It's a whole directory of cool things I've collected, with 190 links so far! (and more to come in future!!)

art and writing tips

free games

web tools and webtoys

free books and watchable media

awesome things you can learn

mental health resources

a wheel you can spin!

one whole crow!

and more that i haven't elaborated on!!

Special thanks to @good-morning-czernobog for inspiring me to do this, @paperoxalis and my beloved mutuals for bearing witness to my insanity, and to everyone who's been interested in this for their utmost patience. If you have any sites to suggest, shoot me an ask, or email me!

Now go look at my awesome webbed site!!

RECENTLY though, canva bought them out, and while I was terrified for a moment it was going to be pricey once they released it again - turns out it's free. Not only is it free, but they managed to combine the 3 apps into one app!! AND THEY ASK YOU PERMISSION TO TURN OFF TRACKING BEFORE YOU EVEN OPEN THE APP (privacy my beloved AND Ai features aren't shoved down your throat??? I hope it stays this way)

If you are familiar with Adobe, you'll pick up the program pretty fast. I have tested some pretty basic stuff on it, and it runs pretty great and all the tools are about where you expect them to be. (It did take me a while to find where snapping was though, it's the little magnet on top right my little designer friends)

I haven't tried anything crazy/heavy loaded, so please let me know if you do!!! I'm really curious about how much this app can handle

I also believe the apps they had available on tablet are now also free 👀 I wish I had this in college... I would have had so much less of a struggle financially lol (yes I know about gimp/other alternatives, but it never worked well for my projects in school)

💕 Adobe sucks 💕 enjoy free apps instead 💕 (and hopefully one that stays good) 💕

🚀 Unlock Limitless Possibilities — Absolutely FREE at phpnullscript.com! 💻🔥

In this day and age they are available online in most cases! I'm always having trouble finding places to watch certain things but each time I go on 'Hoopla' I find the one thing I've been looking for!

Iain Glen fans you can watch the whole series of 'Jack Taylor' on Hoopla and I'm about to start it right now!!!

Hi! I’m an indie gamedev who’s also in University, needless to say that I’m on a budget when it comes to my game creation. I’m making this post to organize my favourite free resources that helped me out.

Also, please note that I’m only commenting on the programs themselves, not the companies/individuals that run them.

For Pixel Art, I use/recommend Dotpict.It’s completely free, you can resize canvases and input custom sizes. It has the essential tools for pixel art creation, and is great to use on small screens with the default point-and-click system. It can also be used on larger touch screens with in “Pen mode”. It also supports animation! Alternatives include Pixquare and Resprite, which function similar to Aseprite for computer. (Resprite does have limited exports in the free version.)

I was recommended Notion by a fellow gamedev friend for organizing ideas/stories. It’s essentially a files-within-files organizer where you can make groups, add pages to the groups, and link other pages. I now use it for my concepts, and am really enjoying it so far.

My go-to for fonts is DaFont. The website allows you to sort and filter in order to only show 100% free fonts to use in your projects. I’ve been using this site for years, and from my experience each download was completely safe.

I’m an RPGMaker user, and rpgmakerweb is a great resource for finding free plugins. Yanfly is also one of the most popular picks for plugins as well. Galv and SRDude are amazing creators with some of the best plugins I've personally ever used.

Launchpad is a beat-mixer app with a literal labyrinth of samples. You can get a free trial to have access to all of them, and I’d recommend it for people looking to explore different genres for in—game music. It’s super fun to just mess around in. You can record and export as well.

FireAlpaca is my personal recommendation for a free digital art software for computer. I’ve used it in the past, and it’s truly a great free alternative to expensive art programs. Krita is also a great free option!

Cymatics is a great resource for free-to-use royalty-free samples/loops. I have a huge sound library thanks to them, and I haven’t paid a cent. Joining their email list also gets you more free packs & the occasional free giftcard.

YoutubeDL is a free and open-source program on Github that allows the safe (speaking on personal experience) download of Youtube videos, as well as audio format. I use this to download royalty-free samples/SFX that are posted on Youtube for anyone to use. You can also download a .exe from their website with the YTDL program directly in it (my personal choice).

Online-Convert is a free online file converter. I've personally relied on it to convert my music into OGG format, and I haven't had any problems with it so far. There are many other converters for lots of different needs and formats as well.

BFXR is a free downloadable program that is great for making digital sound effects for your games. I was actually recommend this program by my prof in first year. You can use all FX in any use for free!

Ibis Paint X is a free drawing app for Apple devices/other mobile devices that support pen pressure. You can upgrade to the full version, but the free version has a lot of options.

Fortelling is great for planning out stories and worldbuilding. It’s optimized for writers to keep track of their projects. You can make timelines, add characters with customizable traits & avatars, create locations, specify items/languages/species, and a lot more. There is a premium subscription version, but I’m perfectly content with the features that come with the default.

Design Cuts is a website for lots of artistic resources, including Procreate brushes, graphic design assets, and more. They give out weekly freebies, as well as an extended commercial license included with every purchase. There’s frequent sales too, and you get so support independent artists.

Feel free to reblog/add your own favourite free resources to share with other devs/artists! I’ll update this post as needed.