Game Resources

This wiki entry is an attempt to consolidate the scattered information about different useful resources and free resource sites people are using or have found. Be aware that some authors may have different licensing models, so you may need to contact them if you use their creations.

Links

Link	Description
http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tools_utilities.htm	Has many export/import scripts for supported jME model formats (MD3, MD5, ASE), for commonly used modeling tools (Blender3D, Gmax, 3dsmax)
http://www.flipcode.com/archives/articles.shtml	Contains a huge amount of tutorials for 3D game programming
http://www.rozengain.com/blog/2007/08/26/uv-coordinate-basics/	Introduction to Texture Mapping and UV Coordinates
http://www.blender.org/download/resources/	Contains links to other sites with resources

Tools

Name	Site	Registration?	Price	Platforms	Notes
Blender3D	http://www.blender.org/	No	Free	Win32, Linux, Mac	Advanced model editor
Truespace	http://www.caligari.com/Products/trueSpace/tS75/brochure/intro.asp?Cate=BIntro	Yes	Free	Win32	Simple model editor
Wilbur	http://www.ridgenet.net/~jslayton/software.html	No	Free	Win32	Advanced terrain editor and generator
L3DT	http://www.bundysoft.com/L3DT/	No	Free and Commercial versions	Win32	Terrain editor for designing terrain; can generate and export heightmaps, detailmaps, alphamaps, lightmaps, and bumpmaps of the created terrain
EarthScluptor	http://www.earthsculptor.com/	No	Free and Commercial versions	Win32	A terrain editor with a simple interface
Dryad	http://dryad.stanford.edu/	No	Free (?)	Win32, Mac	Explore tree shapes through a parameter space. Export to OBJ.
ShaderMap CL	http://www.renderingsystems.com/	No	Free and Commercial Version	Win32	Create Height and Normal Maps from Photos
Monkey World 3D	http://mw3d.org/	No	Open Source	Win32, Linux, Mac	A complete scene graph editor (Spatials, particles, physics, terrain)
Delgine	http://www.delgine.com/	No	Open Source	Win32	3D modeler and level editor

Models

Site	Registration?	Price	Notes
3Delicious	No	Free	Only static models.
3dTotal	No	Free*	Small collection of models including some low-poly meshes. Lots of space ships. *Free for non-commercial use.
3DXO	No	Free	Featured categories: Christmas, Electronics, Furniture, Household, Misc, Plants
3dXtras	Yes	Free	9784+ 3d models. You are free to use these models in your projects to generate games, animations, multimedia, printed graphics, web graphics and others. However you are prohibited to resell, create your own license to give away these 3d models individually or as part of collection or bundle to get profit.
CubixStudio	No	Cheap	A few animated character models for very low prices.
E2-Productions	No	Free	most of the models are in the blender format.
Googles 3D-Gallery	No	Free	most models are available as Google SketchUp and Collada.
Loopix-Project	No	Free/Cheap	Good looking tree, shrub and grass models, some free, some cheap.
Max-Ralms	Yes	Free	3ds Max models only. You may download and use these models in any personal use project for free.
Psionic3D	No	Free	Nice animated characters, and a few cars and static props.
ShareCG	No	Free	Sharing site for all forms of computer art
TurboSquid	Yes	Free/Priced	Click on “Lower Prices” to show free models.
CMU's Motion Capture Database - Conversion	No	Free	This is a site, where the CMU's Motion Capture Database has been converted to .bhv format. The database contains 2500+ human motionfiles, recorded from 144 Persons. Very professional data!
MakeHuman	No	Free	Free tool to generate procedural human character models. Although they are kind of high poly, they are pretty usable as a template for remodeling or quite simple to reduce to lowpoly. There is a lowpoly export anounced for the next release.
artist-3d	No	Free	Free 3D models
GameBeemp	No	Free/Priced	Models for Indies
3DVia	Yes	Free	Free 3d Models, community
http://www.blendermodels.org/	Yes	Free	Free blender models
http://www.blendernation.com/links/browse/models-type/	Yes	Free	Free blender models
http://opengameart.org/	Yes	Free	Many free art resources in various formats
http://www.blendswap.com/	Yes	Free	Free blender models
http://gfx-3d-model.blogspot.com/	Yes	Free	Free models

Textures

Site	Registration?	Price	Notes
http://www.aztextures.com/	No	Free	Free high resolution textures organised in categories
http://www.sharecg.com/	No	Free	Sharing site for all forms of computer art
http://www.cgtextures.com/	No	Free	Professional textures
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=24038	No	Free	Ultra high resolution skydome textures
http://www.lemog.fr/lemog_v6/	No	Free	Providing large number of seamless Textures
http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/packs/index.htm	No	Free	Procedural texture packs. Can open in “Genetica Viewer” to create high-resolution textures with bump maps, normal maps, etc.
http://www.hazelwhorley.com/	No	Free*	Textures and Skyboxes. *Free for non-commercial use
http://www.texturemaker.com/	No	Shareware	Gallery with examples from their software “Texture Maker”, the application itself has a free version (limited to 300x300px) for non-commercial use
http://www.texturebin.com/	Yes	One time fee; $25 Standard, $50 Premium Membership	Providing seamless and non-seamless textures with bump maps, alpha maps, and powers of 2 variations.

Images

Site	Registration?	Price	Notes
http://freephotogate.com/	No	Free	Free stock photos for any use.
http://www.sxc.hu/	Yes	Each item individually priced	Many free high quality images. Be aware some aren't free, and it'll tell you.
http://www.morguefile.com/	No	?	Recommended by a friend. Also contains textures.