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Free resources to help you put games together!
Free resources to help you put games together. Often they're called {{jargon|Asset|assets}}, it means the different images, music files, sound effects and other materials that goes into games.


==Kinds==
Sometimes these pages disappear, some times the free selection's really limited. If stuff's not actually useful feel free to delete.


===3-D Models===
NB: The [[#See_Also_2|See Also]] section at the bottom has lots of links to places that don't fit neatly into other categories, for example sites with multiple different kinds of assets.
 
==3-D Models==
* [http://www.123dapp.com/Gallery/content/all 123dapp] - Models from 3-D scanners and simple modelling tools.
* [http://www.123dapp.com/Gallery/content/all 123dapp] - Models from 3-D scanners and simple modelling tools.
* [https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/vehicles/land/kawaii-tanks-free-version-1-1-54604| Kawaii Tanks] - Tank model with flexible tracks on the Unity asset store. Not actually v kawaii ;)
* [http://redwood-data.org/3dscan/ A Large Dataset of Object Scans] - 3-D scans, in .PLY format (can open in [[MeshLab]] and [[Blender]].
* [https://archive.org/details/nasa-3d-resources NASA 3D Resources] - Space things on the Internet Archive.
* [https://www.blendswap.com/ Blend Swap]
* [https://brokenvector.itch.io/low-poly-cars Low Poly Cars]
* [http://www.sweethome3d.com/importModels.jsp Sweet Home 3D] - list of places with free resources.
* [https://www.models-resource.com/ The Models Resource] - Version of The Spriters Resource for 3-D models, so stuff ripped from released videogames.
* [https://www.thebasemesh.com/ The Base Mesh] - '1000+ Base Meshes. 100% Free. CC0 License.'
==Fonts==
* [https://fontlibrary.org/ Font Library] - Libre fonts.
* [https://www.free-fonts.com/open-source free-fonts] - Libre fonts.
* [https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/list/find_fonts?filter%5Blicense%5D%5B0%5D=open Font Squirrel]
* [https://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/ The League of Moveable Type] - Libre fonts, pretentious website ;3
* [http://velvetyne.fr/ VTF] - Libre fonts.
* [http://www.pentacom.jp/pentacom/bitfontmaker2/gallery/ bitfontmaker2/gallery] - Fonts made with Bitfontmaker2.
* [https://polyducks.itch.io/kitchen-sink-textmode-font Kitchen Sink] - Free/pay-what-you-want, monospace font with drawing characters.
* [https://www.design-research.be/by-womxn/ BADASS LIBRE FONTS BY WOMXN]
* [https://stgiga.github.io/UnifontEX/ UnifontEX] - Pixel font with great support for extra characters, emoji, etc.
==General Audio==
* [http://archives.somnolescent.net/ilife/ iLife Stock Music and Sound Effects]
* [https://soundimage.org/ Soundimage.org] - Music, sounds, textures. Attribution [[Guide:Licensing|licence]].
* [https://sampleswap.org/ SampleSwap] - Samples, music, sound effects.
* [https://musical-artifacts.com/ Musical Artifacts] - All sorts of files useful for music-making on a computer.
==General Images==
* [http://imageafter.com/ Image*After]
* [https://pubdomordie.club/ PUB•DOM•OR•DIE]
* [https://archive.org/details/50000ultimatewebgraphics 50,000 Ultimate Web Graphics] on archive.org
* [https://archive.org/details/corel_gallery_1000000_win95 Corel Gallery 1,000,000] on archive.org
* [https://archive.org/details/CorelGALLERY_1.3_million_pictures_-_16_CDs_Win95 CorelGALLERY 1.3 million pictures - 16 CDs (Win95)] on archive.org
* [https://lilybelmira.itch.io/flower-art watering a flower art assets] - CC0, attribution appreciated. From the game ''[https://lilybelmira.itch.io/flower watering a flower]''
* [http://archives.somnolescent.net/web/hypercard/ Art Bits from HyperCard] - Lots of great 2-colour graphics.
* [https://egardepe.itch.io/hypercardgraphics Hypercard Graphics Pack] - Another pack of graphics from [[HyperCard]], dunno if they're both the same stuff.
* [http://archives.somnolescent.net/ids_clipart/ Internet Design Shop Clipart] - Graphics from WebPage Designer Gold by Boomerang Software.
* [https://hasgraphics.com/ Has Graphics]
* [https://gifcities.org/ GifCities] - Internet Archive's Geocities archive GIF search.
* [https://campaignwiki.org/face Faces for your RPG Characters]
* [http://www.diddly.com/random/ Random Personal Picture Finder] - Bing searches for images using default camera filenames.
* [https://emptyfortress.itch.io/demons-asset-pack Demons Asset Pack] - Scanned drawings in raster and vector.
* [https://game-icons.net/ game-icons.net]
* [https://pixelsea.neocities.org/ Pixel Sea] - Search 32×32 and 88×31 graphics.
* [https://archive.org/details/photoclipart Photo and Clip Art CD-ROMs] - Collection on Internet Archive.
* [https://public.work/ Public Work] - Search public domain work from mostly North American institutions.
* [https://99gifshop.neocities.org/ 99GIF Shop] - Web graphics.
==Music==
* [https://incompetech.com/music/ Royalty-Free Music] by Kevin MacLeod. [[Guide:Licensing|Licence]]: [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC BY 3.0]
* [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bw4MH6EXU9vTQzlNQk9qU2dTc0U nosoapradiotracks] - Music bits (Google Drive)
* [https://rpgmaker.net/musicpack/ RMN Music Pack] - Music from the rpgmaker.net community.
* [https://freemusicarchive.org/ Free Music Archive]
===MIDI===
* [https://archive.org/details/archiveteam-geocities-midi-collection-2009 Archive Team: The Geocities MIDI Collection] - A large collection of MIDI files rescued from Geocities.
* [http://www.vanbasco.com/midisearch.html vanBasco's MIDI Search]
* [http://artscene.textfiles.com/music/midi/ artscene.textfiles.com/music/midi/]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070804003325/http://www.rhost.it/Luli/my_music.htm My Music] page on Luli Site (Wayback Machine).
* [https://www.graeber.com/russian.html Russian Midi Page!]
* [http://www.johntorpmusic.dk/Midi.htm John Torp's Music - Original Midi]
* [https://github.com/EasyRPG/RTP/tree/master/Music Music] directory in the [[EasyRPG]] {{jargon|RTP|RTP}} is all MIDI. To download single directories from Git repos see: [[Guide:Git#Tools]]
* [https://archive.org/details/sound_canvas_midi_collection/ Sound Canvas MIDI collection] - '5000 MIDI files obtained from a large variety of Japanese websites'
===MOD===
* [https://modarchive.org/ The Mod Archive]
==Music Making==
===Effects===
* [https://shirobon.bandcamp.com/album/ps1-reverb-impulse-responses PS1 Reverb: Impulse Responses] - Set of settings you can use to get PlayStation-like reverb. On Bandcamp so you can hear demos. Pay-what-you-want.
===Instruments===
===Samples===
Bits of sounds for music-making.


