Tools & Resource Links

[kevin]

Hi All,

 If you have a link to a related program or resource you feel might be useful with Play Basic, then feel free to post it.  Try and make posts as easy to browse as possible.  

  PLEASE NOTE:  Any chat in this thread will be deleted !

[kevin]

Bitmap/Sprite Editors
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Tool Type: 2D Paint Package.
link: Download Pro Pixel 2D

Bitmap Font Tools
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Tool Type: Bitmap font editor
Link:  BitMap Font Editor

Misc GFX Tools
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  About: A huge listing of GFx tools/photoshop plug in's
 Link: Visit Site

Free Sprite Collections
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About: Loads of isometric sprites/environments here
Link:]Download

About:  More Hi Quality isometric sprites  (look under the free stuff link)
Link: Download

About: Lots of Dragon / D&D styled images
link: Download

About: Another BIG collection of RPG styled sprites  
Link: Download


About: MISC Sprite Collections

http://www.arifeldman.com/free/spritelib.html
http://www.gamemaker.nl/resource.html
http://www.molotov.nu/?page=graphics
http://www.reinerstileset.4players.de:1059/index.htm
http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~mmm/spritesinc/
http://www.gamingw.net/resources.php
http://www.indie-rpg.net/pixel-zone/shtml/.../weblinks.shtml

[empty]

Music Tools
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Tool Type: Midi Sequencer
Jazz++

Tool Type: Mod Tracker
ModPlug

[Fash]

Music links :D
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Madtracker Homepage
A shareware old skool tracker (XM, MT2 or with registering WAV output)
(Used it for a lot of the old skool type commercial tunes ?I've written)...

Future Developments Homepage
My website with some free XM tunes on for use in PB (when it gets XM support!) :D
(It hasn't been updated in *such* a long time, but I will be relaunching it soon with a new design and many new surprises !!!)

[darryl_bartlett]

Gimp - Freeware art package (Windows Version)

A pretty useful for the odd 2d piece of art - especially if you cannot afford packages like Photoshop and Paintshop pro.

[darryl_bartlett]

dbPowerAmp Music Converter
As PlayBasic seems to support loads of different audio formats such as WAV, WMA, MP3, OGG etc, you may find this freeware audio format conversion utility handy.   It even integrates into the file icon right click context menu.

[kevin]

Free Sound FX's
http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com

[kevin]

Gui Icons
http://www.guiicons.com/


Icon Maker
Pixel Tool Box


Fonts
http://www.proggyfonts.com/index.php?menu=download

[medwayman]

Ultimate paint

The freeware version was updated (july 6th 2004) and now works for all windows ops.

link

[Draco9898]

2d pyshics-- woohoo---
http://www.rit.edu/~ndr0470/game_physics/

[kevin]

Mod2Midi

www.un4seen.com

[Jeku]

Paint .NET

The Link

Paint.NET has many of the powerful features that expensive commercial applications have, including the ability to use layers.

P.S. - It's freeware

[darryl_bartlett]

Total Font

A useful little tool for converting TTF fonts to bitmaps, allowing you to apply a limit number of fills.  If you have a more substantial art package such as photoshop or paintshop pro, there are instruction on how to uses such packages to further enhance the bitmap files and then re-import them back into Total Font.  

Costs £9.99 / $18.72 / €14.36.

[kevin]

GraFX2  - Paint Program
GraFX2 - Deluxe Paint Styled paitn program

[Draco9898]

*I remember a loooong time ago on the old RGTs fourm that someone mentioned a program to manipulate,sort, and alter palletes inside images with ease? Me thinks this would help me on some tilesets