I’ve been around the game development arena for so many years now that it actually hurts if i try to think back too far , it’s always been as a hobbyist working on a string budget (and sometimes I couldn’t afford the string) so I always had to make best use of what I had and everything else, well, lets just say it’s been fun.

One thing that has piled up over the years is my massive collection of links to FREE (or nearly free) resources to help out those building games, some are assets, others are the best samples of free tutorials to either build your own or craft simple items in to much much more.

**Note – in the land of hunting for FREE do not think because it uses the word “free” that it has no restrictions. ALWAYS check the license (most just want attribution or mention). Be very aware of “Royalty Free” which only means it’s free to use AFTER you buy it

So without much todo and very little formatting here’s the first drop (so many links, takes time to go through them), all work (Checked as of 22 August 2013).

** Updated 10th July 2014

Books, Books and more books

• http://itdiscover.com/links/free-c-c-sharp-c-plus-plus-books-online-programming – Massive set of free language books
• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2012/07/27/large-collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-for-you-including-sharepoint-visual-studio-windows-phone-windows-8-office-365-office-2010-sql-server-2012-azure-and-more.aspx – get your Microsoft book here !!
• http://www.arcsynthesis.org/gltut/index.html – nice 3D tutorial
• http://www.red-gate.com/products/dotnet-development/ants-performance-profiler/entrypage/avoid-find-fix-asp-problems – 50 ways to improve ASP.NET performance ebook
• **http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com – Game Programming Patterns
• **http://pcgbook.com – Interesting resource on procedural graphics in online book form, based on a course
• **http://bit.ly/MicrosoftFreeBooksCollection – The largest repository of free books. Not all gamedev but a lot of info on game related stuff.

Tools

• http://www.develop-online.net/news/35461/Seven-free-tools-to-give-your-game-studio-a-boost – Develops view of 7 of top tools
• http://escapedevelopment.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/free-developer-resources.html – a nice break down of one developers favourite free resources and tools
• http://www.3dtextmaker.com/cgi-bin/3dtext.pl – 2D art tool for making funky 3D text effects
• http://www.daz3d.com/daz-studio-4-pro/ – DAZ Studio 4.6 Pro FREE
• http://darkgenesis.zenithmoon.com/in-the-search-for-a-3d-modelling-tool-for-xna/ – other FREE 3D modelling editors
• http://windowsphone.stackexchange.com/ – Windows Phone Stack exchange
• http://www.1800pocketpc.com/best-free-cloud-storage-services-windows-phone-8/ – Best free cloud storage services

Collections

• http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHanselmans2011UltimateDeveloperAndPowerUsersToolListForWindows.aspx – Scott Hanselman’s monster list, well worth a look.
• http://nokiawpdev.wordpress.com/resources/ – Nokia monster mash of links and resources, not all free but all worth a look
• http://open.commonly.cc/ – Shouted about this recently so worth mentioning again, monster free assets
• http://fatboxsoftware.com/resources/4573006782 – large collection of art and Unity stuff
• http://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/18e38t/pocketknives_for_game_developers/ – Pocketknives for Game Developers, on-going collection of game dev tools on Reddit
• http://blog.diabolicalgame.co.uk/p/reminders.html – Another Monster set of resources for game dev (be sure not to click on the circular reference )
• http://www.creativebloq.com/design/1000-12121531 – a massive collection of 1300 designer resources
• **http://bit.ly/OneStopShopOfGameDevLinks – Lee Stott (Microsoft Evangelist) gives us yet another massive set of game dev resources

