# Calinou/awesome-gamedev

A collection of free software and free culture resources for making amazing games. (mirror)

Repository: https://github.com/Calinou/awesome-gamedev
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-gamedev
Homepage: https://notabug.org/Calinou/awesome-gamedev
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
License Family: other
Topics: game, game-development, awesome, game-programming, awesome-list
Last push: 2026-08-25T18:12:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4031, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3113, forks 201 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:44.018521+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of free software and free culture resources for game development, covering engines, assets, audio, graphics tools, and learning materials. It only includes free-licensed code and assets, and maintains a 'Wall of Shame' for non-free alternatives.

## Use cases
- find free game engines and libraries
- find free game art and audio assets
- learn game programming from tutorials and talks
- discover open source game clones
- find free tools for sprites, textures, and voxel editing

## When to choose
- you want only free-licensed tools and assets for making games
- you need a starting point to explore the game development ecosystem
- you are teaching or learning game development on a budget

## When to avoid
- you need commercial or proprietary tool recommendations
- you need in-depth reviews rather than a link list
- you need a specific engine's official documentation

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: game-engine, graphics, audio-processing, developer-tools
- domain: gaming-tools, awesome-lists, graphics, education
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, curated-list, free-software, free-culture, game-assets, open-source-games, game-development

## Member repositories
- Calinou/awesome-gamedev (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:44.018521+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:45:59.709801+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Calinou/awesome-gamedev (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:44.018521+00:00, sha 3ba383f3ea27)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.