Resources, Cuse Game Jam

Lynda.com access (soon to be LinkedIn Learning) is free to anyone with an Onondaga Public Library card from either:

Utilities:

GitHub – A place to store the code for your game
- The easiest GitHub tutorial ever by Joos Korstanje

Game Engines

GDevelop
- “GDevelop is an open-source, cross-platform game engine designed for everyone – it’s extensible, fast and easy to learn.”
- Tutorial – Create a Platformer Game
- Tutorial – Create a Tank Shooter Game
Twine – Open source engine for text games.
- “Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.”
Game Maker Studio – Free Trial (30 Days), Windows & Mac
- Beginner Tutorial (video)
Godot Engine – Open Source, Windows, Mac, Linux
- “Godot provides a huge set of common tools, so you can just focus on making your game without reinventing the wheel. Godot is completely free and open-source under the very permissive MIT license. No strings attached, no royalties, nothing. Your game is yours, down to the last line of engine code.”
- Godot Engine Documentation
Phaser
- “A fast, free and fun open source framework for Canvas and WebGL powered browser games.”
Game Builder
- Developed by Google and free on Steam, now open sourced!
- Create your scenes and edit code from within the game.

Game Design

Collision Detection by Jeff Thompson
- How do we create interaction between characters, enemies, objects, cursors?
- Great collection of algorithms for detecting collisions, or where objects meet
- From points to lines on up to more complex shapes

Assets