Game Dev Tutorials

• http://jessefreeman.com/articles/designing-retro-games-for-windows-8/ – Jesse Freemans excellent Retro design tutorial
• http://adg.devink.co.uk/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&layout=category&task=category&id=24&Itemid=81 – whole heap of multi-platform tutorials for all ages
• http://www.wildbunny.co.uk/blog/2011/05/12/how-to-make-angry-birds-part-1/ – Like Angry birds, make more
• http://hub.tutsplus.com/hubs/game-design/search?tags[]=From+Scratch – more tutorials than you can shake even the smallest stick at
• http://gamedev.tutsplus.com/ – Game development tutorials to the max
• http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/634353/Fluent-and-Imperative-Animations – Recent link but worth reading
• http://www.creativebloq.com/app-design/how-build-app-tutorials-12121473 – How to build an app: 45 great tutorials
• http://hub.tutsplus.com/hubs/game-design/search?tags[]=From+Scratch – Game building from scratch tutorials
• http://www.creativebloq.com/video-production/create-green-screen-effects-11121221 – How to green screen: create great video effects
• http://gamedev.tutsplus.com/tutorials/implementation/make-a-splash-with-2d-water-effects/ – Make a Splash With Dynamic 2D Water Effects by Michael Hoffman be sure to check out his other stuff
• http://gamedev.tutsplus.com/tutorials/implementation/make-your-game-pop-with-particle-effects-and-quadtrees – Make Your Game Pop With Particle Effects and Quadtrees by Daniel Church
• http://www.wpgamer.info/2013/05/wpxna-catalog.html – Windows Phone Game Collection tutorials
• http://www.gamedev.net/page/resources/_/technical/math-and-physics/ – Math and Physics coding tutorials for game devs
• http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/649273/A-Algorithm-for-Path-Planning – Nice simple A* pathfinding tutorial
• http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/638777/A-Complex-Yet-Quite-Intelligible-Pathfinding-in-Cs – Another Pathfinding tutorial

MonoGame Tutorials & Stuff

• https://monogame.codeplex.com/discussions/439595 – Large list of MonoGame tutorials
• http://blog.filipekberg.se/2012/12/21/creating-a-windows-8-store-game-with-monogame-xaml-and-signalr/ – Creating a Windows 8 Store Game with MonoGame (XAML) and SignalR
• https://github.com/grumpydev/MonoGameContentTypesSample – Handy tool to make xnb content file automatically set their build properties
• **https://github.com/GarethIW/LDEngine – 2D pixelart engine for all future LD jams
• **http://www.matthughson.com/2014/04/20/from-xna-to-google-play-a-primer/ – XNA TO MONOGAME.ANDROID – PORTING PRIMER
• **http://tirania.org/slides/AltDevConf-2012-Mono.pdf – Mono for game developers presentation by non other than Miguel de Icaza of Xamarin

Marketing Tutorials

• http://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1k67t0/a_lobsters_guide_for_video_game_projects_on/ – A nice HowTo guide for doing a kickstarter project
• http://www.mugshotgames.com/2013/08/publishing-your-first-game-in-40-not-so-easy-steps/ – Simple marketing tips
• http://blogs.windows.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2013/01/31/how-to-get-your-app-promoted-in-the-windows-phone-store.aspx – Nuff said, get promoting
• http://blog.jerrynixon.com/2013/08/5-things-you-must-do-before-you-publish.html – Jerry’s get ready to publish post
• http://nokiawpdev.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/make-an-awesome-video-for-your-app/ – Great tutorial on how to make effective marketing videos for your game / project
• **http://blogs.msdn.com/b/matdev/archive/2014/04/14/announcing-multilingual-app-toolkit-v3-0.aspx – Multilingual App Toolkit’s blog
• **http://Mangotron.com – has covered over 100 games since May. Submit yours now!
• **http://nakedgameplay.com – Promote your Games Shamelessly, Everyday is #screenshotsaturday

Other Tutorials

• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jerrynixon/archive/2012/11/12/training-resources-for-native-c-and-c-cx-programming-graphics-and-gaming.aspx – Training Resources for native C++ and C++CX programming, graphics and gaming
• **http://invokeit.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/wp7-app-piracy-and-how-to-deal-with-it/ – Anti-Piracy tips for Windows / Windows Phone
• **http://shaunsgameacademy.co.uk/ – Kids game academy from Aardman Studios (Yes the Wallace and Grommet people)

Blender Stuff

• http://blenderunderground.com/category/video-tutorials/ – Set of FREE Blender training videos
• http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL006307E237BB7FF6 – The Blender training video set on YouTube
• http://www.blendswap.com/ – got a model swap it out or just browse
• http://www.blender-models.com/ – The largest collection of Blender models seen by a mouse
• http://accelermedia.com/index.php?q=content/free-3d-models-compatible-blender – Yet more Blender models
• http://annex2nothing.com/maya-to-blender-animation/ – Maya to Blender Animation
• http://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1lcn7h/incredibly_detailed_blender_game_modelling/ – step by step blender tutorial
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PxQkqJpnMs – Very detailed blender modelling tutorial
• **https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=399gTvoM9o4 – How to create light sphere’s in Cycles
• **http://t.co/zEmkln3f8S – Blender 2.70 – Painting with Particles

