Open Source Resources
These are some of the various resources being used in the development of Mythaka. Only open source or freely available
resources are linked here. These links are placed here mostly for the convenience of the Mythaka developers, but anyone
with the time, money and skills can use the resouces found at these links to create a game!
Graphic Assets and Resources
There are some very useful graphic resources available under various licenses. Only resources available
for commercial use are listed here.
| Resource | Description | Link |
| Ryzom Assets |
Creatve Commons licensed graphic asset repository (almost 13GB of assets!) |
media.ryzom.com |
Audio Assets and Resources
Good soundtracks can make a game experience almost magical. Here are some resources for royalty-free soundtracks
available for commercial use in games. If you have the talent or budget, original soundtracks are ideal, but if not...
check these out.
| Resource | Description | Link |
| Free Soundtrack Music |
Soundtracks licensed specifically for use as backgrounds in games and online videos. |
www.freesoundtrackmusic.com |
| McFarland Beats |
Royalty free music written for game developers. Takes requests for new tracks. |
www.mattmcfarland.com |
Handy Documentation
Here are some very useful links to documentation for various programing languages used in game development.
Game Design, Market Research, and Employment Resources
These sites contain a wealth of information about many aspects of game design. From business to technical,
and from theory to practical, the information on these sites is quite valuable. Highly recommended sites to
check out on a regular basis.
| Resource | Description | Link |
| Gamasutra |
"The Art & Business of Making Games". A lot of information related to the business side of
game creation, including project management. The "Postmortems" are priceless insights into the trials and
tribulations many commercial game productions experienced... valuable lessons to be learned so that similar
mistakes aren't made. This site also includes resources for finding and offering jobs related to game design.
We will be headhunting here.
|
www.gamasutra.com |
| MMORPG.com |
Massive list of MMOs, loads of information, critic insights, and player polls. Tons of forums
where players of all games can (and do) speak their mind without fear of offical game forum moderator ban hammers.
Between player blogs, polls, forum posts, and comments on featured articles, one can see the sentiments and wishes
of the players. If you are not paying attention to what the players want (and what their behavior says), your game
is probably doomed. This is a great resource for MMO market research.
|
www.mmorpg.com |