===Music===
* [https://github.com/ldrolez/free-midi-chords Free MIDI Chords] - Okay, not actually samples, but an open-source repository of MIDI chords.
* [https://modarchive.org/forums/index.php?topic=2406 WaveWorld archive] - Bitorrent or HTTP downloads, WAV and MP3 format.
* [https://freewavesamples.com/ Free Wave Samples]
* [https://forum.vintagesynth.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=44513#p489828 Fairlight CMI IIx samples]
* [https://tomasmulcahy.com/fairlight-series-iii-factory-library/ Free! Fairlight Series III Factory Library mapped and looped]
* [https://archive.org/details/cmi-sound-library-rev-1.3 Fairlight CMI Sound Library Revision 1.3 (WAV)]
* [https://freepats.zenvoid.org/ FreePats] - Instrument samples in a variety of formats.
* [https://archive.org/details/samplecds Sample and Sample-Patch CDs] - Collection on Internet Archive.
* [https://archive.org/details/old-school-sample-cds-collection-01 90's Old School Sample CDs Collection] - Massive collection of 90s sample CDs, also on Internet Archive]].
* [https://github.com/KristofferKarlAxelEkstrand/AKWF-FREE Adventure Kid Waveforms] - Small (as in one cycle) samples formatted for various instruments.
* [https://heckscaper.com/stuff/index.html Free Samples] and [https://heckscaper.com/resources/ Sample Packs] from Emma.
* [https://seaweedfactory.blogspot.com/p/sample-packs.html Free Sample Packs] page on Seaweed Factory.
* [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sRuG9mRKo8T-8dUi4MBekXJNikqoJ_l3 Drum Machine Archive] - Over 2.5GB of hardware drum machine samples.
* [https://msx.horse/res2.php Halley Resource Center] - {{jargon|Sample Pack|Sample packs}} and {{jargon|Stem|stems}} by em. Lots of other cool stuff on their site too.
** For example this page that features a random rave stab every day: https://msx.horse/stab.php