Audio resources

• http://www.freesound.org/ – community collection of (you guessed it) free sounds
• http://www.freesfx.co.uk/ – want a sound effect, get it free
• http://audiojungle.net/ – not strictly free but Audio Jungle as some very affordable tracks to choose from
• http://soundbible.com/ another good sound and effects site
• https://soundcloud.com/ – Great works of art and very reasonable prices, some free one’s too (thanks to Anthony Brown)
• http://vimeo.com/musicstore – Yet another library of sounds and music, some free some paid, some just AWESOMMME (thanks to Anthony Brown)
• http://jessefreeman.com/game-dev/intro-to-making-sound-effects-for-games/ Another Jesse Freeman tutorial, this time on audio

Generators

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcgen/ – an RPG character generator on sourceforge
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/fracplanet/ – A fractal planet generator, good to learn from
• **http://pcgbook.com/ – A whole online book about Procedural Content Generation in games

Get Help

• http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&b=24&t=190364&p=1 – Pure gold, artists who will work for free or for a cut of your profits.  Really nice crowd
• http://fiverr.com/l/logo_design_b3 – Need a logo design on the cheap, seems very reasonable

3D Model resources

• http://www.3dmodelfree.com/ – first of many free 3D model sites, either as programmer art or a starting point for your own work
• http://artist-3d.com/– Focusing on the big tools, loads of free models
• http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/60-excellent-free-3d-model-websites/ – A monster collection of FREE 3D model sites
• http://accelermedia.com/index.php?q=content/free-3d-models-compatible-blender – a collection of #d model sites compatible with Blender
• http://resources.blogscopia.com/ – an interesting set of quality 3D model samples
• http://opengameart.org/ – From 2D to 3D and beyond, humongous collection of community assets
• http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=view_product&id=2103 – free stuff from the creators club (note registration required)
• http://www.3dsquirrel.co.uk/forums/ – affordable 3D models with great support
• http://www.propsplanet.com/#/search – need a prop in a hurry, check it out
• http://www.3dmodelfree.com/ – 3D models and they are free…
• http://www.turbosquid.com/ – Commercial model site but they do have free stuff and also some of the highest quality paid stuff (inc quality checked models)
• http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/free-3d-models-10121127 – 25 Top FREE 3D models
• https://www.facebook.com/fatBOXSoftware/app_190322544333196 – Large collection of .obj Models, also check out their site http://fatboxsoftware.wordpress.com/
• **http://rift3d.com/30-free-tree-models-and-more-for-commercial-use/ – 30 Tree Models Free for Commercial Use (and more!)
• **http://darkscarab.com/resources/?type=models – Dark Scarab’s Awesome tutorial and free 3D model site
• **http://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/ – Another go to place for 3D model resources and more, they also offer 3D printing services and printers 😀

2D art,vectors and backgrounds

• http://www.webweaver.nu/ -Clipart Vectors and animations – oh my
• http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/50-websites-for-free-vector-images-download/ – A monster set of FREE vector art sites
• http://www.atulperx.com/graphics/free-vector-shield-graphic-images/ – Another collection of Vector art
• http://www.clipartreview.com/ – high quality clip art review site, most are free but check the details (most only require permission, e.g. a reference in the app you use it in)
• http://www.vectorstock.com/home – High grade vector art site with reasonable prices
• http://www.xamalot.com/ a XAML resources site, interesting what you can find.
• http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/packs/index.htm – Massive set of procedural and seamless textures
• http://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design/15-fantastic-sources-free-background-textures-11121331 – Fantastic set of background textures
• http://www.creativebloq.com/photography/photo-libraries-12121413 – 15 top stock photo libraries
• http://www.creativebloq.com/design/1000-12121531 – 100’s of FREE resources for designers
• http://webdesignledger.com/freebies/20-free-textures-for-your-delight – 20+ Free textures for your delight
• http://makegames.tumblr.com/post/41267990744/before-spelunky-i-started-a-simple-little – 2D spritesheet from the creators of Spelunky
• http://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design/15-fantastic-sources-free-background-textures-11121331 – Where to find free background textures: 15 great resources
• http://www.dragoart.com/ – excellent art tutorial site to get you going
• http://onceuponasketch.com/2012/11/free-hour-training-on-painting-in-sketchbook-pro-with-bobby-chiu/ – Free hour training on Painting in Sletchbook Pro
•  http://wootstudio.ca/win8platstarter – FREE Platformer Game Starter Kit assets
• http://onceuponasketch.com/2013/08/color-theory-with-marc-brunet/ – Colour theory for 2D artists
• http://onceuponasketch.com/2013/03/designing-characters-with-shape/ – How to draw charaters
• http://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design/how-create-vector-art-2131975 – 55 amazing vector art tutorials
• **http://t.co/dblqlyInnD – Free hdri 8K maps + backplates 4K-5K, direct download
• **http://thesociablegeek.com/games-2/creating-a-character-for-your-game-using-inkscape/ – Creating a Character for your Game Using Inkscape
• **http://www.noupe.com/freebie/html-css-psd-and-more-22-free-and-fresh-design-resources-from-april-2014-81923.html – HTML, CSS, PSD and More: 22 Free and Fresh Design Resources
• **http://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/create-an-earth-shattering-disaster-scene-in-photoshop–psd-23328 – Create an Earth Shattering Disaster Scene in Photoshop (and other art tutorials)
• **http://www.dzone.com/links/r/25_best_premium_amp_free_flat_icons_psd.html – 25+ Best Premium & Free Flat Icons PSD
• **http://buff.ly/1lTIFBK – Bloggers: Know when to use a JPG and when to use a PNG and always Squish them both
• **https://t.co/gs6faXZM1m – Not free but really really cheap set of Modular 2D spaceships
• **http://brushcity.com/free-art.html – they offer a sample of free graphics work but also offer a reasonable catalogue of other 2D artwork

