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Useful resources

Here are some useful links to 'free' programs:

From a pre- university UE 4 project- I''ve been playing too much WoW Classic...

Here's a non-exhaustive list of some neat little resources/programs I've found over the years. Some might not be useful to you- but take a look, if you think there's anything I've missed let me know! 
I'll update this list regularly with anything else I can find so feel free to bookmark or save it. 

3D: 

Maya (Autodesk):
- Sign up required plus valid student details

Substance:
-Sign up required plus valid student details

Blender (Nice and growing alternative to Maya):

2D:

GIMP (As an alternative to Photoshop):

Inkscape: 

Pixel art tips and tricks (Massive gallery full of really useful 2D Pixel art tips)

Game Engines: 

Unreal Engine (C++// Blueprints): https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/

Unity (C#): https://unity.com/ 

Godot (C#/C++ & more): https://godotengine.org/

Online learning resources: 

https://80.lv/ - great pleace for discussions around level design and asset creation.

https://www.youtube.com/user/WorldofLevelDesign - General level design bits and pieces. 


https://www.youtube.com/user/AndrewPPrice - Fantastic Blender tutorials.

https://www.udemy.com/ - fantastic resource for almost anything- courses regularly go 'on sale' so don't buy full price. Tutors are often resonsive. 




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