3D Resources: Software, Assets, Tutorials & Tools for 3D Artists

A curated collection of free and paid 3D resources: software, assets, textures, HDRIs, tutorials, plugins, and learning material for Blender, Houdini, Cinema 4D, Maya, ZBrush, Unreal Engine, and more. Covers 3D modeling, animation, VFX, rendering, game development, motion graphics, and digital art.

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Assets & LibrariesEdit

Models, textures, HDRIs, audio, stock. Everything downloadable. Asset-first lookup lives here.

Model Libraries: Free & General

General-purpose 3D model libraries with free downloads.

• 3DExport Freemium. 3D model marketplace.
• 3Dshaker. Free models.
• 3Dzip. Free 3D models and interior scenes.
• Blend Swap. Open-source .blend file library.
• Blender 3D models. 3D models, particle systems, and effects.
• CadNav. Architecture, furniture, vehicle models.
• Casual Effects Data. Graphics research datasets and test scenes.
• CGHEVEN. Free CC0 3D and VFX assets.
• CGTrader Freemium. Community model marketplace.
• Chocofur Free. Free section of Chocofur premium 3D model store.
• Free3D. Large free collection.
• Free3D.io. Free 3D model downloads.
• Free3DBase. Free 3D models.
• Funes. 3D cultural heritage.
• Keenan Crane's Model Repository. Clean test meshes for shader and subdivision work.
• Mantissa/resources. Free Blender files and resources.
• MyMiniFactory Scan the World. Scan the World collection of scanned heritage objects.
• Open3DModel. Free model archive.
• OpenTopography/datasets. High-resolution Earth-science topography datasets and related tools. Registration required.
• Oyonale Paid. Sells 3D models for various industries.
• PBRPX. Free PBR materials and some 3D models.
• Poly Haven. CC0 models, textures up to 8K+, HDRIs up to 16K.
• Poly Pizza. Low-poly models (Google Poly archive).
• Polycam Explore. User-uploaded photogrammetry scans.
• Quaternius's Ultimate Low-Poly Models. Ultimate low-poly model packs (CC0).
• RigModels Freemium. Rigged models.
• rileyb3d Library. Free packed .blend files ready to use.
• Sketchfab Freemium. Massive downloadable library.
• Stanford 3D Scanning Repository. Classic academic 3D scans (bunny, dragon, etc.).
• The Base Mesh. Base meshes for sculpting and rigging.
• Three D Scans. Free 3D scan archive.
• TurboSquid Freemium. Professional models with free section.
• XYZed3D (Gumroad). CC0 (non-AI) asset packs: models, props, misc. By artyusufpatel.

Model Libraries: Specialized

Specialty model sources: characters, scans, anatomy, museums.

• 3D MDB. Model search database across many sites.
• Anatomy 360 Paid. Artist reference models.
• Anatomy For Sculptors Paid. Anatomical references.
• Anything World Gallery Freemium. Animated, game-ready models.
• Artec 3D. Free high-resolution 3D scans. (CC-BY)
• British Museum (Sketchfab). Scanned artifacts.
• Characterz Freemium. 9,000+ customizable diverse 3D character illustrations with Blender source files.
• Cleveland Museum of Art (Sketchfab). Museum 3D scans.
• Emojiz Paid. 77+ animated 3D emoji illustrations with Blender source files.
• Handz. Free library of 320+ diverse 3D hand illustrations with Blender source files.
• Insect 3D Models. Insect models.
• Mixamo. Rigged characters, auto-rigger, and free animation library (Adobe).
  See also: Animation & Rigging → AI Motion Capture & Animation
• Models Resource. Video game model rips.
• Models Resource (3D). 3D model rips from games. Sister site to Spriters Resource.
• NASA 3D Resources Mixed. Spacecraft, planets, terrain models (mixed CC0 / CC-BY. Check per-asset license; mirror at nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov).
• Quaternius. Free low-poly game assets.
• Robotz. Free modular 3D cartoon robot with customizable heads, bodies, and hands.
• Scanned Female Head Model by EISKO. Free high-resolution scanned female head model (Louise).
• Smithsonian 3D. Historical artifacts.
  See also: Tools, Pipeline & Utilities → Photogrammetry & 3D Scanning
• Smithsonian Open Access. Millions of 2D/3D museum assets, CC0.
• Wire Wheels Club. Vehicle models.

Model Libraries: Architecture & Furniture

Arch-viz, furniture, and BIM asset libraries.

• 3asky. 3DS Max and general library.
• 3D Warehouse. SketchUp library.
• 3ddd. Design and architecture models.
• 3DSky. Architecture models.
• BIMobject. BIM objects.
• Design Connected. Furniture.
• Dimensiva. Furniture models.
• Evermotion. Scenes and models.
• Syncronia. CAD and BIM objects.
• Viz-People. Archviz scenes, 3D people, vegetation, HDRIs.

Asset Marketplaces

General asset marketplaces across multiple engines and tools.

• ArtStation Marketplace Paid. Professional assets.
• Blender Market Paid. Blender-specific assets and addons.
• Cubebrush Paid. Art and game assets.
• Fab (Epic) Freemium. Unified marketplace (UE, Sketchfab, ArtStation).
• Julio Sillet (Gumroad) Freemium. Free and paid PBR texture sets and material packs.
• Quixel Bridge. Desktop app linking Megascans to Blender and other DCC tools.
• RenderHub Free Freemium. Daz Content, 3D models, textures and materials.
• Unity Asset Store Freemium. Game-ready assets.
• Unreal Marketplace Freemium. UE-optimized assets.

Free Asset Giveaways

Recurring free asset drops. Bookmark these.

• Sonniss GDC Bundle. Free SFX bundles (~30GB+) released annually around GDC and Christmas.

Software-Specific Asset Libraries

Official asset libraries tied to specific DCCs.

• 3DCoat Smart Materials Paid. Official materials library.
• Blender Demo Files. Official demo scenes.
• Blender Extensions. Official addons and themes repository.
• Maxon Asset Browser Paid. Cinema 4D built-in asset library.
• Maya Content Browser Paid. Official example scenes and assets.
• Nomad Sculpt Resources. Community brushes and matcaps.
• SideFX Content Library. Official Houdini assets.
• Substance 3D Assets Paid. Adobe materials library.
• Substance 3D Community Assets. User-shared materials.
• ZBrush Download Center. Alphas and brushes.

HDRIs

HDR environment maps for lighting and reflections.

• Adobe Stock HDRI Paid. Studio HDRIs.
• HDR Maps. Free HDRI packs.
• HDRI Hub Freemium. High-quality HDRIs with backplates.
• HDRI Skies. Free sky HDRIs.
• Maxime Roz HDRI Pack. Free studio and outdoor HDRIs for product viz.
• No Emotion HDRs. Free high-resolution HDRIs sorted by time of day.
• Open HDRI. 50 free CC0 HDRIs.
• OpenFootage. Free HDRIs, VFX plates, and backplates.
• Poly Haven HDRIs. CC0 HDRIs up to 16K.
• RenderMan HDRIs. Pixar's HDRI collection.
• The Mari Channel. Free HDR environment maps for lighting and reflection.

Textures & Materials: Free PBR Libraries

Free PBR texture libraries for materials authoring.

• 3D Textures. Free PBR library.
• 3DAssets.one. Search engine across the largest free texture sites at once.
• 3DXO. Free 3D models, textures, backgrounds, photos, and graphics.
• ambientCG. 2000+ CC0 PBR materials.
• Arroway Textures Freemium. Digital textures for 3D rendering and real-time use.
• C4DCenter Material Library. Free Cinema 4D materials with high-quality texture maps. Personal and commercial use.
• Celestia Motherlode. Repository of Celestia addons: textures, models, and celestial objects.
• CG Bookcase. Free PBR textures.
• Free PBR. Hundreds of free materials.
• Kaimoisch. 3D scanned textures.
• LotPixel. Photogrammetry and PBR textures, 3D models, decals. 1500+ free textures.
• Matcaps. Large matcap texture library in PNG and ZMT, organized by color.
• MaterialX Library. AMD's free MaterialX-based material library. Download materials or upload your own.
• Physically Based. Reference database of real-world PBR values for materials, lights, and cameras.
• PlainTextures. Free high-resolution textures, brushes, and photos.
• Share Textures. CC0 textures.
• Substance Source/freebies Freemium. Hundreds of high-quality PBR materials. Free tier with a paid library.
• Texture Fabrik. Free textures and tileable patterns.
• Texture Fun. Free PBR sets of architectural materials, including tile textures.
• Texture Labs. Free texture resources.
• Texture Supply (Gumroad). Free textures.
• Texture.Ninja. Public domain photographic textures, reference images, and cutouts. (CC0)
• TextureCan. Free PBR textures, high scan quality.
• TextureKing. Free material stock textures.
• Textures.com Freemium. Massive professional texture library.
• Texturify. Free texture collection.
• The Blendersauce Vault Materials. Free material vault covering bricks, concrete, fabric, metal, nature, plaster, stone, tiles, and wood.
• The Pixel Lab Freebies. Free 3D models and textures.

Textures: Specialized

Specialty texture sources: displacement, patterns, sprites, terrain.

• CGI Moon Kit. NASA Scientific Visualization Studio moon kit: high-resolution moon textures and elevation data for rendering.
• NASA 3D Resources Mixed. 3D models, textures, and images from NASA. Mixed CC0 / CC-BY, check per-asset license.
• Shaded Relief. Natural Earth data and terrain reference.
• Solar Textures. These textures represent real planetary maps in equirectangular projection. Textures in this pack are based on NASA elevation and imagery data. (CC-BY)
• Spriters Resource. Game sprite textures.
• Subtle Patterns. Tileable web patterns.
• Terrain Height Maps. Free heightmap images for terrain displacement.
• Texturing.xyz Paid. MicroSkin displacement maps.
• The Pattern Library. Free seamless background patterns.

Textures: Premium

Professional paid texture libraries.

• Poliigon Paid. PBR textures.
• Quixel Megascans + Bridge Freemium. Scanned materials and import plugin. Free with Unreal Engine.
• Texture Box Paid. Mixed library.

Stock Images & References

Free and public-domain stock images, and 2D references.

• Absurd Design. Free surrealist illustration set.
• All Free Download. Free design downloads.
• Biodiversity Heritage Library. 300,000+ botanical and animal illustrations free to download (CC0).
• Black Illustrations Freemium. Illustrations of black people for projects.
• Blush Freemium. Mix and customize illustrations made by artists.
• Control Illustrations Paid. Combo set of 108 customizable illustrations.
• David Rumsey Maps. Historical maps archive.
• Flowbite Illustrations. Open-source SVG illustrations in 3D style, dark and light mode.
• Freepik Freemium. Free vectors, photos, and mockups.
• Get Illustrations Bundle Paid. Bundle of 34+ vector illustration packs, 2800+ items.
• Humaaans. Mix-and-match illustrations of people with a design library.
• illlustrations. 100 open-source illustrations including COVID and WFH themes.
• Illustration Gallery. Royalty-free illustration collection.
• Illustrationz Freemium. 100+ 3D character illustration packs with 167M+ combinations.
• LACartoons. Animation cel and model sheet archive.
• Mockupz. Free 3D mockup scenes for showcasing design work.
• Neurascapes. Free surreal/AI-generated reference imagery.
• Pexels. Free stock photos and video.
• Pixabay. Free stock media.
• PNG Images. Transparent PNG images.
• Public Domain Review. Public-domain image collections.
• Public.work. Search public domain images from museums and libraries.
• Settei Dreams. Anime model sheets and settei archive.
• Smash Illustrations Freemium. Library of 250+ illustrations.
• Story Set. Customizable illustrations to edit and animate, free.
• Storytale Freemium. Hundreds of illustrations for web and app projects.
• Stubborn Generator. Character illustration generator.
• The Blueprints. Vehicle, aircraft, ship blueprints.
• unDraw Illustrations. MIT-licensed collection of SVG illustrations.
• Unsplash. Free photography.

Stock Footage

Free and archival video footage sources.

• ActionVFX Practice. Free practice VFX footage.
• Internet Archive / Prelinger. Public-domain archival footage.
• Mixkit. Free stock music, SFX, and video footage.
  See also: Assets & Libraries → Audio: SFX & Music Libraries
• Open Visual FX. Free VFX footage.
• videvo Freemium. Free stock video, motion graphics, and music tracks.

Audio: SFX & Music Libraries

Free and paid SFX and music libraries for games, reels, and film.

• Artlist Paid. Subscription music and SFX.
• BBC Sound Effects. BBC's archive of free SFX.
• ccMixter. Creative Commons remix community.
• Ende. Curated free audio library.
• Free Music Archive. Free music, varied licenses.
• Freesound. Collaborative database of CC-licensed sounds.
• Freesound Add-on. Blender VSE addon to browse, preview, and insert sounds from freesound.org.
• Knell. Free procedural sound effect synthesizer for games, UI, and prototypes.
• Mixkit. Free stock music, SFX, and video footage.
  See also: Assets & Libraries → Stock Footage
• Moby Gratis. Free Moby music for indie creators.
• Motion Array SFX. Free SFX collection.
• Sonniss Paid. SFX library. Releases free SFX bundles annually.
• Uppbeat Freemium. Music for creators.
• ZapSplat. Large free SFX library.

Fonts

Font libraries, pairing tools, and type references.

• Adobe Fonts Paid. Premium font library bundled with Creative Cloud subscription.
• Creative Market Fonts Paid. 300k+ premium fonts with worry-free perpetual commercial licenses.
• Font Bundles Freemium. Premium font marketplace with regular freebies; clear commercial license.
• Font Library. Open-source and free fonts.
• FontPair. Font pairing inspiration.
• Fontshare. Free quality fonts from Indian Type Foundry; Satoshi, General Sans, Clash Display.
• Fontz Freemium. Free and premium 3D fonts with Blender source files.
• Free Faces. Curated directory of free fonts from independent foundries and designers.
• Free Fonts (Awwwards). Curated collection of free fonts.
• Future Fonts Paid. Buy in-progress fonts directly from indie designers at lower early-access prices.
• Google Fonts. Largest free open-source font library; SIL OFL / Apache licensed.
• Indestructible Type. Open-source foundry by Owen Earl; variable font families like Jost, Besley, Bodoni.
• Lilex. Programming font with ligatures.
• MyFonts Paid. Long-running premium font marketplace; perpetual desktop, web, app licenses.
• Pangram Pangram Foundry Freemium. Indie foundry with high-end typefaces; free personal-use trials available.
• The League of Moveable Type. Open-source foundry; well-curated bold typefaces, free for commercial use.
• UNCUT.wtf. 160+ contemporary open-source typefaces, all free for commercial use.
• Usable Google Fonts (Figma). Curated Figma set of usable Google Fonts.
• Velvetyne Type Foundry. Paris-based non-profit foundry releasing open-source experimental typefaces.
• WhatTheFont Freemium. Identify fonts from an image.
• Wordmark.it. Preview text in your installed fonts.

Icons

Icon libraries and animation sets.

• Bootstrap Icons. 2000+ official open-source SVG icons from the Bootstrap team.
• Flaticon Freemium. Massive icon library.
• Font Awesome Freemium. Classic icon font library.
• Game Icons. 4000+ SVG game icons.
• Handy Arrows. Hand-drawn arrow sets.
• Heroicons. Hand-crafted SVG icons by Tailwind CSS team; outline and solid.
• Hugeicons Freemium. 36k+ icons in multiple styles; free tier plus premium plans.
• Iconify. Unified framework aggregating 200k+ open-source icons from 150+ icon sets.
• Iconoir. 1600+ open-source SVG icons; React, React Native, Flutter, Vue, Figma support.
• icons8 Freemium. Large icon packs with consistent styles.
• Icons8 Glyph Freemium. Glyph-style icon set.
• Iconz Freemium. 460+ 3D icons in multiple angles and materials.
• Lineicons Freemium. 30k icons (4k free); SVG, JSX, TSX, Figma, PNG; React/Vue/Svelte support.
• Lucide. Open-source icon library.
• Lucide Animated. Animated version of Lucide icons.
• Material design icons. Official Material Design icon set from Google.
• MDI Icons. Material Design Icons, huge set.
• Noun Project Freemium. 5M+ curated icons and photos; subscription unlocks royalty-free use.
• Ouch! Illustrations Freemium. Illustration and icon library for UX from Icons8.
• Phosphor Icons. 9000+ flexible icons in thin, light, regular, bold, fill, duotone styles.
• Remix Icon. 2800+ neutral-style open-source icons on 24x24 grid; line and fill.
• Shape.so Paid. 4300+ icons and illustrations exportable to SVG, React, and Lottie.
• Streamline Paid. Massive premium icon and illustration library; consistent design systems.
• SVG Repo Mixed. 500k+ free SVG vectors and icons across many styles and packs.
• SVGL. Brand logos in SVG.
• Tabler Icons. Open-source SVG icons.
• typicons.font. 336 pixel-perfect all-purpose vector icons in a web-font kit.
• Use Animations Freemium. Animated icons for web UI.