Icon Libraries

• http://findicons.com Free icon site, some spectacular image sets like this one http://findicons.com/pack/1472/starships
• http://www.iconarchive.com/ – need an icon, need it fast, get it here
• http://www.1800pocketpc.com/new-free-icons-for-wp7-application-bar/ – Icons for your App, no problem
• http://modernuiicons.com/ – Gallery of FREE icons, plus http://modernuiicons.com/tutorial – Modern UI Icons creation tutorial
• http://www.alessioatzeni.com/metrize-icons/ – Free Collection of 300 Metro-Style Icons for Designers and Developers
• http://iconmonstr.com/ – Icon Monstr massive collection of random icons
• http://www.geekchamp.com/icon-explorer/introduction – Geek Champ icon library – 1507 Free icons
• http://www.1800pocketpc.com/free-metro-icon-set-with-over-600-icons/ – FREE Metro Icon Set with over 600 icons
• http://game-icons.net/ – Hundreds of free icons to customize and include in your games
• http://www.alessioatzeni.com/metrize-icons/ – 300 modern icons
• http://modernuiicons.com/tutorial – Tips and design help for creating your own icons

Font Resources

• http://typography-daily.com/blog/2013/05/22/10-great-free-monospaced-fonts-for-programming/ – 10 great free monospaced fonts for programming
• http://www.creativebloq.com/typography/best-free-web-fonts-1131610 – 30 amazing free web fonts
• http://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design-tips/best-free-fonts-for-designers-1233380 – The 130 best free fonts
• http://www.functionn.in/2012/11/the-best-free-iconic-web-fonts.html – THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE INDEX OF FREE ICON FONTS/ICONIC WEB FONTS
• http://designreflect.com/free-handwritten-fonts/ – 20 Free Handwritten Fonts

Shader things

• https://www.shadertoy.com/view/4ds3WS – a shader that creates MineCraft block type worlds
• ** http://blogs.msdn.com/b/eternalcoding/archive/2014/04/17/learning-shaders-create-your-own-shaders-with-babylon-js.aspx – What do you mean by shaders? Learn how to create shaders

Unity Stuff

Moved all these links to the dedicated “So you want to be a Unity Game Developer” post

Game Engines and resources

• http://dragon-scale-studios.com/gibbo/index.php/main/display/features – Gibbo 2D engine for C#
• https://github.com/NLua – Scripting support for C# games
• http://www.havok.com/solutions/mobile-game-developers – Havok Mobile engine – FREE
• http://freesdk.crydev.net/dashboard.action – Crytek 3 Free SDK and engine
• http://www.develop-online.net/news/43552/The-Top-14-game-engines-guide-starts-now – The top 14 game engines guide
• https://bitbucket.org/sparklinlabs/nuclearwinter – UI framework for MonoGame
• http://www.dzone.com/links/r/10_free_html5_game_enginesframeworks.html – 10 Free HTML5 game engines
• http://html5gameengine.com/ – hot list of HTML / JavaScript game engines
• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/eternalcoding/archive/2013/06/27/babylon-js-a-complete-javascript-framework-for-building-3d-games-with-html-5-and-webgl.aspx – detailed post on the Babylon JS game engine
• http://www.bepuphysics.com/ – The Bepu physics engine, used widely in the market
• http://jitter-physics.com/wordpress/ – Another great physics engine
• http://bulletphysics.org/wordpress/ – A physics engine favours by MonoGame devs
• http://farseerphysics.codeplex.com/ – no list would be complete without mentioning Farseer 😀
• http://mpe.codeplex.com/ – The Mercury Particle Engine, nice open source particle fever
• http://deltaengine.net/home – Good for PC, Linux,Mac games. but paid for others inc web, phone, etc
• http://assimp.sourceforge.net/index.html – C++ Asset system for gamedev, plus check out the C# wrapper for the lib here – https://code.google.com/p/assimp-net/
• http://nine.codeplex.com/ – XNA Based game engine, also suitable for MonoGame dev

