Suggested.txt

Suggested Tools:
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NOTE:

ToDo: keep adding to suggested list.

* The point of including the suggested list, is something I was thinking about
  as a longtime open source developer on various non gaming related projects
  over the last few decades, many folks used to ask me what sort of tools I
  would use for this or that and as such how many were free tools say due to
  their budgetary constraints, as such during those requests I used to write
  suggested lists related to those subjects and as such, recently I decided
  to think on and about what sort of list would be viable say for someone
  either just getting into gaming projects and or long time devs simply
  wanting a list of various free tools in various subjects relative to
  various aspects that may pertain to a project as something to help people
  say starting out or considering what some free tools might be handy to
  start various aspects related to their project. As such, note: this list
  may grow!


Free Game Engine Core:
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Unity Online:
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* https://unity.com/

Unity Engine:
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* https://unity.com/download

Unity Hub Desktop:
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* https://unity.com/unity-hub


Unity Assets:
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Assets Store:
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* https://assetstore.unity.com/


Free Code Environment:
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Visual Studio:
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* https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/


Free Code Repository Management:
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GitHub Online:
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* https://github.com/

GitHub Desktop:
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* https://desktop.github.com/


Free Documentation Management:
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GitBook:
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* https://www.gitbook.com/


Free Code Editor(s):
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Sublime Text:
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* https://www.sublimetext.com/

Visual Studio Code:
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* https://code.visualstudio.com/



Suggested basic base extensions for VS Code:
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C#:
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* https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.csharp


.NET Runtime Install Tool:
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* https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime


C# Dev Kit:
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* https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.csdevkit


IntelliCode for C# Dev Kit:
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* https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.vscodeintellicode-csharp


etc, etc...


Free Modeling Editors:
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Blender:
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* https://www.blender.org/

MakeHuman:
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* http://www.makehumancommunity.org/

MakeHuman For Blender (MPFB):
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* http://static.makehumancommunity.org/mpfb.html


Also for Blender & worth a look at:
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Mixamo for Blender Addon:
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* https://substance3d.adobe.com/plugins/mixamo-in-blender/

Buildify - Buildify is a geometry nodes library for easy building creation:
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* https://paveloliva.gumroad.com/l/buildify

Blosm for Blender - Google 3D cities, OpenStreetMap, terrain:
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* https://prochitecture.gumroad.com/l/blender-osm

BlenderGIS - Blender addons to make the bridge between Blender and geographic
data:
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* https://github.com/domlysz/BlenderGIS


FBX Import Issues with Blender?
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Autodesk FBX Converter:
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Ever find having trouble with some .FBX files failing import to Blender and
error notice states issues with ascii fbx files? You can sort that out often
times by grabbing the old free fbx convertor from the autodesk archives.

* https://www.autodesk.com/developer-network/platform-technologies/fbx-converter-archives


Free Graphics Editor:
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Gimp:
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* https://www.gimp.org/


Other Online Sources:
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Scetchfab:
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* https://sketchfab.com/

Mixamo:
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* https://www.mixamo.com/


Online Info / Tutorials Watching:
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Youtube:
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* https://www.youtube.com/


Other:
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Discussion, Chat, Etc:
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Discord:
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* https://discord.com/


Creator Instructions / Supports:
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Patreon:
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* https://www.patreon.com/



Screen Capture / Recording for tutorial Creations:
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* Still need to add these linkages....


Local File Tutorial Video Watching:
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VLC:
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* https://www.videolan.org/vlc/


File / Package Management:
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Windows:
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7zip:
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* https://7-zip.org/

WinRar:
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* https://www.rarlab.com/download.htm


Mac:
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Keka:
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* https://www.keka.io/en/


TheUnArchiver:
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* https://theunarchiver.com/


E-Book / Docs (.epub / .pdf) Lib & Conversions Management:
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Calibre:
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* https://calibre-ebook.com/

Note: one simple example reason why using calibre is handy is for example:
when projects like lets say "Blender" decide to put out their documentaion
download package as .epub, mkay, that is all dandy but when say you tend to
use pdf, this creates a problem, why? because the epub is 8582 pages and
approx 250+mb in size, thus most online convertors will not convert this due
to size allotments, thus the simple solution is to take the epub and use the
free calibre software to convert it! Also this is a simple free and handy
tool for managing your epub and or pdf ebooks library via your comp.


Adobe Acrobat Reader:
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* https://get.adobe.com/reader/


Suggested Browser Stuff:
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* I know, I know, while many use various browsers and I could suggest plenty
  as I use a few when testing responsive stuff or browser specific issues
  when doing web development type projects, let us also note that I am rather
  old-school, so I tend to stick loyally with softs / products that I have
  used for decades and as such the mozilla project is one I have stuck with
  since the start of their journey man many years ago! As such, lets suggest
  such: 


Firefox Developer Edition:
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* https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/


Just a handy site location and IP related infd Addon for start:
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FlagFox:
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Handy for seeing sites location, ip, whois, etc etc.


* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flagfox/


Just a few handy Web Development related Addons for start:
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Web Developer Addon:
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Handy for various needs when developing your project site.

* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-developer/


ColorZilla:
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Handy for hex when developing your project site.


* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/colorzilla/


Awesome Screenshot:
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Such is handy when needing to capture screen areas for say tutorials or
support.


* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/screenshot-capture-annotate/


Just a few handy Video Download related Addons for start:
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Easy Youtube Video Downloader:
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Such is handy when you need to say grab tutorial vids or what not for offline
viewing.


* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/easy-youtube-video-download/


Video DownloadHelper:
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Such is handy when you need to say grab tutorial vids or what not for offline
viewing.


* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/


Suggested FTP Management:
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As most likely eventually you will make a project related website and want to
transfer files to such...


FileZilla:
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Such is handy when you need to say upload, edit, remove or change chmod for
files while building your site, and is free and simple in comparison to other
tools that may be more complicated for you, thus why I will always suggest
FileZilla!


* https://filezilla-project.org/



Essential lang(s) to learn for starters:
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Game Dev side of things (for starters):
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NOTE: these are provided as simple suggestions and are simply just the basics
that one should plan to start to learn for basic development skillsets after
learning these such basics, alot of of others will begin to make more sense
and open the door to whatever paths and directions one may choose to expand
upon from there....


C#:
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)


C++:
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B



Web development side of things:
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NOTE: these are provided as simple suggestions and are simply just the basics
that one should plan to start to learn for basic web development skillsets if
one plans to say build their project site or even begin to continue further
and say build their own cos or softs related to say their projects..., after
learning these such basics, alot of of others will begin to make sense and
open the door to whatever paths and directions one may choose to expand upon
from there....


CSS:
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS


HTML:
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5


JS:
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript


jQuery:
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JQuery


jSon:
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON


XML:
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML


Ajax:
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming)


PHP:
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP



MySQL / MySQLi:
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQLi


Etc, etc.....