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Game design philosophy.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/1672/
A book by Richard Rouse III about computer and video game design.
http://www.paranoidproductions.com/gamedesign/
News, forums, downloadable level editors and game editors.
http://www.zquare.nl
The entire book "The Art of Computer Game Design" by games industry veteran Chris Crawford published in HTML.
http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac...peabody/game-book/Coverpage.html
Submmit your ideas for a game and others will help in the development.
http://www.geocities.com/raider_87/
Learn about jobs for game designers, artists, sound designers, programmers, and testers.
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2000/summer/art01.htm
List of game engines, tutorials and links.
http://members.tripod.com/gdata010/
Advice and tutorials for those that want to design and publish their own games. Very detailed list of articles that are regularly updated regarding breaking in to the games industry.
http://www.sloperama.com/advice.html
A site about a FREE online turn based fantasy game called ARCHMAGE, with a guide, pictures and links.
http://users.pandora.be/dragolin
A games development site with many resources and tutorials for RPG Maker 2000 and RPG Maker 2003.
http://www.gamingw.net
An RPG games development site with resources such as sample world backgrounds, pixel art and an active forum.
http://www.gaminggroundzero.com
Quotes from famous game designers and others.
http://www.randomterrain.com/gamedesign/index.html
Links to advice, suppliers, contests, trade shows, publishers, and agents.
http://spotlightongames.com/list/design.html
Searchable database of professionals working in the fields of game design, development and deployment.
http://www.games-match.com
Submit and obtain computer and video game ideas.
http://www.gamediscovery.com/ideas/
Links and reviews of game making utilities.
http://www.geocities.com/sk3mrty/
A collection of articles on game design written by freelance game designer/producer Noah Falstein.
http://www.theinspiracy.com/inspirac.htm
Collection of links on game development, game design, and 3D graphics programming.
http://www.aha.ru/~const/eng/
The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is a world wide non-profit organization for those interested or already in the game development industry. The IGDA web site provides a wealth of information for aspiring game developers . The IGDA organizes special interest groups, hosts events and offers peer advice from those in the industry.
http://www.igda.org
Gamedev.net provides many articles, columns and features related to game development. Game industry jobs are also highlighted.
http://www.gamedev.net
The Designers Notebook is the home page of Ernest Adams, a long time games industry veteran. It provides informative articles and resources for aspiring game designers.
http://www.designersnotebook.com
This site provides game design art resources. These include a selection of textures and game-sounds, many of which are available for download from the site. All textures are showcased in a gallery of screenshots. This site is written in German.
http://www.texturarchiv.de
A video game industry site run by a team of game professionals. It features news, articles, industry job listings and many feeds from other games industry resources.
http://www.coldmilk.org/
Many free online resources on all topics related to programming. This includes such topics as signal processing, algorithmics, maths and physics. All content is searchable and the site includes an active programming forum.
http://www.yov408.com
MODSonline.com - Learn to modify your favorite computer game with a little help from our tutorials%2
MODSonline provides tutorials, videos and downloads that enable users to modify assorted popular computer games such as Doom 3, Half Life, Soldier of Fortune and Call of Duty among others.
http://www.modsonline.com/Tutorials-list-7.html
This is a database full of many resources that can be used in making games. Examples of these resources are sprites, tilesets, music, tutorials and 3D models
http://www.gamemakingresources.com
Game Programming provides sample games coded in C++, VC++, Visual Basic, and Java. Most zip files include, full game executables and source code.
http://www.steve_ram.homestead.com/index.html
Links and reviews of game making utilities.
http://www35.websamba.com/mfp01/gamemaking/