Windows Phone

• http://michaelcrump.net/mbcrump/archive/2011/04/25/best-of-free-frameworks-tools-and-controls-for-windows-phone – Michael Crumps monster list of WP Dev tools and resources
• http://compiledexperience.com/windows-phone/tutorials – another good WP dev resource
• http://www.andybeaulieu.com/Default.aspx?EntryID=198&tabid=67 – interesting detail and conversation on obfuscating your WP XAP’s
• http://blakehandler.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/ultimate-list-of-free-windows-phone-7-software-resources-from-microsoft/ – another monster list of WP tools and resources
• http://mobileworld.appamundi.com/blogs/petevickers/archive/2011/08/31/appa-mundi-release-free-gui-interface-for-the-isolated-storage-explorer-tool-gui-iset.aspx – get the sharpest tool in your WP toolbox
• **http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh761491.aspx – The tile template catalog (Windows Runtime apps)
• **http://dotnetbyexample.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/writing-behaviors-in-pcl-for-windows.html – Writing behaviors in PCL for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1
• **http://weblogs.asp.net/jdanforth/converting-from-silverlight-to-universal-apps-themes-and-styles – Converting from Silverlight To Universal Apps – Themes and Styles
• **http://t.co/XtILAvCbSF – Parsing XML File in WindowsPhone in NO TIME
• **http://fixmyassets.azurewebsites.net/ – Convenient online tool for generating icons for Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps
• **http://www.sharpgis.net/post/2014/05/22/Create-Universal-Map-App-In-Under-2-Minutes – Create Universal Map App In Under 2 Minutes

Azure and cloud gaming

• http://ntotten.com/2012/12/20/hosting-multiple-wordpress-sites-for-free-on-windows-azure/ – A bit of a random one but going to know if you use WordPress on Azure
• http://sviluppomobile.blogspot.it/2013/05/hack-to-enable-azure-mobile-services.html – Enable Azure Mobile Services for “pure” Windows Phone 7.1
• http://themebot.com/free-website-templates/html-templates – Free web site templates
• **http://blogs.msdn.com/b/uk_faculty_connection/archive/2014/04/01/using-cloud-services-to-make-a-leaderboard-for-a-unity-game.aspx – Using Cloud Services to make a Leaderboard for a Unity Game

Web Stuff

• http://themebot.com/free-website-templates/html-templates – Free web site templates
• http://www.styleshout.com/ – A CSS warehouse of goodness
• http://eduonix.com/affiliates/aff-Offer-HTML5_free.html#.UhYmq5K1H15 – Free HTML 5 programming course
• http://www.oinko.net/freephp/ – List of places you can put your PHP for free, if you are in to that sort of thing
• http://www.000webhost.com/free-mysql-hosting – Need a mySQL DB and need it free, then look no further
• https://codeproject.tv/video/5025702/creating-a-web-page-with-javascript – Creating a Web Page with JavaScript by Jon Woo
• http://viralpatel.net/blogs/javascript-tips-tricks/ – 21 JavaScript Tips And Tricks For JavaScript Developers
• http://blog.pluralsight.com/2013/04/22/free-asp-net-single-page-application-training/ – FREE ASP.NET Single Page Application Training
• http://www.goeleven.com/guidance/waystotryideasforfree – 8 Ways to host your idea (almost) for free
• http://www.siliconbeachtraining.co.uk/blog/essential-cheat-sheets-web-developers/ – 10 Essential Cheat Sheets for Web Developers
• http://www.dzone.com/links/r/19_free_html5_development_tools_for_designers.html – Top 10 free web dev tools
• http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/577080/Create-an-HTML5-and-JavaScript-Maze-Game-with-a-ti – Procedural maze web game tutorial
• http://www.dzone.com/links/r/50_fresh_resources_and_tools_for_web_developers.html – More tools for your web arsenal
• **http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/buildingapps/archive/2014/04/02/bringing-winjs-cross-platform-and-open-source.aspx – Bringing WinJS cross-platform and open source
• **http://madskristensen.net/post/visual-studio-extensions-for-web-developers – Visual Studio extensions for web developers (A must have if you are building for the web with Visual Studio)
• **http://t.co/4M9HFblTkN – A rich new JavaScript code editor spreading to several Microsoft web sites
• **http://t.co/GeH8OuJlaW – After //Build: Babylon.js
• **http://t.co/RJ2XuwC5tC – Presenting Intro to Construct2 Game Development

