Free Assets

General

Open Game Art
Kenney
Itch.io

Music

YouFulca
Peritune
Rengoku-Teien
Cyber Rainforce
Dova Syndrome
SHK
TAM Music Factory
Trial Music
samfree
Target & Error
Unknown Dimension
Mifuno Studio
Music Palette
MusMus
Moon Wind
Hagali
CMSL Classic Masterpiece Sound Library

MIDI Music

If you want to convert MIDI files to WAV, OGG, or MP3, while maintaining the same default feel that comes with Windows, use this MIDI converter and load in this soundfont.

FREEDOM HOUSE
Cnoc
Maou
Senses Circuit
Soleil Musique
TAM Music Factory
S_9on
Mifuno Studio
hanya412

Sound Effects

TMM1st ARCHIVE – This is where most Japanese doujin games get their sounds from.
Maou
Taira Komori
Otosozai
Game Developers Conference Free Sound Effect Pack from Soniss
MusMus
Sound Effect G
Sound Jay

Fonts

JF Dot Font – Font for pixel art style games for English and Japanese text

Game Engines

Unity – General game engine for any type of project
Unreal – General game engine for any type of project
Godot – Open Source game engine for any type of project
GameMaker – Game engine optimized for 2D projects (our personal favorite)
Construct – General game engine for any type of project
ClickTeam Fusion – Game engine optimized for 2D projects
Scratch – Game engine optimized for people who want to start learning programming
RPG Maker – Game engine optimized for RPG and adventure games
RPG Paper Maker – Similar to RPG Maker except in a 3D paper environment
Wolf RPG Editor – The other engine used in many RPG Maker style horror games
RenPy – Game engine optimized for visual novels
Pico-8 – Game engine for a tiny fantasy console
GB Studio – Game engine for the Game Boy
NESMaker – Game engine for the NES
VCS Game Maker – Game engine for the Atari 2600
Ikemen GO – Game engine for creating fighting games remade from MUGEN with netplay support
Platform Fighter Engine – Framework for GameMaker to create games similar to Smash

Tools

Audacity – General audio tool
Reaper – General audio tool
Aseprite – General tool for making sprites
FamiStudio – Create NES style music
Little Sound DJ – Create GB style music
Lovely Composer – Create chiptune style music
Photopea – Browser based Photoshop alternative
OBS Studio – Software for recording your screen, as well as for streaming
Gamepad Tester – Checks inputs for your controllers
Parsec – Connect remotely to your computers or your friends’ computers
VDO Ninja – Quickly share your screen or camera with your homies
Blender – Create 3D models
VRoid Studio – Create anime style 3D models
Fire Alpaca – Easy to use software for drawing digital art
Krita – Digital art software with amazing features but a bit of a learning curve
devkitpro – Tools for creating homebrew games for retro consoles
Github Desktop – Github except it’s easy modo
Lossless Cut – Quick way to cut out the non-so-cool parts of your videos
Handbrake – Convert your video into other formats
Lospec – Website for color palette ideas for your pixel art
GGPO – The homie rollback netcode for your games
Catbox – Cute way to generate links for sharing files quickly
Filen – Open source file storage website
Akari Link Shortener – Link shortener for cute people
Nyanpass – Nyanpasu