Game Assets

Free and paid game-ready asset sources. Cross-listed from §7.

• 2D Pixel Art Character Template Asset Pack Paid. 2D character art for sidescrollers, platformers, and metroidvania.
• 2D Pixel Dungeon Asset Pack. 16x16 pixel character and tileset.
• 420 Pixel Art Icons for RPGs. Set of 420 RPG icons, free for commercial use.
• 8000+ Raven Fantasy Icons - RPG Icons, Pixel Art Icons, Textures and Sprites. 8000+ colorful pixel art icons for fantasy and RPG games.
• Ansimuz Legacy Collection. Free 16-bit pixel-art assets.
• Asset Creation Toolset. Blender addon bundling tools for game asset creation.
• Brackeys' Platformer Bundle. Pixel-art characters, tiles, sounds, and music for a first game.
• Craftpix Freemium. 2D game assets, free and paid.
• Cup Nooble. Creator of the Sprout Lands pixel art packs, cozy farming style.
• Cute Fantasy RPG - 16x16 top down pixel art asset pack. 16x16 assets for your top-down game.
• Free - Pixel Art Asset Pack - Topdown Tileset - 16x16 Sprites. 500 sprites, 3 heroes, 8 enemies, 50 weapons.
• Free Game Assets. Curated free 2D/3D/audio assets.
• Fx Effects Pixel Art #91 - 64x64 | 32x32 Paid. RPG pixel-art FX effects pack. 64x64 and 32x32.
• GameArt2D. Free 2D game art pack collection.
• GameDev Market Freemium. Game dev asset marketplace.
• Humble Bundle Game Dev Paid. Periodic game dev bundles.
• itch.io Assets Freemium. Indie game asset marketplace.
• Kay Lousberg. CC0 low-poly game assets.
• KayKit - Character Pack : Adventurers. 3D low-poly rigged and animated character game assets.
• KayKit - Forest Nature Pack. 3D stylized low-poly trees, rocks, and grass.
• Kenney. CC0 game assets ("Asset Jesus").
• Kenney Game Assets All-in-1 Paid. 60,000+ game assets including 2D sprites and 3D models.
• Liberated Pixel Cup assets. Free graphic assets from the Liberated Pixel Cup (LPC) on the OpenGameArt forums.
• Modern Farm - RPG Tileset Paid. Props, animals, and a character generator for a farm RPG.
• Mystic Woods - 16x16 Pixel Art Asset Pack. Playful 16x16 pixel-art asset pack.
• Ninja Adventure - Asset Pack. Assets for a top-down game with a ninja theme.
• Open Game Art. Community hub for free game art.
• Oryx Design Lab Paid. Cheap royalty-free sprite packs.
• Pixel Adventure. Assets for a platform adventure game.
• Pixel Art Top Down - Basic. 32x32 sprites and tilesets for top-down games.
• Pixel Frog Freemium. Pixel art assets.
• Pixel Planet Generator. Procedural pixel planet generator with Godot shader source.
• Reiner's Tilesets. Free 2D and 3D graphics, classic game assets blog.
• Sprout Lands - Asset Pack. Cute pixel pastel farming asset pack.
• Sprout Lands - UI Pack. Cute pixel pastel UI pack.
• Stylized Nature MegaKit. 110+ stylized 3D nature models for Ghibli-inspired scenes. Projects for UE, Godot, and Unity.
• Synty Studios Paid. Stylized low-poly asset packs.
• Tech Dungeon: Roguelite - Asset Pack. Animated top-down assets for a futuristic project.
• Tilemancer. Procedural tile creator for pixel-art games.
• Tiny Farm RPG - Asset Pack. Pixel-art farming RPG asset pack.
• Tiny RPG Character Asset Pack v1.03. 20 animated pixel-art characters for your game.
• Universal Animation Library. 120+ animations ready to retarget in any engine.
• UnluckyStudio. Free game art for 2D games.

Modeling, Sculpting & TexturingEdit

Per-DCC learning plus texturing and material-authoring toolchain. Per-renderer learning lives in §4.

Blender: Plugins & Addons

Notable addons extending Blender.

• AMD Radeon ProRender. AMD's physically based GPU/CPU render engine for Blender.
• AnimAide. Free animation helper tools for Blender.
• Array Tools. Create translation, scale and rotation arrays with offset or global parameters in any direction.
• Arsenal. Blender-integrated game engine written in Rust.
• Auto Terrainer Paid. Turns any low-poly mesh into customizable terrain like mountains, valleys and islands in Blender.
• AutoMask. Machine-learning automatic rotoscoping addon for Blender.
• Bangingcuts. Cuts audio and video clips on audio peaks, removing silences. On recent Blender, install the install.py file instead of the zip.
• Blender Addons. Helper addons by Antonio Vazquez.
• Blender Colab. Python script to render Blender scenes on Google Colab. Cycles only.
• Blender Data Visualisation. Loads data into Blender and builds visualisations.
• Blender Debugger For Vscode. Addon for remote-debugging Blender from VS Code or Visual Studio.
• Blender For Unreal Engine. Exports Blender content to Unreal Engine.
• Blender Kitti. Renders large point clouds and voxel grids in Blender.
• Blender Metaverse Addon. Toolset for creating content for metaverse platforms like High Fidelity.
• Blender NLA Midi Copier. Creates MIDI-driven animations from Blender's Nonlinear Animation view.
• Blender Pyblish. Pyblish publishing-pipeline integration for Blender.
• Blender Sculpt Tools. Base-mesh sculpting tools for Blender, ZSphere-style.
• Blender to Unity FBX. Unity export addon.
• Blender Vscode. VS Code extension for Blender addon development.
• Blender XR. VR and mixed-reality interface for editing Blender scenes with a headset and controllers.
• Blender2Godot. Exports a Blender scene to a Godot Engine project.
• BlenderCAM. Open source CAM toolpath generation for CNC inside Blender.
• BlenderSynth. Blender scripting for generating synthetic datasets at scale.
• BlendyPose. Webcam motion capture inside Blender.
• Blign. Align and distribute objects in Blender with many options.
• Bone Widget. Helps make custom bone shapes for Blender rigs.
• Bonsai. OpenBIM/IFC architectural authoring add-on for Blender. Formerly BlenderBIM.
• BookGen. Generates rows of books on shelves in Blender.
• Building Tools. Building-generation addon for Blender.
• Bystedts Blender Baker Paid. Streamlines texture baking in Blender.
• CAD Sketcher. CAD-style precision sketching with constraints for Blender.
• Camera Shakify. Adds realistic camera shake to Blender cameras.
• Capsule. Export manager for sharing assets between Blender and Unreal/Unity.
• CharMorph. Open source character creation tool for Blender, a rewrite of the now-unmaintained MB-Lab.
• COA Tools. 2D cutout animation suite for Blender, similar to Spine or Spriter.
• Crowdrender Freemium. Distributed rendering across machines.
• Curtis Holt Store Paid. Curtis Holt's storefront for Blender addons and learning products.
• Data FX. Loads and visualizes CSV data within Blender.
• Daz to Blender Bridge. Transfers Genesis 8 and 3 characters from Daz Studio into Blender.
• DreamUV. Manipulate UVs directly in the 3D viewport.
• Drop It. Drops objects quickly onto the ground or a surface in Blender.
• Easy HDRI. HDRI management addon.
• Easy Proxy. Creates VSE proxy files easily via FFmpeg.
• EasyBake. One-click texture baking UI in the Blender 3D viewport.
• EdgeFlow. Adds two edge-loop operators for cleaner topology in Blender.
• Embark Blender Tools. Game-dev workflow tools for Blender, with standardized import/export and new object types.
• Engraver Paid. Carves decals into 3D models in Blender.
• Export Paper Model from Blender. Add-on for unfolding meshes into printable paper models.
• EZ Baker. Simpler alternative to Blender's default texture-bake system.
• F Spy Blender. Official fSpy Blender importer.
• FaceBuilder Paid. Builds photorealistic 3D face and head models from a few neutral-expression photos in Blender.
• FLIP Fluids Paid. High-quality liquid simulation plugin for Blender.
• FontSelector. Font management inside Blender.
• Gaffer (Blender addon). Light-management panels for fast lighting setup and tweaking in Blender.
• Geometry Nodes Pipes Paid. Geometry Nodes addon for generating complex pipe layouts in Blender.
• Geometry Script. Python scripting API for Blender Geometry Nodes, making node trees easier to build and share.
• Glsl Texture. Create textures from GLSL fragment shaders in Blender.
• GoB. GoZ-style bridge for ZBrush-Blender mesh interchange.
• Graswald Paid. Grass and plants library.
• GreaseWriter. Auto-animates grease pencil strokes to emulate hand-drawn text.
• HDRI Sun Aligner. Automatically rotates a sun to match the brightest point in an HDRI environment texture.
• Hi Phy Engine Paid. High-fidelity physics engine addon with a unified solver for rigid body, cloth, hair, soft body and MPM snow/sand, with intersection-free continuous collision detection.
• INOX. Rust game engine integrated in Blender.
• IOR Reference. Blender addon listing IOR values for materials.
• JARCH Vis. Generates common architectural-visualization objects in Blender.
• Jet Fluids. Jet fluid-engine simulator integration for Blender.
• JewelCraft. Jewelry design toolkit add-on for Blender.
• Kaleidoscope. Adds Spectrum and Intensity nodes to speed up material creation in Blender.
• KeKit. Production modeling toolset for Blender.
• Laser Slicer. Slices a Blender object and exports SVG sections for laser cutting.
• LeoMoon LightStudio Paid. Studio lighting system for Blender.
• Lib SM64 Blender. Integrates libsm64 into Blender, with Fast64 integrations.
• Lodify. Level-of-detail and proxy system for Blender.
• Loom. Simplifies rendering image sequences and frame ranges, with batch rendering utilities.
• Lumiere. Interactive lighting addon for Blender.
• Magic UV. UV manipulation toolset that fills gaps in Blender's UV tools.
• Maps Models Importer. Imports 3D models from Google Maps into Blender.
• MB Lab. Character creation (archived, succeeded by CharMorph).
• MDSANIMA RenderTime. Estimates total animation render time from a single frame's render time.
• Mesh Align Plus. Precisely align, move, and measure objects and mesh parts.
• Mesh Heal. Extra Blender operators for healing and repairing surface meshes.
• Mesh Maze. Generates a maze on any mesh in Blender.
• MeshSync. Live-link plugin syncing Blender and other DCCs into Unity.
• MifthTools. Mesh-exchange tools for 3DCoat, Houdini and Modo.
• Mixamo Converter. Blender Plugin that Converts Mixamo animations to work in Unreal Engine 4 with root motion.
• Mixer by Ubisoft. Real-time collaboration addon for Blender from Ubisoft Animation Studio.
• Modeling Cloth. Real-time cloth-like behavior on meshes in Blender.
• Modifier List. Enhanced modifier UI for Blender, with a sidebar tab and popup.
• MPFB. Open source human generator for Blender, a full rewrite of MakeHuman as an addon.
• Mr Mannequins Tools. Exports animations and weighted meshes compatible with the Unreal third-person mannequin without retargeting.
• Multi User. Real-time collaborative editing inside Blender.
• Needle Engine Freemium. Builds interactive web apps from Blender scenes.
• OctaneRender Prime for Blender Freemium. Octane GPU render engine for Blender, free tier.
• Parallel Render. Renders Sequencer output multithreaded from the Render sidebar.
• PBR Texture Mapper. One-click PBR node setup in Blender.
• Phobos. Creates URDF, SDF and SMURF robot models in Blender.
• Point Cloud Visualizer. Display, edit, filter, render and export colored point-cloud PLY files.
• Poliigon Blender Addon. Browse, download and import Poliigon textures, models and HDRs from inside Blender, with material generation from texture sets.
• Power Sequencer. Faster editing tools for Blender's Video Sequence Editor.
• PresetterProfessional. View, visibility, 3D cursor and snap presets for Blender.
• Principled Baker. Bake PBR textures from the Principled BSDF in a few clicks.
• Projectors. Create and modify projector lights in Blender.
• ProSidebar. Adds extra properties and operators to the 3D View Sidebar.
• PSOFT Pencil+ 4 Paid. NPR line rendering.
• QBlocker. Interactive blockout and object creation tool for Blender.
• QuickSwitch. Quickly switch workspaces and view the render menu in the viewport.
• RandoMesh. Adds randomized geometry to any mesh in Blender.
• reflow. Blender addon to change scene fps.
• Render Useful. Command-line tools for Blender renders.
• Rig on the Fly. Dynamic rigging tool that speeds up Blender animation workflow.
• Rigid Body Bones. Adds rigid-body and spring physics to bones in Blender.
• Scene Strip Tools. Preview VSE scene strips directly in the 3D View.
• Screencast Keys. On-screen keystroke display for Blender screen recordings.
• Screenwriter. Write screenplays in the Blender Text Editor using Fountain markup, with correct formatting on export.
• Sculpt Alphas Manager. Quickly switch alpha textures for sculpt brushes in Blender.
• Search Online References. Search selected text across Blender API/Python docs, Stack Exchange, source code and GitHub.
• Shot Manager by Ubisoft. Adds a true shot entity to Blender scenes for previs and layout.
• Sketchfab Blender Addon. Import and export models between Blender and Sketchfab.
• SliceMesh. Automates mesh slicing in Blender.
• Spaceship Generator. Procedurally generates 3D spaceships.
• Spring Bones. Adds springy dynamic motion to bones in Blender.
• Subsimport. Create and edit subtitles for movies or music in Blender.
• SuperPoke. Iterative poking tool for Blender meshes.
• Sverchok. Node-based parametric modeling for Blender, aimed at architects.
• TextCounter. Text-animation addon for counters and GUI simulations in Blender.
• TexTools. Free UV and texturing toolset for Blender.
• The Grove 3D Paid. Grows natural 3D trees for visualisation and film, with seasonal simulation.
• Theme Switcher. Switch the active Blender theme without leaving the 3D View.
• Tilecam. Renders tileable images in Blender.
• Tissue. Computational and parametric design addon for Blender.
• Transform Tools. Transform, crop and fade video strips in Blender's VSE.
• Tree Gen. Procedural tree-model generation in Blender.
• Typewriter. Typewriter text animation for font objects in Blender.
• UcuPaint. Manage texture layers for EEVEE and Cycles in Blender.
• USDZ. Blender addon to export USDZ files.
• UV Packer. Free automatic UV-packing addon for Blender.
• V HACD. Decomposes a 3D surface into near-convex parts for accurate collision meshes.
• Verge3D Paid. Toolkit for building interactive 3D web experiences from Blender.
• VSEQF. Overhauls Blender's VSE for quick keyboard-and-mouse editing with real-time feedback.
• Welder. Generates weld seams between meshes in Blender.
• Wiggle Bones. Jiggle-bone physics for Blender rigs.
• WoT Tank Viewer. Blender plugins to view 3D models from World of Tanks.
• WritingAnimation. Generates writing animation for selected Bezier curves in Blender.

Blender: Tutorials

Blender learning resources, beginner to advanced.

• 📖 User Manual. Official Blender user manual.
• Animation & Rigging Manual. Animation & Rigging Manual.
• Blender 3D Architect by Allan Brito Paid. Blender books and tutorials for architectural visualization by Allan Brito.
• Blender Python API Documentation. Official Blender Python API Documentation.
• blenderscripting. Blog of Blender Python snippets to get started with scripting.
• Compositing Nodes List. Compositing Nodes List.
• Motion Tracking Manual. Motion Tracking Manual.
• Programming Add-ons for Blender 2.8. Free ebook on setting up a Python IDE to write Blender add-ons, worked through a sample plugin.
• Realistic Hair in Blender Paid. Hair creation course.
• Texture Paint Manual. Official Blender manual for the texture paint mode.

