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Indie Resources

Welcome to PixelProspector’s Indie Resources!
A nifty collection of resources for Indie Game Developers.

Note: some articles are still in somekind of a beta state.

Navigation
(Jump to the sections on this page directly)

The Indie Guide Art above was drawn by the awesome Dominique Ferland!


  INSPIRATION, GAME DEVELOPMENT & GAME DESIGN

1. Get Inspired (And Learn About Video Games)

2. Game Development

3. Game Design

4. Forums & Job Boards


  GRAPHICS

1. Create Graphics

2. Hire A Graphic Designer (Or Buy Assets)

3. Pixel Art, Graphics Tutorials & Design Theory

4. Logos, Fonts & Icons


  SOUND & MUSIC

1. Create Sounds & Music

2. Download Sounds & Music

3. Hire Musicians & Voice Actors


  BUSINESS

Starting & Running A Business

Self Publishing & Selling Your Game

Game Revenue, Pricing & Piracy

Interviews, Postmortems and Speeches

Networking & Community Building

  • Networking And Community Building (Coming Soon… In Development)
  • The Big List Of Game Events (Coming Soon… In Development)

Business Cards

Fans

Funding


  MARKETING

Marketing Resources

Blog

  • The Big List Of What To Write On Your Blog (Coming Soon… In Development)

Press

Advertising


  VIDEO GAME SITES


  VIDEO RECORDING & EDITING

1. How To Record A Video

2. How To Edit A Video

3. How To Create A Trailer

  • Elements Of Good Trailers (Coming Soon… In Development)


  WEBSITE, BLOG, WIKI & FORUM CREATION

How To Create A Website Easily

  • How To Buy/Host/Create A Website In 12 Steps (Coming Soon… In Development)
  • Elements Of A Good Website (Coming Soon… In Development)

0. Get A Free Website / Forum / Wiki

1. Buy Domain & Web Hosting

  • How To Choose A Domain Registrar (Coming Soon… In Development)
  • How To Choose A Web Host (Coming Soon… In Development)

2. Using WordPress To Create A Website

  • How To Create A Website With WordPress (Coming Soon… In Development)
  • The Big List Of WordPress Tutorials & Resources (Coming Soon… In Development)
  • The Big List Of Premium WordPress Theme Sites (Coming Soon… In Development)

3. Alternatives To WordPress

4. Hire A Web Designer (Optional)

  • 6 Places To Find Web Designers (Coming Soon… In Development)

5. Forums & Wikis

6. Additional Website Related Stuff


OTHER

  • Free Collaborative Drawing Boards
  • The Big List Of Programming Languages & Source Code Editors (Coming Soon… In Development))
  • PixelProspector’s Time Management Guide (Coming Soon… In Development)
  • [...] Indie Resources [...]

  • This is an incredible resource. Well done!

    shipwreck

    August 7, 2011

  • :)

    PixelProspector

    August 20, 2011

  • Great list! I’m sure many aspiring indie groups will be able to use this as a starting point.

    Quick suggestion for links:
    -Under the game development section, adding a link to an Android dev kit would be good. I believe Coke and Code used the Java2D API for Legends of Yore, which should be easy enough to use as Android is based primarily on Java.
    -A link to Unity3D (http://unity3d.com/). Though a Pro version is expensive, the indie version is free and still very robust and easy to use. The engine tries hard to bridge the gap between programmer and designer/graphics artist. I use it now for my games and love it (though it’s networking side lacks a little). I think it also allows for packaging the game to Windows, Mac OS X, and browser in the indie version. However, I think they request you buy a license after so many copies of your game are sold.

    Again, great list! Bookmarked and will try to keep up with updates. I will spread the word.

    barinelg

    August 7, 2011

  • brainelg, thanks for the android suggestion (as soon as i have enough resources about android game development i might add such a section). Oh and Unity is great and already listed on the big list of game making tools ;)

    PixelProspector

    August 20, 2011

  • Oh wow, this site really is something else! It’s like the resources site I’ve wanted to create for years now, but you actually did it. Bravo!

    You can bet I’ll be sending people this way regularly, be it students or the various aspiring game developers who email me all the time.

    ChevyRay

    August 7, 2011

  • ChevyRay, I’m glad you like it and i really appreciate your support man!

    PixelProspector

    August 20, 2011

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  • This is amazing. I just had a quick peek into some categories and there are just so many great resource sites and articles.
    Every indie developer and those who want to become one should have a look at this!
    I’m already looking forward for some updates.

    VoEC

    August 8, 2011

  • VoEC, in September i will finally finish and release “the big list of video game documentaries”!

    PixelProspector

    August 20, 2011

  • Absolutely fantastic. Thank you so much for your effort!

    Henry

    August 8, 2011

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  • Nice work!! Keep it up, the community needs you [self bigPointyFinger: pixelProspector];

    Blox

    August 9, 2011

  • Great list, thanks for putting this together!

    Tiny Technician

    August 9, 2011

  • UO!!!! A lot of useful information!

    Jose Antonio

    August 9, 2011

  • Really nice list! A section for Android would be nice tough …

    ghostrider08

    August 10, 2011

  • I might add an Android section someday…

    PixelProspector

    August 20, 2011

  • This is GREAT! THANK YOU! (but…don’t do this to me… I’m exprocrastinator, I have to finish my game!!)

    Antipirina

    August 11, 2011

  • [...] publicaram um guia muito interessante onde podemos encontrar uma imensidão de textos, vídeos e listas que podem ser [...]

  • Thank you!!!

    Fabio Esteves

    August 12, 2011

  • cool it is
    i’m thinking about translating it into chinese~~~~~~~~~~~~

    diestr

    August 14, 2011

  • Great collection of lists. Definitely bookmarked!

    Sam

    August 16, 2011

  • Thanks a lot!! It is really a great collection. I’ve been waiting the list for long time and finally its here. Thanks again.

    Makzan

    August 17, 2011

  • Henry, Blox, Tiny Technician, Jose Antonio, ghostrider08, Antipirina, Fabio Esteves, diestr, Sam and Makzan:
    It’s really good to hear that you like the Indie Resources :)
    Upcoming stuff: “The Big List Of Video Game Documentaries” (September) and “PixelProspector’s Marketing Guide For Indie Devs” (October)

    PixelProspector

    August 20, 2011

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  • Excellent Job !!! My boys want to create games when “they grow up” My oldest wants to create the music for games… I hope this is still around and successful when he is ready : )

    gameaholica

    August 26, 2011

  • An aspiring musician so to speak :)

    PixelProspector

    August 30, 2011

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  • This is so well put together…. I’d give you a hand job to thank you, but i don’t know where you are.

    zach

    November 12, 2011

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    December 23, 2011

  • Great Site and great resources thanks (:

    Julian

    January 6, 2012

  • Fantastic. Again: Fantastic!

    Jot

    February 1, 2012

  • The Big List Of Programming Languages & Source Code Editors

    Can’t wait for this one , this page is the greatest i’ve ever stumbled upon on the internet . Honestly a huge resourse page .

    Cobacel

    February 14, 2012

  • Glad to hear that you like the site :)
    Currently I’m working on the Website Creation articles…
    after that I’m gonna finish the Big List Of Programming Languages & Source Code Editors.

    PixelProspector

    February 15, 2012

  • It should be nice if you talk about HTML5 games and where’s possibile to publish them

    Alessandro Costantino

    February 15, 2012

  • Consider to check out this comprehensive article called The Reality of HTML5 Game Development and making money from it.

    PixelProspector

    February 16, 2012

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