===Shaders===
==Palettes==
* [https://gamemaking.tools/downloads/assets/Palettes/ gamemaking.tools/downloads/assets/Palettes/]


''( dumping some links D: )''
==RPG Maker Related==
* [https://grandmadebslittlebits.wordpress.com/ GrandmaDebsLittleBits]
* [https://pbjabcusa.com/crum/home.html Crum: Asset Pack for Marek & Co.] - Big pile of different things.
* [https://pbjabcusa.com/monsters/gallery.html RPG Maker 2003 Monsters by everythingstaken]


==Shaders==
===HLSL===
[[Wikipedia:High-Level Shading Language|High-Level Shading Language]], used in [[Unity]].
* Unity 5.x Shaders and Effects Cookbook, authors both have free tutes:
* Unity 5.x Shaders and Effects Cookbook, authors both have free tutes:
** [http://www.alanzucconi.com/category/shader/ Alan Zucconi]
** [http://www.alanzucconi.com/category/shader/ Alan Zucconi]
** [https://www.youtube.com/user/animate4evr/videos Kenneth Lammers]
** [https://www.youtube.com/user/animate4evr/videos Kenneth Lammers]
* [https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/directx-11/ucla-wireframe-shader-21897 UCLA Wireframe Shader]
* [https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/directx-11/advanced-wireframe-shader-directx-55686 Advanced Wireframe Shader]
* [https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/directx-11/screen-space-fluids-64440 Screen Space Fluids]
* [https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/star-nest-skybox-63726 Star Nest Skybox]
* [https://assetstore.unity.com/vfx/shaders?category=vfx%2Fshaders&free=true&orderBy=1 Free shaders on the Unity Asset Store]
* [https://github.com/keijiro/Retro3D Retro3D] - PlayStation-like shader. 'Basically, it's a kind of unlit shader, but also reduces the precision of geometric operations, and cancels the perspective correction for texture mapping.'
** Versions with lighting: [https://github.com/GuiglParty/Stage-Fright/tree/master/Assets/Retro3D github.com/GuiglParty/Stage-Fright/tree/master/Assets/Retro3D]
** [https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/flashback-94-shader-pack-27685 Flashback '94] - Another PSX-y shader set ($20).
** [https://github.com/dsoft20/psx_retroshader psx_retroshader] - Another one.
** [https://github.com/pastasfuture/com.hauntedpsx.render-pipelines.psx com.hauntedpsx.render-pipelines.psx] - Most advanced one, not just a shader.
===GLSL===
[[Wikipedia:OpenGL Shading Language|OpenGL Shading Language]], used in [[Godot]] (kinda).
Godot 2 had a visual shader editor, and I believe this is [https://godotdevelopers.org/forum/discussion/comment/22218/#Comment_22218 in development for Godot 3.1] :)
* [https://github.com/curly-brace Curly Brace]'s Github has lots of Godot shader stuff
===Converters===
Tools for converting shaders between languages
* [https://zz85.github.io/hlslparser/ HLSL to GLSL Converter]
* [http://diligentgraphhttps://grandmadebslittlebits.wordpress.com/ics.com/diligent-engine/shader-converter/ HLSL to GLSL Source Converter]
* [https://alastaira.wordpress.com/2015/08/07/unity-shadertoys-a-k-a-converting-glsl-shaders-to-cghlsl/ Unity Shadertoys (a.k.a Converting GLSL shaders to Cg/HLSL)] - info
===See Also===
* [https://www.shadertoy.com shadertoy.com] - Browse free shaders. Pretty demanding website D:
==Sound Effects==
* [https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/ BBC Sound Effects]
* [https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/free-music-samples-download-loops-hits-and-multis-627820 Free music samples: download loops, hits and multis] - Music Radar.
* [https://www.themotionmonkey.co.uk/free-resources/retro-arcade-sounds/ FREE Retro Arcade Video Game Sound Effects]
* [https://www.freetousesounds.com/ freetousesounds.com] - Guy's field recordings. Are they actually free?
** [https://freetousesounds.bandcamp.com/music freetousesounds] on Bandcamp.
* [http://thewindspirit.com/sfx-cd.html Sound Effects Greatest Hits] - SFX disc archived by Max Anderson.
* [https://freesound.org/ Freesound] - Creative Commons sounds.
* [https://99sounds.org/ 99Sounds]
* [https://www.sounds-resource.com/ The Sounds Resource] - Version of The Spriters Resource for sound effect, so stuff ripped from released videogames.