Houdini: Getting Started

Beginner-friendly Houdini intros.

Related:

• Houdini Crash Course (ikrima). Fast Houdini fundamentals primer.
• Houdini Donut in Any Shape. Procedural donut by Lewis Orton.
• Houdini in Five Minutes. Quick intro by Entagma.
• SideFX Getting Started. Official Houdini getting-started learning path.
• SideFX Learn. Official curated learning hub.
• SideFX Learning Library. Searchable content browser for all official Houdini tutorials.

Houdini: Essential Learning Resources

Long-form Houdini learning hubs.

• Applied Houdini Paid. Stephen Knipping's FX-focused course series (ILM).
• Assorted Houdini Demos (jakericedesigns). Assorted Houdini demo scenes and setups.
• CGWiki (tokeru.com). Matt Estela's CGWiki, the deepest Houdini reference (Joy of VEX, LOPS, particles).
• educational-hips (pedohorse). Educational Houdini .hip files explaining techniques.
• Entagma (site) Freemium. Advanced design and mograph tutorials. Also Unreal and Blender.
• example_hips (dchow1992). Collection of example Houdini .hip files.
• Farmfield (Vimeo). Setups and hip files from Johnny Farmfield.
• hip-files (lightReachers). Shared collection of Houdini .hip files.
• Houdini Escapades (3Dmattias). Example .hip files from the 3Dmattias tutorial series.
• Houdini Gubbins. Blog of Houdini tips and workflow notes.
• Houdini Hive. SideFX presentation recordings from artists and studios.
• Houdini Kitchen. Tutorials and articles, including L-systems and procedural setups.
• houdini-sandbox (K240). Sandbox collection of Houdini scene files.
• HoudiniHowtos (jhorikawa). Example .hip files and how-to setups.
• John Kunz (site). Weekly streams. FX, coding, Redshift (Twitch | YouTube).
• OdForce Tutorial .hip Library. Community thread collecting tutorial .hip files.
• SideFX Tutorials. Official tutorials.
• SOP Quick Reference. Quick-reference index of Houdini SOP nodes.

Houdini: VEX & Coding

VEX, Python, OpenCL, and scripting in Houdini.

• 1 Minute VEX. Bite-sized VEX lessons.
• Houdini OpenCL (MysteryPancake). Guide to writing OpenCL kernels in Houdini.
• HouPy Wiki. Houdini Python wiki. Packages, shelf scripts, menu customization, node graph hooks.
  See also: Learning, Community & Industry → 3D Communities & Forums
• Learning VEX via Bees and Bombs. OdForce thread recreating Bees and Bombs animations in VEX.
• Mantra LPE Cookbook (alexwheezy). Light Path Expression recipes for Mantra rendering.
• OpenCL in Houdini. OpenCL notes for Houdini.
• Python Snippets for Houdini. Python snippets wiki.
• Python Startup Scripts. Python startup scripts guide.
• VEX Manager Paid. VEX snippet/code manager HDA by Shir Manor.
  See also: Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Houdini: Plugins & Tools
• VEX Wrangle Cheat Sheet. Quick VEX reference by Mr Kunz.
• vex_tutorial (jtomori). Practical introduction to VEX in Houdini with examples.
• VFXBrain VEX. VEX tutorials blog.

Houdini: FX & Simulations

Vellum, FLIP, Pyro, and other simulation workflows.

• Custom Smoke Solver. Custom smoke solver walkthrough.
• Smart Crown Splash FLIP. FLIP splash technique.

Houdini: Rigging & Animation (KineFX)

KineFX rigging, animation, and crowds.

• Secondary Motion in H19. Paul Esteves. Secondary motion workflows.
• Space Girl Rigging. Legacy rigging series.

Houdini: Grooming

Hair and fur grooming workflows.

Houdini: Miscellaneous Tutorials

Additional Houdini tutorials across topics.

• AI For Artists. AI techniques applied to Houdini.
• Art Directing Paint Splashes. Art-directed paint splashes.
• Building Growth Animation. Building growth animation technique.
• Cloner Object. MoGraph Cloner tutorial.
• Extracting Transform Matrices. How to extract transform matrices.
• For Loops Tutorial. For loops and animated subdivisions.
• Houdini for Astronomy. Astronomy and scientific viz in Houdini.
• Houdini Quick Tips. Short Houdini tips and quick technique walkthroughs.
• Muscles Masterclass. Advanced muscles masterclass.
• MysteryPancake Houdini Fun. Fun experimental Houdini repo.
• Node Studies. Node study slide deck.
• Point Cloud to Mesh (Microsoft). Point cloud to mesh guide.
• Procedural Modeling with VEX Paid. Tighe Rzankowski procedural modeling course.
• Procegen by Konstantin Magnus. Konstantin Magnus tutorials on procedural modeling, texturing, and tool building in Houdini.
• USD Basics with Solaris. Official tutorial on USD basics in Solaris.
• Writing Your Own Polywire. Jake Rice on custom polywire.

Houdini: Plugins & Tools

Toolkits, pipeline tools, and HDAs.

• .hips. Various Houdini tools.
• AElib. Free tools by Nick Taylor (ManVsMachine).
• Axiom Paid. Sparse fluid solver by Matthew Puchala.
• CamRig Pro Paid. Camera rigging tool HDA by Shir Manor.
• cb-houdini-tools (conlen-b). Collection of Houdini utility tools and HDAs.
• EarthMesh Houdini. Real-world meshes via Google API.
• Ffmpeg. Flipbook to MP4 conversion tool (setup guide).
• Houdini Attributes Cheatsheet. Quick reference of common Houdini geometry attributes.
• Houdini Engine for Unreal (AdrianPan optimized fork). Rebuilt Houdini Engine for UE, 2x-15x faster.
• Houdini Tech Art Challenge Winners 2021. Winning tech-art tools: HPaint, Polyline Creator, Poly Slice Tool.
• Houdini-scripts (JoseZalez). Python scripts and utilities for Houdini.
• JDB Houdini Toolkit. JDB Houdini Toolkit.
• Microbot VDB Painter Paid. Interactive painting and manipulation of OpenVDB SDF volumes in Houdini.
• MOPS. Motion graphics toolkit by Toadstorm.
  See also: Learning, Community & Industry → 3D Communities & Forums
• ODTools Paid. Pipeline tools by Oliver Hotz.
• qLib. Open-source HDA library.
• Rich Lord's Tools. Tools from ex-Valve animator.
• SideFX Labs. Extended official toolset.
• Tighe Rzankowski's Tools Paid. Feather grooming.
• TrembleFX Paid. Procedural noise generator HDA by Shir Manor.
• VEX Manager Paid. VEX snippet/code manager HDA by Shir Manor.
  See also: Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Houdini: VEX & Coding
• VFX Fractal Toolkit. Set of tools for generating fractal and generative art.
• Wormhole Content Browser Paid. Custom Houdini UI for browsing, previewing, and importing content.
• ZENO. Node-based 3D system for cinematic physics effects. Standalone open-source Houdini alternative.

Houdini: Courses & Free Content

Structured courses for Houdini.

• Rebelway Freemium. FX, procedural modeling, VEX, pyro, destruction, fluid, fur, muscle, lighting, ML courses. Many free tutorials.

Houdini: Communities

Forums, Discords, and tip archives.

• Awesome Houdini (wyhinton). Curated list of Houdini resources, tools, and learning.
• Daily Hip. Houdini tips archive by Eetu Martola.
• Houdini Nerd Discord. Christopher Rutledge's Houdini community.
• Houdini Tricks. Quick tips archive.
• John Kunz Discord. Community Discord for Houdini FX and coding.
• OdForce. Most active Houdini forum.
• r/Houdini. Houdini subreddit.
• SideFX Houdini on Bilibili. Chinese Houdini tutorials.
• Think Procedural Discord. Procedural-focused Houdini Discord.
• VFX Arabia Houdini Tools. Houdini tools blog.

Cinema 4D: Learning

C4D tutorials and learning hubs.

• Cineversity. Official Maxon tutorials.
• School of Motion (site) Paid. C4D, motion graphics, animation, After Effects, design courses.

Cinema 4D: Plugins

C4D addons and bridges.

• AEC4D Paid. After Effects ↔ Cinema 4D bridge.
• Video Copilot Freemium. VFX tutorials, Element 3D, Optical Flares.

Cinema 4D: Tips & Workflows

Productivity blogs and shader workflow tricks.

• Rolando Barry (Gumroad) Freemium. C4D assets and presets.
• Rolando Barry Blog. C4D tips, shader switch workflows, productivity tricks.

3ds Max: Plugins

3ds Max plugins.

• TyFlow Freemium. Advanced particle/dynamics system. Destruction, cloth, fluids.

Fusion 360: Learning

Fusion 360 courses.

Material Creation Tools

Texture authoring, procedural materials, and baking tools.

Related:

• Agisoft De-Lighter. Standalone tool to remove baked shadows from model textures.
• Architextures - Create Freemium. Web app for creating textures, bump maps, and CAD hatches.
• Imogen. GPU Texture generator using dear imgui for UI.
• NVIDIA Texture Tools Exporter. Creates compressed texture files from image sources via CUDA-accelerated compression.
• ShaderExpo. Browser shader editor with inline error logs, autocompletion, and model/texture loading.
• SmartNormal 2.0. Normal map generation from images.
• TexGraph. Procedural texture creation by connecting nodes in a graph.

CAD Software

Also in Software Reference → CAD Software

Material & Texture Creation Software

Also in Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software

Photogrammetry & Scanning Software

Also in Software Reference → Photogrammetry & Scanning Software

Retopology & UV Software

Also in Software Reference → Retopology & UV Software

Animation & RiggingEdit

Technical animation, rigging, motion capture. Animation principles/theory live in §8.

Animation: YouTube Channels

Channels covering 2D/motion animation technique.

• Alan Becker Tutorials. Animation tutorials by stick-figure animator.
• Alex Grigg. Animation for Anyone series.
• Alex Kunchevsky. Motion design.
• Josh Toonen. Unreal Engine cinematics: animated decals, cinematic environments, faster filmmaking.
• Olof Storm. Animation and motion.
• School of Motion (YouTube). Motion design education.
• The Principles of Animation: Interactive Edition. Interactive web explainer of the 12 principles of animation.
• Toniko Pantoja. Animation industry and technique.

Animation: Courses

Structured animation courses.

AI Motion Capture & Animation

AI-powered mocap and character animation tools.

Related:

• ActorCore Freemium. Motion-capture library from Reallusion.
• AnimateDiff + ControlNet. Open-source controlled video animation from poses.
• Bandai Namco Research Motiondataset. Free motion-capture dataset from Bandai Namco R&D for research and personal use.
• Carnegie-Mellon University Graphics Lab Motion Capture Database BVH conversions. 2500 free human motion-capture clips in BVH format.
• Mixamo. Rigged characters, auto-rigger, and free animation library (Adobe).
  See also: Assets & Libraries → Model Libraries: Specialized

AI Motion Capture Software

Also in Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software

Lighting, Rendering & ShadersEdit

3D lighting, rendering theory, shader theory, and renderer-specific learning. Render engine software lives in §12.

3D Lighting: Fundamentals

Core lighting tutorials for beginners and generalists.

• 10 Tips for Better Lighting. Helloluxx lighting tips.
• Creative Shrimp. Blender CG art and lighting tutorials by Gleb Alexandrov and Aidy Burrows.
• Get Better Lighting in C4D. Improve C4D lighting.
• School of Motion Lighting Blog. Shadows, volumetrics, HDRI, and area light techniques.
• The Digital Revolution. Beginner C4D lighting.

3D Lighting: Redshift-Specific

Redshift lighting tutorials, primarily in C4D.

• Creative Product Lighting with Redshift & C4D. Jarred van de Voort, NAB 2023.
• How to Art Direct Lights in a Cloner. Art-directing lights across cloners.
• Redshift Interior Materials & Lighting. Interior materials and lighting.
• Redshift Lighting Techniques (Essential MoGraph). Redshift lighting techniques.
• You And Me Academy. Light groups workflow.

3D Lighting: Production

Production-focused lighting talks.

Related:

• CNDL Freemium. Web tool to create custom IES light profiles.
• UE5 Product Viz. IPhone Lighting Breakdown. UE5 product viz iPhone lighting breakdown.

Rendering & Shader Theory

Foundational rendering and shader theory references.

Related:

