{"author_name":"sfernald","cat":"LD #24","comments":[],"epoch":1345654860,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"55096","p_author":"sfernald","p_authorkey":"258","p_urlkey":"90810","p_title":"My Favorite Things","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1345654860","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"258","us_name":"sfernald","us_username":"sfernald","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"

I thought I should mention a list of my favorite tools which I think really might help people out. These aren’t free tools necessarily, just some I’ve fallen for.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in doing a cross-platform game, check out monkey. This language is really going places. Code your game once and it will run on: Mac, PC (OpenGL or DirectX or XNA), flash, html5, iOS, Android, PS Vita, Nintendo DS, and even believe it or not Amiga apparently.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.monkeycoder.co.nz\/<\/a><\/p>\n

If you need to do pixel art or tiles sets, look no further than Pyxel Edit. This is the best tool of this kind I’ve seen since Deluxe Paint!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/pyxeledit.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Now if you’re a programmer type and want to make music, you got to check out this amazing DAW, Renoise. I just love this tool for making music, because it is 1) so well done, 2) so full featured for a tracker and 3) let’s me make music in a way that makes sense to us programmers, I think.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.renoise.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

I am going to try to do a IF game this time, so I won’t be needing most of these tools. If you want to make interactive fiction, I don’t think there is a better choice than Inform 7. It’s the ultimate “natural language” programming language. The things you can do with it will blow your mind.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/inform7.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

So what are the tools you are in love with?<\/p>","time":"August 22nd, 2012 12:01 pm","title":"My Favorite Things"}