Writing games

• Main documentation;
• Modules;
• Handbook. Author - Aleksandr Yakovlev with the participation of Peter Kosyh;
• Educational game.

Also documentation is distributed with the program.

• Create games with the menu (PDF). Author: v.v.b.
• Programming tricks;
• Textbook (not finished).

• Lua Official site a demonstration of the code;
• Lua 5.1 Reference Manual (translated into Russian) — http://www.lua.ru/doc/.

• "Building No.6": backgrounds creation how-to

• PyIge - designed specifically for INSTEAD;
• Geany - a development environment (IDE);
• Medit - text editor with the lighting code.

• Raster: GIMP, mtPaint;
• Vector: Inkscape, Xara Xtreme;
• Three-dimensional: Blender and Art of Illusion; Sweet Home 3D (CAD system for the interior design with the possibility import additional three-dimensional models created by other users, either alone in programs of Blender or Art of Illusion).

• Trackers: Sunvox, MilkyTracker, Skale Tracker (project is closed but is available for download); for Windows: OpenMPT, MODPlug, MadTracker, FamiTracker.
• General Purpose: Audacity, LMMS, Ardour (Linux, Mac OS X), Rosegarden (Linux), MusE (Linux), Qtractor (Linux), Podium Free (Windows), Wavosaur (Windows).
• Drum machines: Hydrogen (Linux, Mac OS X).

• Open Clip Art Library.

• FindSounds;
• The freesound proect;
• Jamendo;
• The Mod Archive — HUGE collection of tracker music;
• SampleSwap.

• OpenGameArt.org