• (2014) Ray tracing with OpenGL Compute Shaders. Detailed ray tracing tutorial series using OpenGL (LWJGL) by Kai Burjack.
• 3D Game Shaders (source). Open-source project with resources on learning 3D game shaders.
• 3D Game Shaders for Beginners. Clear breakdowns of SSAO, bloom, SSR.
• 3D Math Primer for Graphics and Game Development. Book covering the 3D math foundations for graphics and game programming.
• 3D Programming Weekly Articles. Collection of shader and math related resources.
• A Gentle Introduction to Shaders in Unity3D. Series of posts introducing shader coding, oriented to developers with little to no knowledge of shaders.
• A Pixel is not a Little Square!. Classic paper debunking "a pixel is a little square." Also an intro to sampling.
• A Rapid Hierarchical Rendering Technique for Translucent Materials. Jensen & Buhler. SIGGRAPH 2002.
• A Survey on Participating Media Rendering Techniques. Cerezo et al. Visual Computer 2005.
• A Trip Through The Graphics Pipeline. A-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline.
• Advanced Cel Shader (Pitchfork Academy). Advanced cel shader material breakdown.
• Advanced Creative Coding with WebGL & Shaders Paid. Workshop by Matt DesLauriers going deeper into graphics programming, math, and shaders.
• Advanced Materials in Blender - Shader Editor Tutorial. Blender shader editor material tutorials.
• Alan Zucconi's Blog. Shaders and maths. Well explained and very interesting.
• An introduction to Shader Art Coding. Video tutorial on the basics of creating art with shaders.
• Anatole Drupat (XT95). Shader artist (ShaderToy XT95).
• Anime/Toon/Cel Shading Model (Envieous, UE5). Custom UE5 anime/toon/cel shading model. Works with launcher engine versions.
• apitrace. Tools for tracing OpenGL, Direct3D, and other graphics APIs.
• Appleseed. Physically-based global illumination rendering engine.
• Bart Wronski's blog. Real-time rendering, post-processing effects, and advanced graphics techniques.
• bgfx. Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.
• Blender & ACES. Setup Blender to work with ACES using OpenColorIO.
• Blender Addon PBR. Blender addon adding a material panel that builds Metallic/Roughness or Specular/Gloss node setups on the Principled BSDF.
• Blender Interplanety Storage (BIS) Freemium. Online material/shader storage add-on for Blender. Save node groups to a personal library and search/upload from inside Blender.
• BNPR Shaders. Collection of NPR shaders for Blender (EEVEE Comics Shader, Erisdraw3D, EEVEEToon).
• Bonzomatic. Live-coding editor for OpenGL pixel shaders, where the results appear on background as you edit the code.
• Brandon Fogerty's blog. Blog on real-time rendering, shader programming, and game engine development.
• Canvas Debugger. Tutorial on using Firefox developer tools to debug WebGL shaders.
• Casual effects by Morgan McGuire. Morgan McGuire's site with real-time rendering articles, research papers, and graphics data.
• Catlike Coding. C# and shader tutorials for Unity.
• Cel-Shader Playlist (Your Sandbox). Cel-shading playlist (17 videos), UE with Lumen.
• CelShader. Cel shader project for Unreal Engine 4.
• Cesium. Open-source library for 3D globes and maps.
• CineShader. Real-time 3D shader visualiser. Uses the Shadertoy API to bring thousands of existing shader artworks into a cinematic 3D environment.
• Circular Color Picker Unity. Shader and script for a circular color picker.
• CodeXL. AMD tool suite with a debugger, profiler, and frame/shader analysis.
• Compact YCoCg Frame Buffer. Paper on compact YCoCg frame buffer for small IBL buffers.
• ComputeToys. WebGPU compute shader editor for experimenting with GPU graphics in the browser.
• CppCon 2018: Valentin Galea “Rapid Prototyping of Graphics Shaders in Modern C++”. CppCon 2018 talk on rapid prototyping of graphics shaders in modern C++.
• Cracked Ice Shader. Cracked Ice material tutorial.
• Creative Coding with Canvas & WebGL Paid. Workshop by Matt DesLauriers on generative art, interactive animations, 3D graphics, and shaders.
• Custom shaders with Three.JS. Introduction to custom shaders, uniforms, textures, and lighting in three.js.
• Cyanilux. Unity shader tutorials (URP focus). Intro to Shader Graph, HLSL, depth, vertex displacement, dissolve, portals, water, fire. Beginner to advanced.
• Cyos. Online shader editor.
• Efficient Gradient-Domain Compositing Using Quadtrees. ACM Trans. Graph. 2007.
• Embree. High-performance ray tracing kernels that help engineers improve photorealistic rendering performance.
• Everything (or most things) wrong with learnopengl.com/PBR/Theory. Detailed corrections to the PBR theory page on learnopengl.com.
• Experimental analysis of BRDF models. Ngan et al. Eurographics Symposium on Rendering 2005.
• Extra Lights. Blender addon adding physically based, photometric lighting presets to the Add menu.
• Fabian 'ryg' Giesen's Blog. Blog on rendering, optimization, and low-level graphics programming with a focus on practical techniques.
• Fast Filter-Width Estimates with Texture Maps. GPU Gems 1, Chapter 25.
• Fast Terrain Rendering Using Geometrical MipMapping. Fast Terrain Rendering Using Geometrical MipMapping.
• Fast Volume Rendering Using a Shear-Warp Factorization of the Viewing Transformation. Lacroute & Levoy. SIGGRAPH 1994.
• Fft Ocean. Fast Fourier Transform ocean rendering for Three.js.
• Filament. PBR engine, available on all platforms (desktop, mobile).
• Flow Map Shader. Flow Map Shader for Unity3D. Used with sprites.
• FogSprites. Modification of Unity's sprite shaders supporting Fog.
• Fragment Foundry. Interactive fragment shader tutorial.
• Fragmentarium. Program to edit and visualize GLSL shaders, mainly focused on fractals and generative systems.
• Framer Motion. Animation library for React, usable with react-three-fiber via the framer-motion-3d package.
• fSync. Unofficial fSpy/Maya bridge which also creates projection shaders.
• Glass for EEVEE. Shader that lets you make realistic glass with EEVEE.
• Global illumination using photon maps. Jensen, H. W. Rendering Techniques 1996.
• Glow. Unity Shader Graph glow effect test.
• GLSL Optimizer. GLSL optimizer based on Mesa's GLSL compiler. Used in Unity for mobile shader optimization.
• GLSL Sandbox. Online live editor for fragment shaders.
• GlslEditor. Simple WebGL fragment shader editor.
• glslViewer (GitHub). Console-based GLSL sandbox for 2D/3D shaders, for a creative pipeline agnostic to the target platform.
• glslViewer (write-up). Write-up on glslViewer, a live-coding console tool that renders GLSL shaders.
• GPU Zen Blog. Blog on GPU programming and advanced rendering techniques, often featuring excerpts from the GPU Zen book series.
• Graphics for Games. Introduction to 3D graphics programming covering shaders, math, and post-processing, from Newcastle University.
• Graphics Programming Resources. Papers, talks, implementations aggregated by community.
• GrassBending. Replacement for Unity's terrain grass shader with alpha-blended rendering and touch bending.
• gsap Freemium. Animation library for CSS and JavaScript, framework agnostic and usable with three.js, backed by plugins like ScrollTrigger and Flip.
• Houdini Gaussian Splatting Viewport Renderer. HDK/GLSL implementation of Gaussian Splatting in Houdini.
• How does a GPU Shader work?. Academy slides on how a GPU shader works.
• How to Create a Fake 3D Image Effect with WebGL. Tutorial on faking a 3D depth effect in WebGL with displacement maps.
• How to read shader assembly. Guide to reading compiled shader assembly.
• ibreakdownshaders. Explore the math behind shaders.
• Íñigo Quílez. Hardcore math applied to computer graphics by one of the best-known shader authors.
• Instanced Line Rendering Part II: Alpha blending. Covers alpha-blending with triangulated instanced lines.
• Intel Open Image Denoise. Open-source library of high-performance, high-quality denoising filters for ray-traced images.
• Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with Shader-Based OpenGL, 6/E Paid. Textbook on interactive computer graphics with shader-based OpenGL (6th ed.).
• Intro Three.js. Introduction to pixel shaders in three.js.
• Introduction to shaders. Part 1 of an introduction to shaders using three.js.
• IOR List. Index of Refraction values list for use with 3D applications.
• ISF. GLSL shaders for use in interactive applications.
• Jendrik Illner's blog. Ubisoft 3D programmer posts a weekly summary of articles on 3D graphics. Shader tutorials, real-time rendering papers, etc.
• Khronos: Streamlining Render Passes. Introduces the VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering Vulkan extension.
• Kick.js Shader Editor. Shader editor for the Kick.js WebGL engine.
• Learn OpenGL. Deep rendering concepts from scratch (lighting, shadows, PBR, SSAO).
• Learn OpenGL: Skeletal Animation. Learn OpenGL guest article on skeletal animation.
• Learn OpenGL: Text Rendering. Learn OpenGL chapter on text rendering.
• Let's remove Quaternions from every 3D Engine. Introduces Rotors in Geometric Algebra.
• Light field rendering. Levoy & Hanrahan. SIGGRAPH 1996.
• Light House 3D. GLSL core tutorial series by Lighthouse3D.
• Lightning Boy Studio. Toon and NPR shading for Blender.
• Lily Surface Scrapper. Blender addon that imports materials and shaders from a single URL.
• Lygia. Multi-language shader library of reusable functions.
• Lygia (GitHub). Granular, multi-language shader library built for performance and flexibility.
• Magnum (GitHub). 2D/3D graphics engine for modern OpenGL.
• Makin' Stuff Look Good. YouTube channel with shader case studies.
• Manga/Outline Shader Playlist (Hepner Kamil). Manga/outline shader playlist (18 videos): outlines and toon shaders.
• Marmoset Resources. Baking guides, PBR theory, technical articles.
• Matcap - Spherical Environment Mapping Shader. Matcap - creating a spherical reflection/environment mapping shader.
• Memory Management section on Pbrt. Memory management chapter from the PBR Book (pbrt).
• Microfacet Models for Refraction through Rough Surfaces. Walter et al. Eurographics Symposium on Rendering 2007.
• Mitsuba. A research-oriented retargetable rendering system, written in portable C++17 on top of the Enoki library.
• Moebius-style 3D Rendering (Useless Game Dev). Moebius-style rendering: Sobel filter on depth map, crosshatch, fades.
• Multitexturing using a Blendmap. How to use a blendmap to multitexture a terrain.
• NEORT. Digital art platform for creative coders (fragment shaders, JavaScript Canvas).
• NeRF-Tex: Neural Reflectance Field Textures. Baatz et al. EGSR 2021.
• Node To Python. Blender addon that converts Geometry, Shader, and Compositing node trees into legible Python scripts and add-ons.
• NodeToy. Web node-based shader editor with react-three-fiber export.
• OpenGL 3D Game Tutorials. Beginner tutorial series on creating 3D games with OpenGL.
• OpenGL 4 Shaders. Short introduction to OpenGL shaders by Anton Gerdelan.
• OpenGL/GLSL Shader Programming. Slide deck on OpenGL/GLSL shader programming.
• Optimally Combining Sampling Techniques for Monte Carlo Rendering. Veach & Guibas. SIGGRAPH 1995.
• Path tracing fractals. Path tracing 3D fractals in a fragment shader, by Mikael Hvidtfeldt Christensen.
• Patricio Gonzales Vivo. Shader artist and educator, main contributor to The Book of Shaders.
• PBRT v3. Source code for pbrt, the renderer from the third edition of "Physically Based Rendering: From Theory To Implementation".
• PBRT v4. Ray tracer from "Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation" book.
• Physically Based Rendering (3rd ed online). Third edition of the PBR book online, with the ray tracer implementation.
• Physically Based Rendering (PBR Book). Full book free online. Definitive PBR reference.
• Physics-Based Animation. Learning resources and papers on physics-based animation.
• PicoGL.js. Minimal WebGL 2-only rendering library.
• Pixel Shaders. Interactive introduction to graphics programming.
• PixelSpirit Elements Deck. Tarot-style deck for learning GLSL shaders, each card pairing a visual element with its shader code, ordered simplest to most complex.
• PixelSpirit GitHub. Code library for the PixelSpirit Elements deck of GLSL shader cards.
• Practical Rendering of Multiple Scattering Effects in Participating Media. Premoze et al. Rendering Techniques 2004: 15th Eurographics Workshop on Rendering.
• Procedural Stochastic Texturing. Modified Unity Standard shader implementing procedural stochastic texturing.
• Ptex. Texture mapping system developed by Walt Disney Animation Studios for production-quality rendering.
• Pyro Shader (Redshift, Arnold, RenderMan) Paid. Pyro and fire shader presets for Redshift, Arnold, and RenderMan.
• Ray Tracey's blog. Sam Lapere's blog, leads the scientific team at EPFL Blue Brain Project. Lots of post about real time rendering
• Ray Tracing Gems. Book of standalone chapters on various ray tracing topics.
• Ray Tracing Gems II. Second volume of standalone chapters on ray tracing topics.
• Ray Tracing in One Weekend. Peter Shirley's free book to get you implementing a basic ray tracer in C++ in about 40 pages.
• Ray Tracing in One Weekend series. Three short books explaining path tracing concepts and building a software renderer from scratch.
• Ray Tracing: The Next Week. By Peter Shirley, builds on the first book by adding effects like textures and motion blur.
• Ray Tracing: The Rest of Your Life. Peter Shirley's last book in the series, covering more mathematical themes for complete renderers.
• Raymarching On Unity 5. Raymarcher in Unity 5.
• Real-Time Rendering. Companion site to the book, massive curated link collection.
• Real-Time Rendering Blog. Blog tied to the Real-Time Rendering book series, with rendering techniques, industry news, and research.
• Real-Time Rendering recommended books. List of recommended books on the Real-Time Rendering site.
• Realistic water shader. Realistic ocean and water shader for Three.js with notes on the approach.
• Reddit Two Triangles. General discussion and showcase for shaders.
• RenderDoc. Free open-source graphics debugger that captures and analyzes frames from DirectX, Vulkan, and OpenGL applications.
• Rendering Resources - Benedikt Bitterli. Test scenes in Tungsten, Mitsuba, and pbrt-v3 formats.
• Resources for Writing Shaders in Unity. Companion resources for the UNITE Boston 2015 talk Writing Shaders: YOU can do it!
• Scene.js. Extensible WebGL-based engine for high-detail 3D visualisation.
• Scratchapixel. Ray tracing, rasterization, math foundations from first principles.
• SDFs by Inigo Quilez. All you need to know about SDFs and other shader magic.
• Semi-Automatic Generation of Transfer Functions for Direct Volume Rendering. Kindlmann & Durkin. IEEE Symposium on Volume Visualization 1998.
• Shader Derivative Functions. Shader derivative functions (ddx/ddy), useful for normals.
• Shader Designer. TyphoonLabs OpenGL shader designer.
• Shader Displacement for EEVEE Paid. Using a few modifiers and a nodegroup, realtime shader displacement in EEVEE is now possible.
• Shader Editor. Tutorial on live-editing WebGL shaders with Firefox developer tools.
• Shader Effects. Unity shader effects.
• Shader Graph Tutorials. Project files for the Brackeys Shader Graph tutorials in Unity.
• Shader Lab Lab. System using T4 Templates to generate Unity ShaderLab code in the editor.
• Shader Park. JavaScript library for interactive procedural 2D/3D shaders, with a built-in raymarcher, SDFs, and boolean operations.
• SHADERed. Lightweight tool for creating and testing HLSL and GLSL shaders.
• ShaderForge. Node-based Unity shader editor, no coding required. Open source and unmaintained.
• ShaderFrog. Online shader editor and asset manager that exports shaders for Three.js, Unity, and other engines, with visual shader editing.
• ShaderGif. Open source home for art made with code (WebGL1/2, JavaScript Canvas, P5.js).
• Shaderific for OpenGL. Documentation on GLSL.
• Shaderific GLSL. OpenGL ES shading language reference.
• ShaderProject. Container for a range of handy Unity shaders.
• Shaders Laboratory. YouTube channel about shaders.
• ShaderShop editor. Visual editor for building shaders by composing shaping functions.
• ShaderShop videos. Videos about ShaderShop.
• ShaderTool Paid. Modern shader IDE for programmers and FX artists.
• ShadowDrawer. Shadow matte shader for Unity.
• Shadowing by Non-Gaussian Random Surfaces. Garry S. Brown. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 1980.
• Shaping functions. Set of shaping functions for shaders.
• SHDR Editor. Live GLSL shader editor, viewer, and validator.
• Stack.gl. Modular WebGL shader and graphics tools.
• Stanford Bunny Fur With Unity. Geometry shader generating fur on the GPU.
• Static Object Intersections - Real Time Rendering Resource Page. Collection of intersection algorithms.
• Stylized Comic Book Shader (Chris Folea Makes Things). Stylized comic book shading in UE without post-processing.
• Substance Academy. Free official Substance Painter/Designer tutorials.
• Synthclipse. GLSL shader prototyping tool.
• Temporal light field reconstruction for rendering distribution effects. Lehtinen et al. SIGGRAPH 2011.
• Terrain Rendering Using GPU-Based Geometry Clipmaps. GPU Gems 2 - Chapter 02.
• The Art of Code (channel). Tutorials on shaders using ShaderToy, mostly videos on procedural generation.
• The Book of Shaders. Interactive intro to GLSL fragment shaders.
• The Book of Shaders Glossary. Shader glossary by theme.
• The Interactive Shader Format (ISF) Editor. Online tool for creating and editing GLSL shaders in the ISF format, used in VJ software, live performance, and interactive installations.
• The Shader Permutation Problem - Part 1: How Did We Get Here?. Article on why shader permutations explode in real-time engines.
• The Shader Permutation Problem - Part 2: How Do We Fix It?. Article on strategies for managing shader permutation explosion.
• Three Blender. Blender tool that converts Blender files directly to Three.js.
• Tungsten. High performance physically based renderer in C++11.
• Twigl. Free online shader editor.
• Unity Compute Shader Ray Tracing Practice. Ray tracing compute shader tutorial for Unity.
• Unity Fluid Simulation 2D. Extended camera renders particles, then metaball processing via shader.
• Unity Outline Shader. Source code for an Outline Shader tutorial. Detects edges using the depth and normals buffers.
• Unity Raymarching Collision. Raymarching and rigidbody interaction example.
• Unity Shader Cheatsheet. Collection of Unity shader snippets and gotchas.
• Unity Shader Sketches. Sketches made with ShaderLab in Unity.
• Unity Shader Tutorials. Full project and code for a set of Unity shader tutorials.
• Unity Shaders. Unity project researching shaders and particle systems.
• Unity3D Shaders Learning. Unity3D shader learning examples.
• UnityGPUNoise. Shaders for various noise functions on the GPU.
• USD Arnold. USD Schemas and tools for exchanging Arnold shader information between multiple 3rd party packages.
• Vertex Shader Art. Platform for creating and sharing vertex shaders, with a focus on artistic and experimental uses.
• Vertexshaderart. YouTube playlist about vertex shaders.
• VerticalDissolve. Procedural vertical dissolve shader. Tweak edge color, noisiness, waviness, rim light, emission scrolling.
• VFX good night reading. Curated collection of good reading about VFX and CG.
• VilarVRC. Vilar's shaders for VRChat.
• Virtual ray lights for rendering scenes with participating media. Novák et al. SIGGRAPH 2012.
• Virtual Terrain Project. Tools for constructing real-world terrain in interactive 3D form.
• WebGL 2 Basics. Blog post on getting started with WebGL 2.
• WebGL 2 New Features. Blog post on what is new in WebGL 2.
• WebGL Fundamentals. In-depth WebGL resource covering 3D rendering, lighting, and 2D transforms from first principles.
• WebGl Playground. Editor for working on JavaScript code and GLSL vertex/fragment shaders side by side, with organized formatting and highlighting.
• Whitestorm.js (site). Framework for developing 3D web apps with physics.
• Wind Waker Shader. Cel shading of two thresholds with a blur/gradient between them for Unity.
• Writing an efficient Vulkan renderer. Deep dive on writing an efficient Vulkan renderer.
• xeokit. Web graphics SDK for AEC/BIM applications with 3D tiles, real-world coordinates, and double precision.

