding:
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Artwork / 2D Animation / Image Editing

SmoothDraw
http://www.smoothdraw.com/
(this is something I use)

3D Modeling / 3D Animation

Wings 3D
http://www.wings3d.com/
(this is what I use)

SketchUp Make
http://www.sketchup.com/products/sketchup-make
(formerly, perhaps actually still Google SketchUp)

(also, there's this list http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/25-free-3d ... -not-miss/ but it kinda sucks)

Video Game Creation

Unity Game Engine
http://unity3d.com/
(almost everything can be done with click and drag + scripts; easy tutorial)

CryEngine 3 SDK
http://mycryengine.com/
(if you think you can do CryEngine 3... lol)

Unreal Engine 3/Unreal Development Kit
http://www.unrealengine.com/udk/
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Hey, I recommend:

RPG Maker 2003 (Quite easier than newer RPG makers, Download link is at the bottom)
http://2drpg.com/2003.php



Anvil Studio (MIDI Composer program)
http://www.anvilstudio.com/

It's what Im currently using for a game I'm creating.
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While that's cool and all, the RPG Maker series isn't freeware, save for the recent VX Ace Lite. Links should be to official sites by the creators or publishers.
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Well both are official sites and 2003 is free, considering also trying to download from the site directly it will redirect you to there (and the site i posted is even an affiliate).
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Added music composition and audio stuff, hopefully it all works.
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source filmmaker is good 3D animation software but it needs to be launched through steam
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Added a few more. please let me know if I messed anything up!
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Source Filmaker should really be under 3D animation.
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Added MediBang Paint Pro and OpenToonz. Also, 2D Animation now has its own section all to itself.

I plan on trimming this list and adding available languages when I get the chance. (or when I feel like it)

I also plan on making a recommended programs topic that includes commercial products alongside freeware ones, and here in this topic I'll add a little ☆recommended☆ beside those.

Any suggestions for some more good free artsy software? :D
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