Game Development — Useful Sites

Awesome Babylon.js

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A resource list for Babylon.js, a 3D game engine for web and native. Unlike Three.js it behaves like an engine rather than a rendering library: physics integration, the Inspector and the Playground come built in.

https://github.com/Symbitic/awesome-babylonjs

Awesome Flame

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A resource list for Flame, the game engine for Flutter. Unlike general Flutter lists, it focuses only on game development — Flame plugins, sample games, tutorials.

https://github.com/flame-engine/awesome-flame

Awesome Game Boy Dev

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

Game development for the Game Boy — assemblers, tools and hardware docs. Unlike modern engine lists it focuses on programming constrained retro hardware.

https://github.com/gbdev/awesome-gbdev

Awesome Game Development

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A resource list covering every branch of game development from engines to asset tools. Unlike engine-specific lists it is engine-agnostic — a broad starting map.

https://github.com/Calinou/awesome-gamedev

Awesome Game Engine Dev

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

Resources for writing the game engine itself, not a game — rendering, physics, ECS. Unlike engine-usage lists it aims at building an engine from scratch.

https://github.com/stevinz/awesome-game-engine-dev

Awesome Game Remakes

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A list of actively maintained, open-source remakes of classic games. Unlike emulators the game’s engine has been rewritten from scratch — the code is readable.

https://github.com/radek-sprta/awesome-game-remakes

Awesome Games of Coding

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A list of games that teach a programming language by making games. Unlike dry exercises it ties learning to a game’s progression.

https://github.com/michelpereira/awesome-games-of-coding

Awesome Godot

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A list of plugins, tutorials and example projects for the open-source Godot engine. Unlike the official docs it gathers the tools and templates the community produced.

https://github.com/godotengine/awesome-godot

Awesome Learn Gamedev

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

Course, book and community resources for learning to make games. Unlike tool lists it offers an ordered path and also covers side crafts like art, audio and design.

https://github.com/notpresident35/awesome-learn-gamedev

Awesome libGDX

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A list of libraries and resources for libGDX, the Java game framework that targets desktop, Android, iOS and web from one codebase. Unlike Unity lists, it centres on a code-first framework rather than an editor.

https://github.com/rafaskb/awesome-libgdx

Awesome LÖVE2D

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A list of resources and libraries for LÖVE, the Lua-based game engine. Unlike engines with an editor such as Godot, it has none — everything is Lua code; the list gathers the libraries that fill that gap.

https://github.com/love2d-community/awesome-love2d

Awesome Minecraft

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A list gathering Minecraft server software, mods, launchers and tools. Unlike the official wiki, it covers the software ecosystem around the game rather than the game itself.

https://github.com/bs-community/awesome-minecraft

Awesome Open Source Games

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A list of playable games whose source is open. Unlike game stores these are projects whose code you can read to learn how they were made and build on.

https://github.com/michelpereira/awesome-open-source-games

Awesome OpenGL

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A list of libraries and tutorials for OpenGL, the 2D/3D rendering API. Unlike Vulkan it is higher-level and easier to learn — still the most common way into graphics programming.

https://github.com/eug/awesome-opengl

Awesome PICO-8

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A list of games and tools for PICO-8, the retro-constrained fantasy console. Unlike general game engines, it has you build within deliberate limits — a 128×128 screen, 16 colours.

https://github.com/pico-8/awesome-PICO-8

Awesome Vulkan

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A resource list for Vulkan, the low-overhead 3D graphics and compute API. Unlike OpenGL it hands you the work the driver used to do — memory management, synchronisation: faster, but far more verbose.

https://github.com/vinjn/awesome-vulkan

Catlike Coding

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

Rigorous, step-by-step Unity C# tutorial series that reach advanced topics such as a custom render pipeline and procedural meshes. Unlike video tutorials it is written, and explains why the code does what it does at every step.

https://catlikecoding.com

Game Developer

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

Formerly Gamasutra — industry articles and game-development postmortems. Unlike gaming news sites it addresses developers rather than players: design, tech and the business side.

https://www.gamedeveloper.com

itch.io

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

An open, pay-what-you-want marketplace for indie games, tools and assets. Unlike Steam it has a low barrier and flexible pricing — where experimental and small works get published.