Renderer-Specific Learning

Deep-dives for specific render engines.

• Ariev Visuals Resources. Octane tutorials and assets.
• Polymesh to Volume (Arnold). Arnold polymesh to volume conversion.
• Takua Renderer. Karl Li's hobbyist physically-based renderer project page with technical write-ups.
• Veach Thesis (Stanford). Light transport theory. Foundational PBR thesis.

Render Engines

Also in Software Reference → Render Engines

VFX, Compositing & Virtual ProductionEdit

VFX tools learning, compositing, virtual production stacks, and tech art channels. Software tables live in §12.

Virtual Production

Real-time engines and hardware stacks for virtual production.

Related:

• CasparCG. Layer-based real-time compositor that plays out professional graphics, audio, and video to multiple broadcast outputs.
• NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprints. Omniverse blueprints and reference pipelines.

Tech Art

Tech art breakdowns, procedural art, and tutorials.

• AFX. Everyday compositing plugins for Nuke.
• Jam2go. Procedural art and creative coding.
• max rose. Tech art breakdowns on YouTube.
• Nuke Tools (VS Code). VS Code extension for Nuke Python/BlinkScript development.
• Nuke Tools ST. Sublime Text package to send Python/BlinkScript code into Nuke.
• NXT. Layered, code-driven graph editor for building reusable rigging and pipeline logic.
• OpenWalter. USD plugins for Arnold, Houdini, Katana, and Maya.
• Simon Schreibt. Game Art Tricks and Workflow Tricks. Technical breakdowns of how games achieve effects (mirrors, fog, rendering tricks).
• Visual Tech Art. Tech art tutorials.
• xComp. Viewer for comparing rendered image versions side by side.

Compositing Learning, Books & Industry

Nuke creators, comp theory books, VFX breakdown sites, and industry magazines.

• 8-bit to Half Float CopyCat (Moving Image Arts). Free Nuke CopyCat ML model plus tutorial. Recovers clamped highlights and reduces 8-bit color banding. Downloadable .cat file.
• Befores & Afters. Ian Failes. Shot breakdowns and artist Q&As across VFX features.
  See also: Learning, Community & Industry → 3D Inspiration & Showcase
• Book: Compositing Visual Effects (Lee Lanier) Paid. Lee Lanier. Applied, project-based comp instruction.
• Book: Digital Compositing for Film and Video (Steve Wright, 4th ed.) Paid. Standard text on digital compositing. Math + practical workflow.
• Book: The Art and Science of Digital Compositing (Brinkmann, 2nd ed.) Paid. Ron Brinkmann's theoretical canon for digital compositing.
• Cinefex (archive). Legacy VFX-making journal archives.
• Compositing Academy Paid. Paid Nuke compositing courses and career training from working VFX compositors.
• CompositingMentor Paid. Tobias Wiesner's paid mentorship-style Nuke courses. Deep compositing focus.
• Foundry Learn (Nuke). Official Foundry training. Free tutorials plus certification tracks.
• Hugo's Desk (Hugo Guerra) Mixed. Pro Nuke compositing tutorials and breakdowns from CG Supe Hugo Guerra.
• NukePedia. Canonical Nuke community library. Gizmos, scripts, tutorials, plugins.
  See also: Software Reference → VFX & Compositing Software
• Steve Wright Training Paid. Steve Wright (author of the standard Nuke text) structured comp course series.
• The Art of VFX. VFX supervisor interviews per film.
• VFX Apprentice (Allan McKay) Paid. Paid VFX career courses. Nuke + Houdini overlap.

VFX & Compositing Software

Also in Software Reference → VFX & Compositing Software

Matchmoving & Camera Tracking Software

Also in Software Reference → Matchmoving & Camera Tracking Software

Virtual Production Software

Also in Software Reference → Virtual Production Software

Motion Graphics & VideoEdit

Motion graphics tools, inspiration, AE / Fusion learning, and video editing. Stock footage lives in §1 Assets.

Motion Graphics: YouTube Channels

Motion design learning channels.

• Ben Marriott. After Effects and motion design.

Motion Graphics: Courses

Structured motion graphics courses.

After Effects: Learning & Templates

AE expressions, templates, and workflow resources.

• Jitter Templates. Free motion graphics templates.
• Top 5 Expressions (graymachine). Essential AE expressions.

Fusion (DaVinci Resolve): Learning

Fusion references and EXR workflow.

• Multichannel EXR (Fusion forum). Multichannel EXR workflow in Fusion.
• Split EXR in Fusion. Split EXR in Fusion guide.
• VFXPedia. Reference wiki for Fusion.

Motion Graphics: Inspiration

Showcases, style frames, title sequences, ad references.

Related:

• Ads of the World. Advertising reference.
• AEJuice Freemium. Free and premium motion presets, transitions, and effects packs installable directly via a panel inside After Effects.
• After Effects Facebook Group. Join the After Effects community on Facebook.
• Animation Nodes (GitHub). A node-based visual scripting system designed for motion graphics in Blender.
• Animation Nodes (site). A node-based visual scripting system designed for motion graphics in Blender.
• Art of Style Frame. Style frame showcase.
• Art of the Title. Title sequence deep dives.
  See also: Art, Design & Visual Storytelling → Pre-Production, Storyboarding & Script Tools
• Behance Motion. Motion design gallery.
• Commotion. Blender add-on for motion graphics.
• Eyecannndy. Visual effects and motion inspiration.
• FilmGrab. Curated film stills archive. Free.
  See also: Art, Design & Visual Storytelling → Pre-Production, Storyboarding & Script Tools
• Flim AI Freemium. Film frame search engine.
  See also: Art, Design & Visual Storytelling → Pre-Production, Storyboarding & Script Tools
• FrameRate. Community showcase for motion design and music video work by video professionals.
• Houdini 2 AE. Tool for exporting camera and locators from Houdini to After Effects.
• John Berube. Motion design portfolio and resources.
• Mobox Graphics. In-depth After Effects tutorials focused on motion design.
• Motionographer. Motion design showcase.
• nexrender. Data-driven render automation for After Effects.
• Opening Titles (Vimeo). Title sequence collection.
• PlayPhrase.me Freemium. Phrase-based film clip search.
• RailCut Paid. Multi-track clip editing directly in After Effects with NLE-style tools like ripple edit, rolling edit, slip, and slide.
• React UMG. A React renderer for Unreal Motion Graphics with Unreal.js.
• Reddit - r/AfterEffects. The After Effects subreddit for community discussions and sharing.
• Rubberhose 2 Paid. Shape-layer-based IK limb rigging system for fast character animation with one-click rig creation.
• ShotDeck Paid. Searchable film still library for storyboards and references.
  See also: Art, Design & Visual Storytelling → Pre-Production, Storyboarding & Script Tools
• Stash Magazine Freemium. Motion design and animation showcase.
• Trapcode Suite Paid. A set of 3D motion graphics and visual effects plugins for After Effects.

Motion Graphics: Tools & Utilities

MG-specific tools and utilities.

Related:

• Caddis Paid. Motion design app with layer timeline and node compositing.
• Easing Functions. Visual reference of common easing curves with code snippets.
• Element 3D Paid. A 3D plugin for After Effects that allows you to import and animate 3D models.
• Jitter Freemium. Browser-based collaborative motion design tool.
• Lottielab Freemium. Editor for Lottie animations targeting apps and websites.
• Nukepedia Lens Engine. Lens simulation gizmo for Nuke.
• Nw Wrld. Experimental motion tool.
• Periodic Table of Motion. Reference chart of motion design principles and techniques.
• PixelCrash Paid. Creative motion and visual tools.
• Plate Paid. WebGPU motion design tool running in the browser, with macOS and Windows builds.
• React Spring. Library for physically accurate animations, works with react-three-fiber.

Video Editing: Courses

Editing-specific courses.

2D & Animation Software

Also in Software Reference → 2D & Animation Software

Video Editing Software

Also in Software Reference → Video Editing Software

Audio Software

Also in Software Reference → Audio Software

Game DevelopmentEdit

Engines, per-engine resources, game dev tools, game assets (dual-listed from §1), design theory, learning, communities, and jams. Engine software tables live in §12.

Godot: Official Resources

Official documentation and asset libraries.

• Godot Asset Store. Official addon, plugin, and asset marketplace (beta). Replaces the legacy Asset Library.
• Godot Documentation. Official docs. GDScript, C#, 2D/3D, shaders, physics, networking.
• Godot Proposals. Feature request tracker and roadmap.
• Godot Shaders. Community shader library with visual previews.

Godot: Key Plugins & Addons

Essential Godot addons.

• Dialogic 2. Full-featured dialogue and timeline system.
• GdSpy. Unofficial fSpy importer for Godot.
• Godot 4 glTF runtime import. Godot 4 glTF runtime import.
• Godot Package Manager. Package manager for Godot using npm.
• GodotSteam. Steamworks SDK integration.
• Gut. Unit testing framework for GDScript.
• Limbo AI. Behavior trees and state machines.
• Phantom Camera. Dynamic camera system (Cinemachine-inspired).
• SmartShape2D. Intelligent 2D terrain/shape tool.

Godot: Learning

Godot-focused learning channels and courses.

• Brackeys (Godot). Returned in 2024 with Godot content.
• DevDuck. Dev logs and tutorials.
• GDQuest Freemium. Premium courses plus free YouTube tutorials.
• GDScript.com. Interactive GDScript learning.
• Introduction into the new Godot OpenVR Asset. Bastiaan Olij YouTube. Godot OpenVR and XR tutorials.
• KidsCanCode Godot Recipes. Clear beginner-friendly guides.
• Miziziziz. Tutorials and game dev challenges.
• The Shaggy Dev. Godot-focused tutorials.

Godot: Communities

Godot forums and chat.

• Godot Discord. Official Discord.
• Godot Forums. Official forum.
• r/godot. 350k+ members, very active.

Unity Engine: Resources

Unity community add-ons, tools, and learning resources.

Related:

