Incompetech has a huge database of Royalty free music that can be very helpful when looking for video game music. You can also request music easily, for more info, see the FAQ from the site below:

“Can you write original music for my project?
Yes. That’s what I do. Simple short scores cost less than complex long scores.

Is this music free to use?
Yes. An optional donation of $5 per piece used is suggested - and highly appreciated. You do NOT need a PayPal account to make a donation! Just a credit card.

Is my donation deductable at all?
I’m not a tax expert, but I seriously doubt it. I’m not a non-profit; I have no board.

How do I place a credit for this music in my project?
If your project has only one piece in it; you can credit it as “Music: Kevin MacLeod”.
If your project has many pieces from different people, you can credit me as “(name of the pieces of music you are using) Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)”.
If you’d like to include the full license for legal reasons, you can do the following: “Title Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0″ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/”

to check out the database or contact Kevin, go to the site here: incompetech.com

It is important that you replace the word Title with the Actual Title of the piece that you are using!

I have an all-audio program, do you have a sounder I could put in?
Yes! If you’re putting together phone system or netcast, and want to just add a small voice-over - here you go. This was produced by S. L. Slaughter who has a brilliant tone for voice-overs with gravity. Why not get rid of those text-overs on your movie trailer and get something pro-quality? If you need a VO, email him!

Do I have to put the credit where people can see it?
Yes. Credits change from media to media - but in general a credit needs to be placed such that a person who wants to know where the music came from should have no difficulty in finding it. A resonable effort may be expended (e.g. clicking on a credits option) but the credit should not be obscured.

What if I cannot credit you?
If you are interested in using a piece in a television broadcast or radio commercial, or some other format where credits are impossible, obtain a Sans Attribution License.

Is this music in the Public Domain?
No. Though some of the baroque and classical compositions are in the public domain; these recordings are not.

Did you write all of these?
Yes. Exceptions are clearly marked (e.g. Beethoven). I did produce all of these.”

From Soundsnap.com:

“What is Soundsnap?

Soundsnap is the best platform to find and share free sound effects and loops- legally. It is a collection of original sounds made or recorded by its users, and not songs or sound FX found on commercial libraries or sample CD’s.

It was originally started by a small group of sound people from all over the world. Our common belief is that sounds and samples should be free for everyone to use in their projects, commercial or not.

Our users are a diverse mix of sound designers, sound artists, web game developers, filmmakers and music producers. Hobbyists and home video makers are welcome too. ”

I highly recommend checking it out, it’s a very helpful website with thousands of sounds to play with, and the best part is they are all free.

Check it out Here: Soundsnap.com

Source Indie Game Mag: “Indie Game Magazine is an independently owned, developer-centric, video game magazine. Indie Game Mag reviews and reports news on indie and casual games only! We may be the only solely indie game magazine out there as well (at least to our knowledge), so we have that going for us.

What are indie games? Indie games are video games made by only a hand full of people, as opposed to the massive teams that make up the largest game studios. Indie Games are typically published by the people that make them or by some other small casual portal or distributor.

What are casual games? Casual games in many cases are made by small indie game developers and qualify as indie games. Casual games are defined by simple rule sets and appeal to a wide mass audience. Typical casual game genres include: match-3, time management, seek & find, puzzle, etc. Indie games are often times casual games, but casual games are not necessarily indie.”

For more info go to: indiegamemag.com
Check out the 1st issue here: magcloud.com

From the Developer: “Orange Pebble is a simple software to help wanna be indie developers to create animations to use in their games. One year back when i discovered the indie community (Better late than never…), i saw a lot of people sharing my dream of developing games and giving life to their imagination. Unfortunately i couldn’t continue my new found love because of my academic responsibility. Now i am pursuing a new degree and am back in the playground to get my hands dirty….

When I started out my first project, the biggest hurdle i was facing was creating the artwork for the game. I was able to create some decent characters, but animating them was hell. Sometime later I came across a game call Crimson Legend. This game used a skeleton based animation system to simplify the art production and to increase the scope of gameplay. I decided to make my own skeleton animation system…the result was Orange Pebble.”

Source: designinxs.wordpress.com

Get your copy here.

“Blender 2.48 has been released. This version is largely the result of the Apricot Project to increase Blenders viability as video game asset creation tool. It includes new features such as realtime GLSL shaders, Grease Pencil 3d sketching, sculpting improvements, animation improvements, new modifiers, some improved importers/exporters, and a lot more major and minor improvements and bug fixes.”

Source: indiegamer.com

If you’re looking for some free software for making 3D indie games, then this is what you want.

Get it here: blender.org
For a full list a features check out their website: blender.org

“OSAKit makes it easy to put your compiled projects on the web. Without having to change any code, you can embed your game or application into a web browser and have it playing on Windows PC’s, running in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Sea monkey and more.”

How Does it Work?

“Well, OSAKit is an ActiveX control which helps you pass to it your game URL and forget all about it. OSA Kit will do all the dirty work for you. The ActiveX control will run the game inside the users browser just as if it were originally developed using Java or Flash!”

Download a free copy now at: osakit.com

PlaneShift is a OPEN SOURCE Role Playing Game immersed into a 3D virtual fantasy world which is FULLY FREE to play. Fully free means you will have no surprises of premium content which will limit your gameplay or unbalance the game. There are no limitations in skills, ranks, abilities, items you can gain with your free account. There are no time limits or additional constraints. Other similar games just advertize the “free” concept to sell you premium accounts. We don’t. Servers and bandwidth are donated by sponsors.

At the present state of development, PlaneShift is not a complete game, but a “tech demo”. With this definition we mean that the game is still under heavy development, so you may easily find bugs, glitches and missing features. We decided to open it to the public because we want to have your feedback on improving the game and because we have enjoyed seeing our progress being put into productive use from the beginning. Apart from this, the game is enjoyable and has hundreds of active players.

Today you can explore the virtual world, interact with other players or with server controlled creatures, fight monsters, cast spells, solve quests and puzzles, improve your character, gain magical items and more.

Talent needed:
Engine Department: PROGRAMMER Member
Graphic Department: 3D ARTIST Member
Graphic Department: 2D ARTIST Member
Setting Department: BACKGROUND/SETTING Member
Public Relation Department: RECRUITER Member

If you would like to join the team go to planeshift.it

UDrop Pro is a general purpose level editor for 3D games. You can create your own levels following a single and clear work pipeline:
1. Select your media.
2. Create your Actor Types.
3. Create Actors from Actor Types and place into the game level.

UDrop Pro is a general purpose level editor for 3D games. You can create your own levels following a single and clear work pipeline:
1. Select your media.
2. Create your Actor Types.
3. Create Actors from Actor Types and place into the game level.

- Custom properties for every Actor.
- Animation sequence Editor.
- Animated Textures.
- Import .B3D, .X and .3DS file format.
- Integrated model & texture viewer.
- Saves in sqlite database file format.
- 3D gizmo for easy mesh manipulation.
- Cutomizable user interface.
- Undo action list.

and many more…

Check it out at moraldigames.com It’s only $40.00.

Terminal26.com provides textures, models*, terrains*, and other resources necessary for any video game. They have quite a few free resources, but they also have packs that you buy. Overall the quality is pretty good, and with their huge selection, I doubt you won’t find at least one thing you like. Check it out.

* all Model and Terrain models are in 3DGS hmp and mdl format, they can be converted using milkshape.

One of the world’s leading developers of real-time content. We are specialized for high-quality low-poly 3D models for video games and real-time presentations. We offer fantastic - 3d game-ready, low-poly models, sci-fi and fantasy textures and models, games, sky-cubes and lot more…

www.dexsoft-games.com