===Sound Effects===
==Sprites==
* [http://www.widgetworx.com/spritelib/ SpriteLib]
* [https://botsin.space/@PixelMonsterBot Pixel Monster Bot] - Great little 5×5 pixel mons. [https://idlethumbs.social/@mikew/102768684333969641 Free to use for whatever].
* [https://www.spriters-resource.com/ The Spriters Resource] - Graphic rips (and some edits) from games.
* [http://www.videogamesprites.net/ videogamesprites.net]


===Textures / Tiles===
==Textures / Tiles==
* [https://mega.nz/#F!woJE1T6b!8Rxdf2NRQyoIp5yxdJMBYw 1078 Weird Textures] (there's a ZIP of all the textures in the subfolder there too)
* [https://mega.nz/#F!woJE1T6b!8Rxdf2NRQyoIp5yxdJMBYw 1078 Weird Textures] (there's a ZIP of all the textures in the subfolder there too). Link needs replacing.
* [https://mega.nz/#F!E9hgWZrS!j96SjF3zQpbfAU4M6QON5A lsdtexs] Rip of textures from ''LSD Dream Emulator''. Can't remember where I found them :(
* [https://mega.nz/#F!E9hgWZrS!j96SjF3zQpbfAU4M6QON5A lsdtexs] Rip of textures from ''LSD Dream Emulator''. Can't remember where I found them :( Link needs replacing.
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/sets/72157639585298964 Decorative Papers, found by the community from the Mechanical Curator Collection]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/sets/72157639585298964 Decorative Papers, found by the community from the Mechanical Curator Collection]
* [http://catlikecoding.com/numberflow/ NumberFlow] is free for non-commercial use. Procedural texture generation.
* [http://spiralgraphics.biz/packs/index.htm Genetica Texture Packs] They're in an odd format (.GTX), but can be converted with a program on the site (I should convert and upload these). You can also just download versions of them, one-by-one as .JPG files.
* [https://www.textures.com Textures.com]. You can limit your search to textures that tile seemlessly, but not everything seems to be filed correctly. Has a nice preview feature too. You'll have to either use 'view page info' or an adblocker to bypass their little download protection ;)
* [https://deepomega.itch.io/hex-world Hex World: Realistic Hex Textures for Maps]
* [https://rvklein.me/proj/emsqpat/ ＥＭ－Ｓｑｕａｒｅ Ｐａｔｔｅｒｎｓ] - SVG tiling patterns.
* [http://www.sweethome3d.com/importTextures.jsp Sweet Home 3D] - list of places with free resources.
* [https://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/11521 Sprite Walls] - drawings by Clyde.
* [https://zanzindorf.com/textures.html Zanzindorf] - From photos.
* [https://renderman.pixar.com/pixar-one-twenty-eight Pixar One Twenty Eight] - Free repeating textures (with normal and bump maps), by Pixar. [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0] licence.
* [https://renderman.pixar.com/pixar-one-thirty Pixar One Thirty] - Another set with the same licence.
* Random Pattern Generator - [https://botsin.space/@patternrandom Mastodon] and [https://twitter.com/PatternRandom Twitter] bots that sometimes post interesting, tileable gradients. Each version seems to have different posts? Includes instructions on how to generate them.
** [https://twitter.com/KlongDor KlongDor] - related somehow...
* [https://doodad.dev/pattern-generator/ Pattern Generator] - Browser-based.
* [https://github.com/Render96/Render96Wiki/wiki/Texture-Library-Previews Texture Library Previews] page on the RENDER96 Wiki. Links to stock texture CD rips on Internet Archive. Wiki itself is a cool investigation of the sources of textures used in videogames.
* [https://textures.neocities.org/ TextureTown] - Has a cool 3-D texture testing environment too.
** [https://toot.melonland.net/@textures + Texture of the Day +] - Bot posting TextureTown's texture of the day.
* [https://www.textures-resource.com/ The Textures Resource] - Version of The Spriters Resource for textures, so stuff ripped from released videogames.
* [https://archive.org/details/PatternWorldIslamEuropeModern Pattern World] - CD-ROM on Internet Archive.
* [https://wriks.itch.io/wrad-textures Wrad Textures] - 300+ photo textures, public domain, by Erik Engström.