• 2D Rope System Paid. Scripts for creating 2D ropes in the editor or at runtime.
• 2D Tech Demos. Official Unity tech demos for 2D features.
• 3DBuzz. Video tutorials on Unity, including its UI system.
• 50 Unity Tips. Fifty Unity tips spanning editor tools, serialization, and UI shortcuts, with a mobile focus.
• A Crack In The Slab. Recreation of a Dishonored 2 effect in Unity.
• A Star Pathfinding for Unity. Multithreaded 3-axis A* pathfinder for Unity.
• A* Pathfinding Project Pro Paid. Fast pathfinding system for Unity with grid, navmesh, and point graphs.
• Actors Unity3d Framework. Decouples data from behavior in Unity.
• Adic. Lightweight dependency injection container for Unity.
• AdMob Unity Plugin. Unity extension for placing AdMob banners in Android games.
• AI Companion. Unity 5 AI learning project with behavior trees and A* pathfinding.
• AirPeer. WebRTC-based networking plugin for Unity.
• Akka.Unity.Sample. Sample running Akka.NET in Unity.
• AngryBots2. Example Unity project from Unity Technologies demonstrating several features.
• Animation Texture Baker. Bakes legacy animations into textures, targeting ECS.
• Animator Timeline. Timeline editor for Unity.
• AR Foundation Docs. Manual for Unity's cross-platform AR framework (ARKit, ARCore).
• Artimech. Open-source visual scripting and state machine system for Unity.
• Asset Auditing Tools. Official Unity editor tools to audit project assets and fix errors.
• Astar Pathfinding. 2D A* pathfinding for Unity.
• Atlas Unity. Gradle plugin to run Unity batchmode commands and unit tests and export .unitypackage files.
• AudioRecorder. Audio recorder component for Unity.
• AudioTexture. Generates a Unity Texture2D from an AudioClip.
• Auto Save Scene. Unity editor helper that auto-saves the scene to minimize lost work.
• Autoya. Thin application framework for Unity.
• Barebones Master Server. Master server framework for Unity.
• Beautiful Text Outline for Unity UI. Text outline and vertex effects for Unity UI.
• Bep In Ex. Unity game patcher and plugin framework for modding shipped games.
• Better Defines. Manage preprocessor directives in Unity.
• BetterDefines.cs. Gist: improved scripting define symbol management for Unity.
• BezierCanvas. Illustrator pen-tool style bezier editor for Unity.
• BitpackingTools. Bitpacking and serialization libraries behind the NetworkSyncTransform and TransformCrusher Unity assets.
• Bitstrap. BitCake's collection of Unity workflow tools.
• Bullet Pattern Editor Unity. Editor for authoring shoot-em-up bullet patterns.
• CAFU Core. Clean-architecture framework for Unity.
• CameraLib4U. Third-person chase-camera system for Unity.
• CarPaint. Car paint material for the Unity Standard Assets car.
• Chanquo. Partial Go-channel implementation for Unity.
• CharacterController2D. 2D controller that behaves like Unity's CharacterController component.
• Charon Unity3D. Charon game data editor plugin for Unity to define data structures, edit data, and access it from code.
• Cheatography Unity Cheatsheet. Hotkey reference for the Unity editor.
• Chest Of Property Drawers. Collection of small reusable Unity property drawers.
• ClassTypeReference for Unity. Serializable references to System.Type with a custom property drawer for dropdown class selection.
• CO2. Android plugin generator for Unity.
• ColorPalette. Lightweight color palette asset for Unity.
• Colorus. Coloring book game for web and iOS made with Unity.
• Command Terminal. In-game console and command terminal for Unity.
• Complete Unity 2018 Game Development. Companion code for the Complete Unity 2018 Game Development book.
• Constellation. Visual scripting language for Unity, no code required.
• Coop Design. Prototype for runtime cooperative level design in Unity.
• CoroutineChain. Chainable coroutine helper for Unity.
• CosineGradient. Cosine gradient generator for Unity.
• Cpp Unity TCP Client Server. Sample Unity TCP client with a C++ (Boost) server.
• CropTexture. Crop and resize textures in the Unity editor.
• Crystal AI. Utility-based AI framework for C# and Unity.
• CUDLR. Console for Unity debugging and logging remotely.
• CurveTexture. Encode arbitrary curves into textures and apply them to materials or shader properties.
• Custom 2D Colliders. Custom 2D colliders for Unity.
• DataRenderer2D. Generates line and polygon meshes in Unity.
• DeadSimple Pixel-Perfect Camera. Pixel-perfect orthographic camera script for 2D Unity scenes.
• Deform. Deformer system for Unity meshes.
• DeltaDNA Unity SDK. deltaDNA analytics and smartads mediation SDK for Unity games.
• Devdog UnityTips Compilation. Collected Unity tips and tricks posted by developers.
• Dissonance. Real-time voice chat asset for Unity multiplayer.
• DownloadManager.cs. Download manager gist for Unity.
• DT Compile Time Tracker. Unity editor extension that tracks compile time.
• DTCommandPalette. Command palette for Unity to run methods and open scenes.
• Dual Quaternion Skinning for Unity. Dual quaternion skinning implementation for Unity.
• EasingCore. Simple easing-function implementation for Unity.
• EasyMOBA. MOBA game template for Unity.
• ECS Tween. Unity tweening system built on ECS that also works with GameObjects.
• ECSRx.unity. Reactive ECS framework for Unity built on UniRx.
• Edge Detect Post Processing Unity. Unity legacy edge-detect image effect ported to Post Processing Stack v2.
• Enhanced Scroll View. 3D scroll view for Unity (NGUI and uGUI support).
• EnumDispatcher. ECS-backed C# enums as Flux/Redux actions in Unity.
• EpPathFinding3D.cs. 3D jump-point-search pathfinding for cube-based games in C#.
• EZ Item Editor. Game data editor for Unity for entering, maintaining, and consuming game data.
• EzySlice. Mesh slicer framework for Unity, written in C#.
• Firestorm. Makeshift Cloud Firestore C# API for Unity over REST. Basic functions only.
• Fixed Function States from Materials (gist). Aras Pranckevicius gist on driving fixed-function render states from materials and scripts in Unity.
• FlexibleUI Unity. Multiple GUI theme system for Unity.
• Fluid Behavior Tree. Code-first behavior tree micro-framework for Unity.
• Flurry Unity Plugin. Flurry analytics library for Unity on Android and iOS.
• FrameDump. Exports image sequences from Unity.
• Fungus. Unity library for building illustrated interactive-fiction and visual-novel games.
• Futile. A code-first 2D framework for Unity.
• Game View Maximizer. Maximizes the Unity game view with a keyboard shortcut.
• GameAI Movement. NPC movement algorithms built in Unity for an AI-for-games university course.
• GameFramework (EllanJiang). Game framework for Unity that encapsulates common game modules and standardizes the development process.
• GameFramework (FlipWebApps). Free Unity framework adding common game systems and features.
• Gamekit3D. Official Unity 3D game kit sample project from Unity Technologies.
• Gendarme. Mono rule-based static analysis tool, usable on Unity project assemblies.
• Get Social Deep Linking Activity.java. Gist activity that captures onNewIntent deep links missed by Unity when backgrounded.
• GetSocial Unity SDK. GetSocial social SDK and demo for Unity.
• GitHub: mob-sakai. GitHub profile with open-source Unity tools and effects.
• GitHub: mrzapp. GitHub profile with open-source Unity tools and utilities.
• Gizmos. Draw runtime gizmos in builds and the editor in Unity.
• GOAP. Goal-oriented action planning AI for Unity.
• Good Coding Practices in Unity. Trello board of good coding practices for Unity.
• Google Analytics Plugin for Unity. Google Analytics plugin for Unity.
• Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin. Official Unity plugin for the Google Mobile Ads SDK.
• Google Sheets Unity. Read data from private Google Sheets into Unity (read-only).
• Graphmesh. Graph-based procedural mesh generation inside the Unity editor.
• Green Mamba Stealth. Stealth system for Unity that detects how well-lit a character is, so they can hide in dynamic shadows.
• Guitar Hero Unity. Guitar Hero fan game made in Unity.
• HermodToolkit. A set of 2D tools for Unity.
• HexTiles. Hex tile editor for Unity.
• HiSocket. Lightweight socket library for Unity and C# projects.
• Hogwarts. Open-source Harry Potter sandbox game made in Unity.
• How to Set Up Unity's VR Editor (EditorVR). Tutorial on setting up Unity's experimental EditorVR.
• Hydrogen CSharp. C# framework for Unity providing collections, utilities, and helpers.
• Ico Sphere Creator. Icosphere mesh creation tool for Unity.
• Imgui Unity. Dear ImGui integration for Unity.
• In-Game Editor UI. In-game runtime Hierarchy and Inspector for Unity, like the built-in editor.
• InfinityScroll. Makes Unity ScrollRects scroll infinitely.
• iOS Unity Vuforia Guide. Guide to integrating Unity + Vuforia into a native iOS app.
• iTween Expansion. Expansion of Bob Berkebile's iTween tweening plugin for Unity.
• Jitter Physics. C# real-time physics engine ported into Unity.
• JourneySand. Unity project reproducing the sand rendering style of Journey.
• JSONObject. JSONObject parsing library for Unity.
• JWT for Unity. JSON Web Token implementation for Unity / .NET 3.5+.
• KEngine. Unity asset bundle framework (LGPL).
• KinoBloom. Bloom post-processing effect for Unity.
• KinoObscurance. Screen-space ambient obscurance image effect for Unity.
• KlakHap. HAP video player plugin for Unity.
• KlakSyphon. Syphon video-sharing plugin for Unity on macOS.
• Knight Windjson. JSON parser for Unity.
• Knowledge Representation. Small Unity project showing AI responding to changes in the game world.
• Koch's Fractals. Koch fractals demo for Unity.
• kode80SSR. Open-source screen-space reflections for Unity 5.
• L Systems In Unity. L-system rewriting for modeling plants, letting you generate plants in Unity games.
• Leading Ones (LeadingOnesVR). Quick look at Unity's EditorVR.
• LibPdIntegration. libpd (Pure Data) audio wrapper for Unity.
• Light Probes Placement. Unity project showing automatic light probe placement via the LightProbesVolumes package.
• LINQ to GameObject for Unity. Traverse the GameObject hierarchy using LINQ.
• Live2D with Unity. Imports Live2D models and reads mtn motion files in Unity.
• Lochie Westfall. YouTube channel with Unity VR tutorials.
• log4net.unity. log4net helpers and a UnityEngine.Debug appender for Unity.
• Loxodon Framework. MVVM framework for Unity with data binding, localization, and uGUI support.
• LuaProfiler For Unity. Profiler for Lua inside Unity.
• MafiaUnity. Open-source Mafia game framework for Unity.
• Marschner Hair Unity. Marschner hair shading model implemented in Unity.
• MassiveNet. Unity UDP networking library for high-CCU, multi-server architectures.
• Master Unity Handles. Examples of custom handles in the Unity editor.
• MeshDecimator. Mesh decimation library for .NET and Unity.
• Message Pack Grid View. MessagePack data viewer built on MessagePack-CSharp and Unity TreeView.
• MessagePack CSharp. Fast MessagePack serializer for C# (.NET, Unity, Xamarin).
• Metaverse Standards Forum. YouTube channel of the Metaverse Standards Forum, with talks and panels.
• Minesweeper. Tile-based Minesweeper with high scores made in Unity.
• MiniMap. Minimap and radar system for Unity.
• Missing References Unity. Unity editor extension for finding missing object references.
• MLAPI. Game networking framework for Unity (now Netcode for GameObjects).
• MMD for Unity. MikuMikuDance model and motion importer for Unity.
• MOBA CSharp Unity. MOBA game framework for Unity with a Unity-independent server that runs on Linux.
• Msgpack Unity3D. MessagePack and JSON serializer for Unity.
• MVPScriptGenerator4Unity. MVP script generator for the Unity editor.
• My S7 Pro Sim Lib. Connects Unity to Siemens PLCSim via COM interop (S7PROSimLib).
• Nakama Unity. Unity client for the Nakama game server.
• Naphier Gists. Collection of reusable Unity code gists.
• NATPunchthroughClient. Example NAT punchthrough combined with Unity's UNet HLAPI.
• NAudio Unity. Port of NAudio to the Mono subset used by Unity.
• NaughtyAttributes. Inspector attribute extensions for Unity.
• NaughtyCharacter. Third-person character controller for Unity.
• NDocumentation. Documentation window for the Unity editor that displays rich-text pages.
• Net Peeweek Console. Interactive runtime console for Unity, distributed as a package.
• NGTools. Unity editor extensions and tools by Napland Games.
• Node Inspector. Node graph editor extension for Unity.
• NPBehave. Event-driven behavior trees for Unity.
• NVIDIA Hair Works Integration. NVIDIA HairWorks hair simulation integration for Unity.
• OpenConvo. Open-source dialogue framework for Unity.
• OpenEd. Open-source runtime editor for Unity.
• OpenFile. Open-source serialization for Unity.
• OpenFramework. Lightweight Unity framework with dependency injection.
• OpenGUI. Open-source GUI framework for Unity.
• Openpath. Open-source pathfinding for Unity.
• OpenStash. Open-source inventory framework for Unity.
• OSMTrafficSim. Traffic simulation built on Unity ECS.
• P2P.NET. Peer-to-peer networking in Unity using WebRTC with a free signaling server (formerly UnityP2P).
• Pacman. Pacman clone with original AI made in Unity.
• Path. Pathfinding library for Unity.
• PBD Fluid in Unity. Position-based-dynamics fluid simulation running on the GPU in Unity.
• Pedometer API. Native pedometer API for Unity on mobile.
• PerfAssist. Performance and profiling components for Unity development.
• Perfect Spheres. System for rendering spheres cheaply and accurately in Unity.
• Physical Camera. Official Unity component describing physical camera attributes.
• Pitaya. Go game server framework with clustering and client libraries, including Unity via the C SDK.
• Pixel Camera 2D. Pixel-perfect camera with scaling options for 2D games.
• Pixel Render Unity3D. Real-time rendering of 3D scenes as 2D pixel art in Unity.
• Pixel Sprite Generator Unity. C# port of PixelSpriteGenerator for Unity.
• PNGCS. PNG encoding and decoding for Unity.
• Pomelo Unity Client. Unity client for the Pomelo distributed Node.js game server.
• PPOL. Crowd simulator using Unity ML-Agents and PPO reinforcement learning.
• ProbePolisher. Light probe editor for Unity.
• Procedural Level Generator Unity. Unity plugin for procedural dungeon generation.
• ProceduralMesh. Simple procedural mesh generation for Unity.
• ProjectRider Unity. JetBrains Rider integration for Unity.
• Protobuf3 for Unity. Protocol Buffers v3 runtime for Unity (.NET 3.5).
• Psd2UnityImporter. PSD importer for Unity.
• QuadWarp. Quad-warp projection sample for Unity.
• Quickfracture. Mesh fracture and destruction effect for Unity.
• Ray Marching. Ray marching of signed distance functions in Unity, by Sebastian Lague.
• Raywenderlich.com Unity Cheatsheet. Cheatsheet of common Unity development problems and fixes.
• RecyclerKit. Object pool manager for Unity.
• Reflected Inspector. Inspector system for Unity that serializes non-Unity types, similar to SerializedProperties.
• Reign Unity Plugin. Cross-platform unified API plugin for Unity.
• Render Queue. Render queue editor extension for Unity.
• Reorderable Inspector. Automatic reorderable lists for Unity component inspectors.
• Reorderable List Editor Field for Unity. Drag-to-reorder list field for Unity inspectors.
• Resharper Unity. JetBrains ReSharper and Rider plugin for Unity.
• RestClient (proyecto26). Promise-based HTTP and REST client for Unity, with callback support.
• RestClient (Unity3dAzure). REST client for Unity with JSON and XML parsing, including nested arrays and abstract types.
• Restifizer Unity3D. Restifizer SDK for Unity to build RESTful services backed by MongoDB.
• RiderProxy. Unity support for both ReSharper and Rider.
• RPGCore. Framework for building RPG games and mechanics in Unity.
• Runtime Unity Editor. In-game inspector and debugging tools for Unity applications.
• San Andreas Unity. Open-source port of GTA San Andreas to Unity.
• SceneHistory Unity. Open scenes quickly from a custom scene history, with additive support.
• Script Templates for Unity. Editor window that generates C# source stubs for Unity.
• ScriptableObject Architecture. Makes ScriptableObjects a core part of your Unity architecture.
• ScriptFinder. Unity editor extension to find script references across a project.
• SDF Gen Unity. Signed distance function generator running inside Unity.
• SearchTools. Search tools for the Unity editor.
• Selection History Navigator. Unity editor extension to navigate between object selections.
• SerializableCallback. Serializable callbacks for Unity that return values, blending UnityEvent and System.Func.
• Serialized Parameter Unity. Attribute that persists field data between Unity play-mode sessions.
• SetProperty. PropertyAttribute/PropertyDrawer combo for exposing C# properties in the Unity inspector.
• Settings Unity. Settings management utility for Unity.
• Shapes. Hand-drawn meshes and vector shapes for Processing and Unity.
• Shortcuter. Shortcut utility for Unity.
• Show Toast Unity Android.cs. Gist showing native Android toast messages from Unity.
• Signals (UnityPatterns). Editor-driven signal/event system for Unity.
• Signals (yankooliveira). Type-safe lightweight messaging library for Unity.
• Simple ECS. Example of Unity's Entity Component System, inspired by Roll-a-ball.
• Simple Light Probe Placer. Simple tool for placing light probes in Unity scenes.
• SmartData. Editor-driven Unity framework for connecting data and events, designer-friendly.
• Smrvfx. Example passing skinned-mesh data into the Unity VFX Graph.
• SonarFx. Sonar scanning effect for Unity.
• SpacePuppy Unity Framework 3.0. Collection of tools for making games in Unity.
• SpatialOS GDK for Unity. SpatialOS game development kit for Unity. Discontinued.
• Spine Runtimes. Spine 2D animation runtimes, including a Unity runtime.
• SpriteDicing. Unity extension for reusing sprite texture areas to cut memory.
• SpriteMaker. Tool for making sprites inside Unity.
• Sproto Unity. Demo of using sproto-csharp in Unity.
• Static Blured Screen. Static (non-realtime) screen blur for Unity, handy as a dialog background.
• Strange Io C. Lightweight extensible inversion-of-control (IoC) framework for C# and Unity.
• StyleBrowser. Editor window to browse all built-in Unity GUI styles.
• Super Character Controller. Custom character controller for Unity.
• Super Mario Bros AR Game. Channel showing an AR Super Mario game built with Microsoft HoloLens and Unity.
• Terrain Tool Samples. Official Unity terrain tools and brush asset samples.
• Texture3DPreview for Unity. Interactive previews of Texture3D assets in the Unity inspector.
• TexturePanner. Unity shader for scrolling-texture effects like neon signs and conveyor belts.
• ThreeDScans. Scanned statue models from the Three D Scans project, optimized for real-time use.
• Tidy Up. Keeps Unity projects organized by sorting assets into designated folders.
• Time Flow Shiki. Timeline GUI skeleton for the Unity editor.
• TsiU AIToolkit CSharp. AI toolkit for Unity.
• TTConsole. Runtime debug console for Unity.
• Typogenic. Signed-distance-field text rendering for Unity.
• U Net Voice. Tiny voice chat implementation for Unity.
• U Texture Send Receive. Unity network texture sender and receiver for video and frame streaming.
• UDBase. Module-based Unity game template where controllers can be swapped without changing project source.
• uGUI LinkImageText. Adds inline links and images to Unity uGUI Text.
• uMVVM. Simple MVVM framework for Unity.
• UndoPro. Command-based undo system integrated with Unity's native undo/redo.
• UNet Controller. Character controller built for Unity's UNet networking system.
• Uni Android Vibration. Unity Android plugin for triggering device vibration.
• Uni Version Manager. Reads app and build version in Unity across editor, iOS, and Android.
• UniClipboard. Simple clipboard plugin for Unity.
• Unidux. Redux-style state architecture for Unity.
• UniGif. GIF image decoder for Unity.
• UniIosAudioService. Unity iOS plugin for playing iOS system sounds.
• UniLua. Pure C# implementation of Lua 5.2, compatible with Unity.
• UniteBerlin. Companion repo for the Unite Berlin talk on working faster in Unity.
• Unity 2D Platformer Controller. Customizable 2D platformer motor with double jumps, wall jumps, and corner grabs, plus a drop-in player prefab.
• Unity 5 Effects. Collection of effects for Unity 5.
• Unity A Star Navigation. A* navigation for Unity using Burst-compiled jobs.
• Unity Ableton Link. Ableton Link tempo-sync plugin for Unity.
• Unity Ads. Official Unity ad monetization SDK.
• Unity AI. AI behavior tree framework for Unity.
• Unity AR Foundation and MARS. Unity's AR tooling: AR Foundation cross-platform framework plus MARS authoring environment.
• Unity Asset Usage Detector. Finds which objects reference the selected assets or objects in a Unity project.
• Unity Async Routines. Lightweight async coroutine library for Unity.
• Unity Atoms. Modular ScriptableObject-based architecture pieces for Unity.
• Unity Auth Manager. Example JWT-based authentication for a Unity app.
• Unity Beat Detection. Musical beat detection and audio spectrum analysis for Unity.
• Unity Bezier Solution. Bezier spline solution for Unity with utilities like constant-speed traversal.
• Unity Bitmap Drawing. Bitmap drawing API extension methods for Unity's Texture2D class.
• Unity BitmapFontImporter. Unity editor extension for importing bitmap fonts.
• Unity Camera Follow 2D. 2D camera-follow script for Unity.
• Unity Camera Shake. Pseudo-random camera shake using Perlin noise.
• Unity CameraSizeToVelocity2D. Script that scales camera size with target velocity.
• Unity Character Customization. Character customization demo for Unity.
• Unity Color Picker. Standalone color picker asset for Unity.
• Unity Color Wheel. Color picker element for the newer Unity uGUI system.
• Unity ColourLovers Importer. Unity editor tool to load colors and palettes from COLOURlovers.com.
• Unity Compact Field Attribute. Per-property label widths in the Unity inspector to stop labels getting cut off.
• Unity Delaunay. Delaunay/Voronoi library for Unity, with a simple destruction effect.
• Unity Documentation for VR. Unity manual section on VR development.
• Unity Dynamic Scroll View. Dynamic scroll view built on uGUI.
• Unity ECS Instanced Sprite Renderer. Performant sprite renderer example using Unity's ECS.
• Unity Editor Helper. Scripts that make editor scripting in Unity easier.
• Unity Editor Hotkeys. Unity manual page listing editor hotkeys.
• Unity Editor Icons. Reference of built-in Unity editor icons loadable via EditorGUIUtility.IconContent.
• Unity Editor Junkie. Editor scripts that improve working with the Unity editor.
• Unity Editor Snippets. Collection of Unity editor productivity helpers.
• Unity Editor Spotlight. macOS-Spotlight-style file search inside the Unity editor.
• Unity Editor Texel Density. Texel density checker for Unity.
• Unity Elevator Compiler. Plugin that plays elevator music while Unity compiles your code.
• Unity Engine Analyzer. Roslyn analyzer for Unity that flags common performance pitfalls.
• Unity Events. Strongly typed event system for Unity with global and per-GameObject events.
• Unity Extensions.Inspect Inline. Inspect and edit object references inline and embed objects as subassets in Unity.
• Unity Extensions.Selection History. Adds navigation menu items in the Unity editor: Edit/Selection/Back and Edit/Selection/Forward.
• Unity File Debug. Enhanced debug logging for Unity, with JSON/CSV export and an HTML viewer.
• Unity File Extension. Shows file extensions in the one-column project window.
• Unity First Person View. First-person view asset where viewmodel objects do not clip the environment, use a separate FOV, and receive shadows.
• Unity Flurry SDK. Unity plugin for the Flurry analytics SDK.
• Unity Framework. Application framework for C# Unity game projects.
• Unity Frosted Glass. Frosted glass material made in Unity.
• Unity Good Practices. Unity best-practices reference from Futurice.
• Unity Inmediate Color Picker. Color picker for Unity in immediate-mode GUI.
• Unity Interface Reference. Serializable wrapper that holds a reference to an interface in Unity.
• Unity Jobs View Frustum Culling. View frustum culling jobs for Unity's job system.
• Unity Logs Viewer. View editor console logs inside the running game.
• Unity LoMenu. UI menu package for Unity.
• Unity Main Thread Dispatcher. Thread-safe way to run actions on Unity's main thread.
• Unity Math Reference. Game math reference, visualized in Unity.
• Unity Mecanim VR IK vs Final IK. Channel comparing VR IK using native Unity Mecanim IK versus Final IK.
• Unity Mesh Counter. Shows mesh data counters in Unity.
• Unity Mesh Simplifier (Unity-Technologies). Mesh simplification for Unity. Official Unity-Technologies fork.
• Unity Mesh Simplifier (Whinarn). Mesh simplification for Unity.
• Unity Mesh Triangulator. Mesh triangulator for Unity, forked from alexmuab's version.
• Unity Movement AI. Steering-behavior movement scripts for NPCs in Unity.
• Unity Native Scripting. Write Unity scripts in C++.
• Unity Neural Network. Simple neural network implemented in C# for Unity.
• Unity Non Null. [NonNull] attribute for fields and classes in Unity.
• Unity Object Pool. Object pool and manager for Unity.
• Unity Object Pooler. Simple object pool for Unity.
• Unity Open API. RESTful API client generator for Unity.
• Unity Optix Plugin. Example Unity plugin for NVIDIA OptiX.
• Unity Path Finding. Dijkstra shortest-path finding for Unity.
• Unity Pause Menu. Open-source pause menu for Unity, originally built for the game New Horizons.
• Unity Physics CSP. Client-side-prediction demo in Unity with all network traffic simulated in one instance.
• Unity Pixel Camera. Resolution-independent pixel-perfect camera for Unity.
• Unity Plane Mesh Splitter. Script to split any mesh into smaller chunks.
• Unity Preview Generator. Generates preview textures and icons for Unity models and sprites.
• Unity Procedural Flower. Procedural flower generator for Unity.
• Unity PSD Layout Tool. Imports Photoshop .psd files into Unity.
• Unity QuickPool. Simple object pooling toolkit for Unity.
• Unity Raytracer. Ray tracing demo built in Unity.
• Unity Remote 4 (iOS/tvOS). Unity Remote app to preview play mode on iOS and tvOS devices.
• Unity Resource Checker. Editor utility to check scene resources in Unity, including textures, materials, meshes, and which objects use them.
• Unity Routines. Coroutine replacement for Unity with hierarchical routines and pooling.
• Unity Rulers. Ruler editor to measure distances between objects in the Scene view.
• Unity RuntimeCodeExecuter. Executes arbitrary code at runtime via the .NET 2.0 library, aimed at Unity.
• Unity Rust Plugin. Example of writing a Unity native plugin in Rust.
• Unity Scene Camera Controller. Drive a runtime camera like the SceneView camera.
• Unity Scrolly. Touch/drag scroll list using Unity GUI (4.6+).
• Unity SemVer. SemVer 2.0.0 implementation for Unity.
• Unity Serializer NG. Revival of Mike Talbot's discontinued Unity Serializer (Unity 5).
• Unity Simple File Browser. uGUI-based runtime file browser for Unity, draggable and resizable.
• Unity SimpleUsefulGizmos. Extra scene-view gizmos for Unity like colored colliders and rotation indicators.
• Unity Singleton MonoBehavior. Singleton pattern implementation for Unity MonoBehaviours.
• Unity Snippets. Unity code snippets for various IDEs.
• Unity Socket IO. Socket.io client for Unity.
• Unity Stb Easy Font. Port of stb_easy_font.h to Unity and C#.
• Unity Symlink Utility. Editor extension that adds a menu item to add folders as symlinks in Unity.
• Unity Texture Packer. Combines color channels from different textures into a single output.
• Unity Timeline Conditions. Experimental port of Animator conditions to Timeline events.
• Unity Timeline Sync. Synchronize multiple Unity Timelines over UDP.
• Unity Timelord Blender. Demo of custom blending for Unity Timelines.
• Unity Tools. VS Code extension with tools for Unity development.
• Unity UI Extensions. Extra controls and components for the Unity uGUI system.
• Unity UI Polygon. Polygon renderer for the Unity UI system.
• Unity Unet Movement. Server-authoritative movement for Unity UNET with client-side prediction and reconciliation.
• Unity VariableTileLayout. Pinterest-style variable tile layout for Unity UI.
• Unity Virtual Reality. Unity's official documentation on developing virtual reality applications.
• Unity Visual Behavior Tree. Reactive visual-scripting behavior tree tool for Unity 2018+.
• Unity Voxel Tools. Collection of voxel utilities for Unity. Experimental.
• Unity VS Toolbox. Visual Studio toolbox of MonoBehaviour events in execution order, plus installable templates.
• Unity Wave Function Collapse. Wave Function Collapse procedural generation for Unity.
• Unity Web Socket. WebSocket client for Unity.
• Unity Webview. WebView overlay plugin for Unity on Android, iOS, Web Player, and macOS. Windows is unsupported.
• Unity.Library.eppz. Collection of utility libraries for Unity.
• Unity.ProceduralContentGeneration Terrain. Procedural terrain content generation for Unity.
• Unity2D Components. C# components for 2D games: pixel-art cameras, events and messaging, save/load, collision handlers, object pools.
• Unity3D Async Await Util. Helpers that make async/await easier to use in Unity.
• Unity3D Automatron. Automation tool for Unity.
• Unity3D ComponentAttribute. Attribute that auto-loads components in Unity.
• Unity3D Extensions. Extension and utility methods for Unity.
• Unity3D Official Blog. News and development insights from Unity.
• Unity3D PerlinCameraShake. Perlin-noise camera shake MonoBehaviour for Unity, coroutine-driven and self-exiting.
• Unity3D Prefab Pool. Simple prefab pool for Unity.
• Unity3D Quick Search. Command palette for Unity.
• Unity3D Script Library. Collection of reusable Unity C# scripts.
• Unity3D Sound Manager. Sound manager for Unity with AudioSource pooling, 3D positioning, and completion callbacks.
• Unity3DPolylineEditor. 2D polyline editor for Unity.
• Unity3DVim. Vim editor integration for Unity on Linux.
• UnityComponent. Resource and component management helpers for Unity.
• UnityEffects. Collection of free effects for Unity.
• UnityExtensions MeshIntersection. Raycast against one or more meshes in Unity.
• UnityGameFramework Template. Starter project template based on UnityGameFramework.
• UnityGraphicsProgramming Vol.2. Unity graphics programming techniques and shader samples, volume 2.
• UnityHelpers. Collection of helper scripts for Unity.
• UnityHTTP. TCP-based HTTP library for Unity.
• UnityIO. File manipulation API for Unity that wraps AssetDatabase.
• UnityOctree (Nition). Loose octree for Unity in C#, the upstream of the Unity-Technologies fork.
• UnityOctree (Unity-Technologies). Dynamic loose octree implementation for Unity in C#.
• UnityPhysics2D. Examples of Unity 2D physics components and features.
• UnityPooling. Optimized object pooling for Unity.
• UnityRandom. Random number library in C# for Unity.
• UnitySpline2D. A simple 2D spline library for Unity. Unmaintained.
• Unitystation. Open-source remake of Space Station 13 in Unity.
• UnityStudio. Tool for exploring, extracting, and exporting assets from Unity games and apps.
• UnitySVG. SVG renderer for Unity.
• UnityTetris. Tetris clone written in C# and rendered with Unity.
• UnityTile3D. Simple 3D tile editor for Unity.
• UnityTimer. Library for running actions after a delay in Unity.
• Universal Unity Hooks. Framework for hooking into and modifying methods in Unity games via DLLs.
• UniVoice. Peer-to-peer VoIP for Unity.
• UVPreview. Preview UV islands for textures in the Unity inspector.
• UXF. Framework for running human behavior experiments in Unity.
• Variable Infinite Scroll. Variable-size infinite scroll for Unity UI.
• VariableAssets. ScriptableObject variable assets for Unity.
• Vector Graphics Samples. Official Unity SVG and vector graphics sample project.
• Vexe Framework (VFW). Editor extension adding advanced inspector and editor extensibility to Unity.
• Volumetric Clouds. Volumetric clouds for Unity.
• Volumetric Lines Unity. Source for the Volumetric Lines Unity Asset Store asset.
• VoxBlend. Blend shape controller plugin for Unity.
• Voxel Mesh Generator. Generates voxel 3D meshes in Unity using greedy meshing.
• Voxelmetric. Efficient voxel framework for Unity.
• VoxelWorld. Voxel world demo built in Unity.
• VSCode Unity Code Snippets. Unity development code snippets for VS Code.
• VSCode Unity Debug Support. Official Unity debugging support for VS Code.
• VSCode Unity Integration. VS Code integration for Unity.
• Warfest Voxel Unity. Voxel game prototype made with Unity.
• WaveformProvider. Generates a texture that simulates waves in Unity.
• Weaver. Code-weaving framework for Unity, based on Fody.
• Web View Hook. Exposes the internal UnityEditor WebView API.
• WebRTC Unity Plugin. Cross-platform WebRTC support for Unity apps.
• Xamarin.Forms.Unity. Xamarin.Forms platform implementation for Unity.
• xNode BehaviourTree. Behaviour tree built on the xNode node editor for Unity.
• yaSingleton. Singleton pattern for Unity using ScriptableObjects instead of MonoBehaviour.

