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Game industry, history, and design articles
Game Programming:- Gamasutra
- Gamasutra Features
- GameDev
- Flip Code
- Game Developer Magazine
- DevMaster.net
- AIWisdom.com
- Amit Gupta's Game Programming
- How to Debug Graphics Programs
- DevMaster.net Wiki
- Game Developer Magazine (commercial)
- OGRE3D and CEGUI
- The Zeniplex Library
- dxframework
- DevMaster.net's 3D Engines Database
- Game engine list
- ZFX (in German) but comes with an English book
- Game Creation Resources (old)
- SDL
- Jet3D graphics engine
- POV-Ray - the Persistence of Vision Raytracer
- RakNet API Reliable UDP and more
- Newton 3D physics engine
- OPAL physics engine
- Tokamak physics engine
- PHUN 2D physics engine
- OpenAL 3D sound engine
- Computer Graphics and Imaging Resources
- Conway's Game of Life
- the GIMP 2D image editor
- Paint.NET (simpler to use than the GIMP?)
- VicMan's Photo Editor (simpler to use than the GIMP?)
- Pixen bitmap editor for MacOSX
- Mappy 2D and isometric map editor
- Blender 3D modeler
- Milkshape 3D modeler
- UVMapper texture mapping
- RAD Game Tools: Bink Video
- Game Development Tools
- NVidia texture (DDS) tools
- DDS Converter
- NIF Tools
- OpenGL for beginners
- GTK Tutorial
- Valve ERC Collective
- NVidia Tools
- ATI Developer
- XNA Development.com
Those marked with * are installed on CAEN machines and licensed for UM academic use
- Adobe Photoshop v9*
- 3DSMax v8*
- Maya v7.0*
- Corel Paint Shop Pro
- Animation Master (.kfm key frame files)
- Havok Physics Engine
- AGEIA PhysX