Linux Tools
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 13:53
I don't know if there something like this yet, but i will post because i don't have find anything.
I want suggestions for tools for game dev that run on linux, if we don't have a topic like this i suggest creating one. I will separate the tools in 3 Major groups, i will list the tools in major categories that are combinations of 3 things: Linux Tools, Open Tools and free tools.
Inside the major group will be the desinated area, so for example:
Free linux open tools
Art
Krita
Free Linux tools
Engine
Unity
Ty.
From what I remember / use (with obvious focus on Free/Libre software):
Free/Libre Tools
Art
Render Engines
Game Engines
Physics Libs:
I didn't put much libraries here (could extend the list with GUIs, for example, some multiplataform low-level libs, like SDL, especifc game-genre engines, like Stratagus and so on).
In the way of game engines / authoring tools there's always Twine, Ren'Py and Inform 7 (the latter with some caveats). Also anything that runs in a web browser, though those are usually rather specialized, such as PuzzleScript. And I'm not sure it counts, but sdlBasic is a very nice runtime that comes as a single, small executable file and can run (2D) games with all the bells and whistles written in a simple scripting language.
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