Blender is an amazing free and open source software project for creating 3d
artwork and animations, as well as 2D artwork (grease pencil). This project is
exceptionally well run and managed with a friendly community of artists
and trainers. This project is well funded, very active, and has exceptional
3D developers on staff. A plethora of training available - both free and paid.
300+ artists sharing techniques on youtube fairly regularly.
OS: Windows, Linux, Mac
Blender Home
License type: GNU GPL 2+
License Page
Godot 3.2 was used as the game engine for Tube Slayers from Empanada.
Godot is an amazing Game Engine that is more developer-oriented than some
other game engines. Developers like it's overall "feel". It
may be lacking in some features at this point, but is very well-coded
application and well-managed, very active project. Godot was chosen because it
has a nice scripting language, gdscript, and also because it has RUST bindings (which
will be the eventual language for Tube Slayers from Empanada) , a very permissive MIT license, and it's relatively easy to pick up on.
So far, so good - though I still have a LOT to learn ...
OS: Windows, Linux, Mac
Godot Home
License type: MIT
License Page
LMMS is a really cool and relatively easy to use audio creation program. It's open source, easy to
use, and appears to be a very active project. There are some great videos on youtube on how to
use this excellent open source application. LMMS was chosen as the software for creation of the background
beats in Tube Slayers from Empanada.
LMMS Home
License type: GNU GPL
License Page