.NET stuff

• http://qink.net/page/The-Ultimate-List-of-Freely-Available-_NET-Libraries.aspx – The Ultimate List of Freely Available .NET Libraries
• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lucian/archive/2013/08/15/how-to-generate-pdf-on-windows-phone-in-vb-or-c.aspx Creating PDF’s in C# or VB
• **http://log.paulbetts.org/the-bait-and-switch-pcl-trick/ – The Bait and Switch PCL Trick (essential PCL reading)
• **http://t.co/omFMUjQC00 – John Skeet’s blog is amazing for anything C#

Xamarin and Multi-Platform stuff

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dn630648.aspx  – Build a Cross-Platform, Mobile Golf App Using C# and Xamarin
• **http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2014/04/01/using-oauth-twitter-and-async-to-display-data.aspx – Using OAuth, Twitter and Async To Display Data with Xamarin.Forms
• **http://blog.xamarin.com/please-sign-here-open-source-signature-component/ – Please Sign Here: Open Source Signature Component
• **http://blog.galasoft.ch/posts/2014/05/mvvm-light-v4-4-with-xamarin-android-support/ – MVVM Light V4.4 with Xamarin Android support
• **http://t.co/j3DjTUSAvo – Incredibly detailed post on using Azure mobile services, Xamarin and MVVMCross
• **http://t.co/EmWcZ0XnR3 – Simple Show in Github extension for Xamarin Studio
• **http://bit.ly/1olbHOe – Bucket load of Xamarin hacks and cute blog posts
• **Xamarin/MonoGame porting demo at Windows Phone User Group UK – http://t.co/1pHc3fpe07

Random Pickings

• http://www.powerframeworks.com/free-samples – Get a heads up on what makes a good PowerPoint!
• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/davedev/archive/2012/07/13/announcing-the-metrogamekit-a-free-sample-starter-project-for-windows-8-casual-games-using-html5-and-javascript.aspx – the Metro game kit (before the rename)
• http://www.raywenderlich.com/21320/objectively-speaking-a-crash-course-in-objective-c-ios6 –  Crash Course in Objective-C for iOS 6
• https://javaee7.zeef.com/arjan.tijms – Collection of Java EE 7 resources
• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/africaapps/archive/2013/05/29/application-lifecycle-management-part-1-of-5.aspx – Application Management 5 part course
• http://ihackers.info/how-to-tweak-the-new-multi-monitor-taskbar-in-windows-8/ – How to Tweak the New Multi-Monitor Taskbar in Windows
• http://powerpointstoryboard.com/free-powerpoint-storyboard-templates/ – Free PowerPoint Storyboard Templates
• http://boingboing.net/2013/09/12/becoming-a-web-developer-as-an.html – Just made me laugh, a JS web developer RPG skill tree app
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKNDml12Big – I like Monty Python and this made me laugh, so shoot me
• http://www.dzone.com/links/r/26_best_responsive_metro_wordpress_themes.html – WordPress themes to live by
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzR9kLuG8Ts&feature=youtu.be – Project Spark, watch and learn!
• **http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JamieAisthorpe/20140427/216323/The_Poor_Game_Developer_Tool_Kit.php – The Poor Game Developer Tool Kit

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• http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/12/29/play-dune-ii-free-on-your-browser.aspx – Play Dune 2 in your browser for FREE
• http://benedictcumberbatchgenerator.tumblr.com/ – Listen Beetlejuice Rivendell – click here (great for a RPG game maybe)
• **http://orteil.dashnet.org/gamegen – Orteil’s awesome Game Idea generator, just refresh lots of times, fun
• **http://research.microsoft.com/apps/catalog/default.aspx?t=projects – Microsoft Research’s Project backlog (fascinating read)
• **http://www.methodnamer.com – If you’re totally stuck when trying to come up with a good method name, try this site 🙂

Now this is the merest fraction of links, resources and sites I got in my library all from only one search.  I’ll either add more to this list or do another post for specific things

Enjoy for now