==See Also==
==See Also==
* [http://search.creativecommons.org/ search.creativecommons.org]
* The [[:Category:Asset Creation|Asset Creation]] section of the wiki, for tools to help you make your own.
* Unity 3D's [http://assetstore.unity3d.com/ Asset Store]
* The [[:Category:Generative|Generative]] section of this wiki, for tools to generate assets.
* [http://opengameart.org/ opengameart.org] - All-sorts, graphics, sounds—
* [https://wordpress.org/openverse/ Openverse] - Creative Commons search engine (was search.creativecommons.org)
* Unity's [https://assetstore.unity.com/ Asset Store]
* Free and not-free assets on [https://itch.io/game-assets itch.io]
* [https://post.lurk.org/@wendy/100734030623295814 post.lurk.org/@wendy/100734030623295814] - Mastodon thread with CC resources.
* [https://www.artlantis3d.com/ Artlantis 3D Resources]
* [https://jonathan-so.itch.io/creatorpack Game Creator's Pack] - Creative Commons asset pack.
* [https://www.sharecg.com/index.php Share CG]
* [http://slackermedia.info/sprints/ slackermedia.info/sprints/] - Directory of [http://slackermedia.info/downloads/ all sorts of things].
* [https://kenney.nl/assets Assets] by Kenny
* [https://github.com/smogheap/scrapheap scrapheap] - Github repo with a bunch of different things.
* [https://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/11085 musty old scraps] - Various things from unfinished games, by hugs.
* [https://www.clickteam.com/resources Useful Resources] on the Clickteam website. Sounds, graphics, and some links to other places.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19981212033405/http://www.thefreesite.com/ The Free Site] on the Wayback Machine.
* [http://www.esc-j.net/stg/stgdu/upload.php Shooting Game Developer Uploader]
* [https://www.vg-resource.com/ The VG Resource] (forum) and [https://wiki.vg-resource.com/ The VG Resource Wiki] - Central locations for the Spriters Resource (etc.) sites.
* [https://rpg.hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/Resources#Game_Resources Game Resources] - Lots of links on [[OHRRPGCE]]'s wiki.

Latest revision as of 10:00, 6 November 2024

Free resources to help you put games together. Often they're called assets, it means the different images, music files, sound effects and other materials that goes into games.

Sometimes these pages disappear, some times the free selection's really limited. If stuff's not actually useful feel free to delete.

NB: The See Also section at the bottom has lots of links to places that don't fit neatly into other categories, for example sites with multiple different kinds of assets.

3-D Models

Fonts

General Audio

General Images

Music

MIDI

MOD

Music Making

Effects

  • PS1 Reverb: Impulse Responses - Set of settings you can use to get PlayStation-like reverb. On Bandcamp so you can hear demos. Pay-what-you-want.

Instruments

Samples

Bits of sounds for music-making.

Palettes

RPG Maker Related

Shaders

HLSL

High-Level Shading Language, used in Unity.

GLSL

OpenGL Shading Language, used in Godot (kinda). Godot 2 had a visual shader editor, and I believe this is in development for Godot 3.1 :)

Converters

Tools for converting shaders between languages

See Also

Sound Effects

Sprites

Textures / Tiles

See Also

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