https://itch.io

Kenney

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

Cohesive, huge CC0 game-asset packs, free and unrestricted to use. Unlike community archives such as OpenGameArt, they come from one hand, so each pack shares a single style.

https://kenney.nl

LearnOpenGL

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A comprehensive, well-ordered tutorial teaching modern OpenGL from scratch. Unlike scattered OpenGL resources it is consistent and sequential — each chapter leaves working code the next builds on.

https://learnopengl.com

LÖVE

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A Lua framework for 2D games, well suited to fast prototyping. Unlike engines with an editor such as Godot it has none — everything is Lua code, minimal and portable.

https://love2d.org

MagicTools

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A list of tools and resources for game and graphics development — sprites, tiles, audio, level editors. Unlike engine lists it focuses on the helper tools in the production pipeline.

https://github.com/ellisonleao/magictools

OpenGameArt

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A community library of freely licensed (CC) game art and audio. Unlike single-hand packs such as Kenney’s it comes from many contributors — broad, but stylistically mixed.

https://opengameart.org

Phaser

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

An HTML5 game framework for building 2D web games in JavaScript. Unlike general rendering libraries it is a game framework — physics, sprite management and input come ready.

https://phaser.io

raylib

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A simple, beginner-friendly C library for games that starts you fast with few dependencies. Unlike engines such as Unity or Godot there is no editor or scene system — you work in code alone, with basic graphics and input functions.

https://www.raylib.com

Red Blob Games

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

Tutorials explaining game-dev maths — A*, hex grids, field of view — through interactive visuals. Unlike textbooks, you watch the algorithm by playing with it on the page.

https://www.redblobgames.com

The Book of Shaders

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

A gentle, interactive introduction to fragment shaders (GLSL). Unlike reference docs it shows every concept with a live, editable shader on the page.

https://thebookofshaders.com

anything_about_game

2026-09-10T20:53:20Z

A vast resource list covering every side of game development — graphics, engines, audio, academic papers. Unlike Awesome-Game-Analysis’s analysis focus it looks at the build side: it gathers every branch you need to make a game from scratch, not to dissect one.

https://github.com/killop/anything_about_game

Awesome Game Analysis

2026-09-10T20:53:20Z

A community-driven collection of resources on analysing video-game technology — engine internals, graphics techniques, file formats. Unlike game-making courses it looks the other way: not how to build, but working out what is inside shipped games.

https://github.com/OTFCG/Awesome-Game-Analysis

RetroReversing

2026-09-10T20:53:20Z

A site of resources, tutorials and tools for reverse-engineering retro games — source leaks, hardware, decompilation. Unlike general reverse-engineering sites it centres on retro game hardware: it goes into console internals and period toolchains.

https://www.retroreversing.com/

Godot

2026-08-21T20:53:20Z

An MIT-licensed game engine with separately mature 2D and 3D pipelines. Where it parts ways with Unity and Unreal is the licence: no revenue share, no seat fee, no per-install charge — the whole engine is yours.

https://godotengine.org/

Game Programming Patterns

2026-08-17T20:53:20Z

Robert Nystrom’s free book on the design patterns that recur in game code. Unlike general design-pattern books its examples are specific to the game loop and performance.

https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/

Unity

2026-08-17T20:53:20Z

The most widely used cross-platform game engine; 2D/3D, mobile and console. Unlike Godot it has a huge asset store and industry ubiquity — most job listings ask for it.

https://unity.com/

MagicaVoxel

2026-04-17T19:05:54Z

Lightweight desktop voxel art editor with a built-in GPU path-tracing renderer; enables rapid block-based 3D creation compared to complex polygon modeling suites.

https://ephtracy.github.io/

Game-icons.net

2026-04-17T19:04:46Z

Repository of thousands of CC BY vector icons (SVG/PNG) customizable in browser; focuses on RPG inventory, spells, and combat symbols rather than corporate UI icons.

https://game-icons.net/

Bfxr

2026-04-17T19:04:28Z

Browser synthesizer that generates retro 8-bit sound effects (jumps, explosions, pickups) and exports WAV files; produces procedural audio on the fly instead of searching stock libraries.

https://www.bfxr.net/