Cocos2D and its popular family of tools is
free game development software that can be used to make applications for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, and Xbox 360.
Not exact matches
The
software is
free which is a plus if you're just starting out in your
game development quest.
It's specifically designed to be open to professional and amateur
game designers alike, with
free software development tools included with every console.
Looking back to the 1990s, which was when the
development of independent
games really began, in those days they were largely created for PCs and were usually made as shareware — e.g.
free software that can easily be shared and copied by other people.
CGCookie This site has a number of tutorials and articles about
game development in general as well as developing with Unity and tutorials on Blender, the
free to use 3d animation
software.
One very interesting bit of news that has been floating around is that Nintendo have struck deals with Havok and Autodesk that will allow them to provide
free copies of these companies» so - called «middleware» — special
software that stands between
game developers and the hardware, which automates many complex
development tasks.
Having a background in
software engineering, she brought the advances in
software development to gaming and found her happy place in
free - to - play
games.