XR, AR & VR: Resources

AR/VR/XR SDKs, frameworks, tools, and references across ARKit, ARCore, WebXR, and VR platforms.

Related:

• A-Frame VR. Blender add-on allows you to model your scene in Blender and export it to an A-Frame VR project with a single click.
• Advanced VR Mechanics With Unity and the HTC Vive Part 1. Tutorial: advanced VR mechanics in Unity with the HTC Vive (part 1).
• Advanced VR Mechanics With Unity and the HTC Vive Part 2. Tutorial: advanced VR mechanics in Unity with the HTC Vive (part 2).
• Bino. 3D video player with support for 180/360 video and VR headsets.
• Building an AR game with ARKit and Spritekit. Tutorial: building an AR game with ARKit and SpriteKit.
• Capturing Body Motion in 3D | Apple Developer Documentation. Apple ARKit documentation: capturing body motion in 3D.
• How to Create a Minimap for VR in Unity. Tutorial: creating a minimap for VR in Unity.
• How to support GearVR and Google Cardboard in one Unity3D project. Tutorial: supporting Gear VR and Google Cardboard in one Unity project.
• HTC Vive VR Input. Tutorial: VR GUI input module for Unity with the HTC Vive.
• I3D Past Projects. Virtual 3D teleportation in real-time by Microsoft Research
• Medium by Adobe. Medium is a dedicated VR sculpting and painting package for users of Oculus headsets, capable of exporting models to DCC applications in OBJ or FBX format.
• North Star Kit Paid. Hardware kit implementing Leap Motion's open-source Project North Star AR headset reference design (dual 1600x1440 120 FPS displays).
• Oliver Kreylos's blog. Good resource to get started learning about VR / stereo rendering.
• RealityKit. High-level AR framework by Apple. Comparable to Unity and Unreal Engine but specific for AR solutions.
• Rigging a Model for Motion Capture | Apple Developer Documentation. Apple ARKit documentation: rigging a model for motion capture.
• Sceneform Android SDK Maintained. ARCore Android SDK with Google Filament 3D engine. Continuation of Google Sceneform
• Tensorflow2 Ue4 AR. Augmented Reality Computer Vision Application using TensorFlow 2 and the Unreal Engine 4.23
• Three.js Editor. Online 3D editor with AR export capabilities.
• Ultraleap Paid. Hand-tracking hardware and SDK (formerly Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion).
• Unity VR Video Recording Test. Sample Unity project for recording VR sessions.
• ViroCore: A cross-platform AR/VR renderer. Open-source cross-platform AR/VR renderer, with ViroReact for React Native.
• VR Development - Unity Learn. Unity Learn pathway preparing you for VR development jobs.
• Vuforia Freemium. AR SDK that is directly integrated in the Unity Editor. Proprietary license, free to develop with

Unreal Engine: Resources

Unreal Engine resources and marketplace picks.

• 📄 Recommended Asset Naming Conventions ~ epicgames. Official naming conventions for folders and asset files.
• 📺📜 Control Rig ~ Ask A Dev. Control Rig tutorials for character animation. 22 videos.
• Acl Ue4 Plugin. Official Animation Compression Library plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Alex Forsythe. Deep-dive tutorials on Unreal's game framework and replication.
• ALS Community. Replicated, optimized community fork of Advanced Locomotion System V4.
• ALS Refactored. Reworked C++ version of Advanced Locomotion System V4.
• AndroidNative. Call Java functions via JNI from Unreal Engine on Android.
• Animated Crosshairs UE4. 17 ready-to-use animated UMG crosshair widgets with a demo scene.
• Articy Importer For Unreal. Imports articy:draft narrative data into Unreal Engine.
• Async Loading Screen. Configure an async loading screen system from Unreal Engine project settings.
• Audio Analysis Tools. Audio analysis functions for Unreal Engine. Pairs with Runtime Audio Importer.
• Ble Utilities Unreal. Scan, connect to, and subscribe to Bluetooth LE devices from Unreal Engine.
• blueprintUE. Paste and share Unreal Blueprint nodes online.
• cashgenUE. Runtime procedural terrain generator for Unreal Engine.
• CensoredUE4. World-space area censoring (mosaic/blur) attachable to any actor.
• Cesium for Unreal. Brings 3D geospatial tiles and globes into Unreal Engine.
• Code Like Me. A wide variety of Unreal Engine tutorials.
• DataConfig. Serialization framework for the Unreal property system.
• DungeonGenerator. Procedural dungeon generator for Unreal Engine 4.
• Easy Json Parser. JSON parsing library for Unreal Engine.
• EasyXMLParser. XML parsing library for Unreal Engine.
• Fairy GUI Unreal. Flexible UI framework for Unreal Engine.
• FastSwitcher. UMG widget switcher that loads only the active widget in Unreal Engine 4.
• Fresh Cooked Tweens. Tweening library with curve easing for any value in Unreal Engine.
• Game Development & Unreal Engine Programming Guide. Notes and guide on game development and Unreal Engine programming.
• GameDev.tv Unreal 5.0 C++ Developer: Learn C++ and Make Video Games Paid. Course teaching C++ game programming in Unreal Engine 5.
• GASP ALS. Game Animation Sample with ALS locomotion layering.
• GASShooter. Advanced FPS/TPS sample project for the Gameplay Ability System.
• GGPOUE4. GGPO rollback netcode port for Unreal Engine 4.
• Ghost Mesh Plugin. Creates ghost/silhouette mesh effects in Unreal Engine 4.
• Global Event System Ue4. Loosely coupled global event system for cross-map and cross-Blueprint communication.
• Gorka Games. Long tutorial series, short tutorials, and Unreal Engine news.
• Greebler. Auto-scatters rubble and greeble detail across a scene. UE4 and Unity.
• Hermes. Adds deep links into the UE4 editor.
• Horizontal 360 Radar. 360-degree radar system (Skyrim-style) for Unreal Engine 4.
• Houdini Engine for Unreal. Plugin bridging Houdini Digital Asset workflows into Unreal.
• InfraworldRuntime. Use Google gRPC services from C++ or Blueprints in Unreal Engine 4.
• Inventory + Equipment System. Inventory container and equipment system for Unreal Engine 4.
• Japanese Village (Marketplace) Paid. Japanese medieval village asset pack.
• KawaiiPhysics. Simple fake secondary-motion physics for Unreal Engine 4.
• Kotlin Unreal. Use the Kotlin language with Unreal Engine 4.
• LeapUnreal. Leap Motion hand-tracking SDK for Unreal Engine.
• LocalizationUE4. Standalone translation editor for Unreal Engine 4.
• Locus Replication Graph. Replication Graph setup helper for Unreal Engine multiplayer.
• LuaMachine. Lua API integration plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• MassSample. Community sample project for the Mass Entity (ECS) framework.
• Mathew Wadstein. Short videos covering nearly every Unreal class and Blueprint node.
• MD Meta Data Editor. Edit metadata on Blueprint properties, functions, and parameters. UE 5.1+.
• Medieval Houses (Marketplace) Paid. Modular medieval house asset pack.
• Mixed Reality UX Tools Unreal. UX tools and components for Mixed Reality apps in Unreal Engine 4.
• MobileUtils. Integrate common mobile utilities into Unreal Engine 4 projects.
• mod.io. Integrate mod.io user-generated-content management into your Unreal game.
• Morphs Player. Play morph targets directly on a skeletal mesh animation track.
• Mqtt Utilities Unreal. Exposes MQTT client functionality to Blueprints in Unreal Engine.
• My SQL Connector UE4 Plugin. MySQL database connector plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Myo Ue4. Myo armband input plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Nano. Minimal starter template for small Unreal Engine games.
• NiagaraUIRenderer. Render Niagara particle systems inside UMG UI widgets.
• nimue4. Nim language integration for Unreal Engine 4.
• Nuke.Unreal. C# scriptable workflow for automating Unreal Engine project tasks, built on Nuke.
• ObjectDeliverer. Data transmission and reception library for Unreal Engine.
• OceanProject. Ocean simulation project for Unreal Engine 4.
• OpenCL.uplugin. OpenCL GPU compute plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• OpenLand. Open source landscape auto-material for Unreal Engine.
• OSVR Unreal. OSVR open-source VR headset plugin for Unreal Engine.
• PBCharacterMovement. HL2-style classic FPS movement for Unreal Engine, written in C++.
• PluginTemplate. Starter Unreal plugin template with editor and runtime modules.
• Prefabricator Ue4. Prefab system plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• ProjectExodus. Transfers Unity scenes and projects into Unreal Engine.
• Ps Facebook Mobile. Facebook authorization for mobile in Unreal Engine 4.
• Ps Real Vehicle. Simple force-driven vehicle simulation plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Ps Replay Kit. iOS plugin to record or stream screen video plus app and mic audio.
• Ps Web Server. CivetWeb web server integration plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• puerts. Write game logic in TypeScript for Unreal Engine 4 or Unity.
• Quests. Quest system plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Realtime Mesh Component. Unreal Engine 5 component for rendering runtime-generated meshes.
• RedTalaria. Set of Hermes deep-link endpoints for Unreal Engine.
• RemCommon. Common gameplay utilities for Unreal Engine.
• RemRanges. Combines IGRanges and ranges-v3 for Unreal Engine.
• Runtime Audio Importer. Import audio of various formats at runtime in Unreal Engine.
• Runtime Files Downloader. Download files over HTTP/HTTPS at runtime in Unreal Engine.
• Runtime Mesh Component. Unreal Engine 4 component for rendering runtime-generated meshes.
• Runtime Mesh Loader. Import meshes at runtime in Unreal Engine 4.
• Runtime Speech Recognizer. Offline real-time speech recognition for Unreal Engine, based on whisper.cpp.
• Ryan Laley. Primarily Blueprint-based Unreal Engine tutorials.
• SCUE5 Plugin. Steam Core updated for Unreal Engine 5.
• SilvervineUE4Lua. Lua scripting plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• sluaunreal. Lua scripting plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Socket IO Client Unreal. Socket.IO client plugin for Unreal Engine.
• Socketer. TCP socket Blueprint library for Unreal Engine.
• Socketio Client Ue4. Socket.io client plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• SQLite3UE4. SQLite3 database plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Stats + Attributes. Stats, attributes, and leveling system for Unreal Engine 4.
• Street Map. Import OpenStreetMap XML data into your Unreal Engine project.
• Sublime Unreal Snippets. Sublime Text 3 snippets for writing Unreal Engine 4 game code.
• Swipe. Exposes mobile swipe gestures as Blueprint events in Unreal Engine 4.
• Tcp Ue4. Convenience TCP wrapper for Unreal Engine 4.
• TCP Unreal. Convenience TCP wrapper for Unreal Engine.
• Tensorflow Ue4. TensorFlow machine-learning plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Tom Looman UE5 Tutorials Freemium. Unreal C++ and gameplay tutorials, courses, and articles.
• UAssetAPI. Low-level .NET library for reading and writing Unreal Engine 4 game assets.
• Udp Ue4. Convenience UDP wrapper for Unreal Engine 4.
• UDP Unreal. Convenience UDP wrapper for Unreal Engine.
• UE BUI Tween. UMG UI tweening library for Unreal Engine, usable from C++.
• UE DSS Plugin. MMO server instancing, dungeon instancing, and player balancing subsystem for Unreal Engine.
• UE Easy JWT. JWT wrapper subsystem for Unreal Engine.
• UE Easy Kafka. Kafka/Redpanda client subsystem for Unreal Engine, usable from Blueprint and C++.
• UE4 Aurora Effect. Raymarched aurora borealis effect for Unreal Engine 4.
• UE4 Binary Builder. Builds installed (Rocket) Unreal Engine binaries from GitHub source.
• UE4 BYG Localization. Simple CSV-based localization system for Unreal Engine 4.
• Ue4 Canvas GUI. Simple canvas-based GUI with mouse input for Unreal Engine 4.
• UE4 Custom Gravity Plugin. Custom directional gravity plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Ue4 Docker. Windows and Linux containers for Unreal Engine 4.
• UE4 Env. project. Open environment simulation project (day/night, weather) for Unreal Engine 4.
• UE4 EOS Plugin. Plugin and sample implementing the Epic Online Services SDK in Unreal Engine 4.
• UE4 Game Lift Client SDK. AWS GameLift client SDK for Unreal Engine 4.
• UE4 Node Graph Assistant. Speeds up node graph editing in Unreal Engine 4.
• UE4 Plugin Resources. Community resource list for Slate, graphs, and UE4 plugin development.
• Ue4 Protobuf. Integrates Protocol Buffers into Unreal Engine 4 without extra system setup.
• Ue4 Uitween. UMG UI tweening library for Unreal Engine 4, written in C++.
• UE4GamepadUMG. Use a gamepad like a mouse in UMG menus in Unreal Engine 4.
• Ue4MarchingCubes. 3D Perlin noise meshing via marching cubes for Unreal Engine 4.
• UE4MasterServer. Server registration and discovery against a master server in Unreal Engine 4.
• UE5 Styleguide. Guidelines for keeping Unreal Engine projects consistent.
• UE5 Stylized Post Process. Stylized post-process effects for Unreal Engine 5.
• ue5coro. C++20 coroutine plugin integrated with Unreal Engine 5.
• UELlama. llama.cpp LLM inference plugin for Unreal Engine 5.
• UEWebsocket. WebSocket plugin for Unreal Engine 4, usable from C++ and Blueprint.
• Ultraleap SDK. Brings Ultraleap hand-tracking data into Unreal projects.
• UMG Resizable Widget. Resizable UMG widget for Unreal Engine 4.
• Unreal Bp Csv Parsing. Adds CSV parsing Blueprint nodes to Unreal Engine.
• Unreal Docs: Game Features And Modular Gameplay. Docs for Game Features and Modular Gameplay plugins.
• Unreal Docs: Gameplay Ability System. Docs for the Gameplay Ability System (GAS): abilities, attributes, and effects.
• Unreal Docs: Gameplay Camera System. Docs for the Gameplay Camera System.
• Unreal Docs: Gameplay Targeting System. Docs for the Gameplay Targeting System.
• Unreal Docs: Getting Started With Texture Graph. Docs for Texture Graph, Unreal's node-based texture authoring tool.
• Unreal Docs: InstancedStruct. API reference for InstancedStruct, a container for instanced UStruct data.
• Unreal Docs: Mass Entity. Docs for Mass Entity, Unreal's ECS framework for large agent counts.
• Unreal Docs: Metahuman Documentation. Docs for MetaHuman creation and integration.
• Unreal Docs: Modeling And Geometry Scripting. Docs for in-editor modeling tools and Geometry Script.
• Unreal Docs: Motion Design. Docs for Motion Design, Unreal's broadcast and motion-graphics toolset.
• Unreal Docs: Mutable Overview. Docs for Mutable, runtime character customization and mesh generation.
• Unreal Docs: Procedural Content Generation Framework. Docs for the Procedural Content Generation (PCG) framework. See also Electric Dreams PCG.
• Unreal Docs: Scriptable Tools System. Docs for the Scriptable Tools System (Blueprint-authored editor tools).
• Unreal Docs: Smart Objects. Docs for Smart Objects, registerable interaction points for AI.
• Unreal Docs: State Tree. Docs for State Tree, a hierarchical state machine for AI and logic.
• Unreal Docs: Umg Viewmodel. Docs for UMG ViewModel (MVVM-style UI data binding).
• Unreal Docs: Water System. Docs for the Water System (rivers, lakes, oceans).
• Unreal Engine Advanced Functions. Library of handy Blueprint utility functions for Unreal Engine.
• Unreal Engine Learning. Getting-started tutorial for Unreal's Texture Graph.
• Unreal Engine Official YouTube. Official Unreal Engine YouTube channel with weekly live streams.
• Unreal Engine Python. Embed Python scripting in Unreal Engine 4.
• Unreal Fast Noise. Modular, Blueprint-friendly noise generation for Unreal Engine 4.
• Unreal Fast Noise2. Blueprint wrapper for the FastNoise2 noise generation library.
• Unreal Fetch. Fetch API-inspired HTTP client for Unreal Engine.
• Unreal Im GUI. Integrates Dear ImGui debug UI into Unreal Engine 4.
• Unreal Library. UE Explorer's library for parsing data from Unreal Engine games.
• Unreal Magic Nodes. Custom Kismet node system that lets you write C++ inside Blueprint graphs.
• Unreal Rust. Opinionated Rust integration for Unreal Engine.
• Unreal Sandbox Terrain. Smooth voxel terrain plugin for Unreal Engine.
• Unreal Signal R. SignalR client for Unreal Engine.
• Unreal UMG 3 D Object In Widget. Sample showing how to render a 3D mesh inside a UMG widget.
• Unreal Version Changer. Fakes a plugin's UE version so it installs on newer engine versions.
• Unreal.hx. Haxe integration for Unreal Engine.
• Unreal.js. JavaScript runtime built for Unreal Engine.
• UnrealCLR. Unreal Engine integration for .NET 6 (C#).
• unrealcpp. Collection of Unreal Engine 4 C++ examples.
• unrealcv. Connects computer vision research to Unreal Engine.
• UnrealLive2D. Render Live2D models in Unreal Engine 4.
• USharp. C# scripting plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Va Fog Of War. Fog of War solution for Unreal Engine.
• Va Tex Atlas. Texture atlas support for Unreal Engine 4 UMG.
• VaRest. REST API plugin for Unreal Engine.
• Velocity Grid Export. Tool to export vector fields out of Houdini for Unreal.
• ViewportManager. Multiple customizable viewports for Unreal Engine, in C++.
• Virtus Learning Hub. Unreal Engine tutorials with several long course series.
• Voxel Plugin. Volumetric, destructible, infinite voxel worlds in Unreal Engine.
• VS Code Setup for UE. Official guide to setting up VS Code for Unreal C++ work.
• Vscode Unreal Snippets. VS Code snippets for Unreal Engine, based on the Sublime snippet set.
• Weapon Trace Unreal. Weapon tracing plugin for reliable melee combat hits.
• WindowCapture2D. Capture and display OS windows in real time inside Unreal Engine.
• Working with Data (Unreal Engine Learning). Tutorial on data tables, data assets, and UProperty specifiers.
• XJ music. Adaptive music plugin for Unreal Engine games.
• ZipUtility Plugin. Event-driven 7-Zip compression utility for Unreal Engine 4.

Game Dev Tools: Level Design

Level editors and blockout tools.

Related:

• Chisel.Prototype. Work in progress prototype for the Chisel Level Editor, for Unity.
• Editor2D. Tile based level editor for Unity
• GILES. A runtime level editor for Unity3D.
• Sprytile (GitHub). Blender add-on for building tile-based low-poly scenes with paint and map-editor tools.
• Sprytile (itch.io). Blender addon for tile-based 3D levels.
• Tiled2Unity. Export Tiled Map Editor (TMX) files into Unity.
• Unity2D TMX. A small library to import and render tilemap in Unity2D, only support TMX file format.

Game Dev Tools: Dialogue & Narrative

Dialogue, narrative scripting, and IF tools.

Related:

• Ink. Narrative scripting by Inkle (Heaven's Vault, Sable).
• Ink Unity Integration. Unity integration for the open source ink narrative scripting language.
• Prototype. Prototype component pattern for Unity.
• Twine. Free, open-source interactive fiction.
• Yarn Spinner. Dialogue tool for Unity/Godot (Night in the Woods).

Game Dev Tools: Audio Middleware

Adaptive audio and spatial audio middleware.

Related:

• Wwise Unreal Plug-in Freemium. Plugin for integrating Wwise assets for realtime playback in-engine.

Game Dev Tools: Networking & Multiplayer

Multiplayer frameworks and game servers.

Related:

• Basic Multiplayer Unity. Fast-Paced UDP Client-Server implementation.
• Bomber. Open-source Bomberman multiplayer game made in Unreal Engine 5.
• Colyseus. Node.js multiplayer framework.
• Colyseus Unreal. Colyseus Multiplayer SDK for Unreal Engine
• Fish Net. High-performance Unity networking.
• Forge Networking Remastered. Free open-source multiplayer networking system with good Unity integration.
• Gambetta_Networked Demo. Fast-Paced Multiplayer: Sample Code and Live Demo - Gabriel Gambetta's Multiplayer Network Demo in Unity C# as Networked using Lidgren Network.
• GameDev.tv Unreal Multiplayer Master: Video Game Dev In C++ Course Paid. Course on building Unreal Engine multiplayer games in C++.
• Mirror (GitHub). A community replacement for Unity's abandoned UNET Networking System.
• Mirror (site). Open-source Unity networking.
• Unity Multiplayer Packages. Unity multiplayer packages and samples.

Game Dev Tools: Sprite & VFX

Sprite animation, 2D VFX, texture packers.

Related:

• Cheetah Texture Packer. High efficient and fast 2D bin packing tool
• Ez Sprite Sheet. Creates sprite sheets from animated GIFs
• Fusion Character Animator. Small tool for Clickteam Fusion 2.5 to facilitate the animation of 2D character sprites for developers.
• GlueIT. Free Simple Spritesheet Tool
• Kavex's Spritesheet Maker. Free spritesheet maker to replace GlueIT. Has much newer export formats.
• Laigter. Free normal/specular/AO map generator for 2D.
• Leshy SpriteSheet Tool. HTML5 tool for creating, packing, and modifying sprite sheets and texture atlases
• Libgdx Texture Packer. Texture Packer built into Libgdx
• Make Your Own Pixel Art Paid. Walks you step-by-step through the available tools, pixel art techniques, the importance of shapes, colors, shading, and how to turn your art into animation.
• Owlboy. Explore a detailed steampunk world in the clouds. With it's range of endearing animations and expressions the world and it's characters come to life.
• Paul Robertson. Australian, creating cute, sometimes cosmic and psychedelic, and sometimes weird nightmarish pixel art.
• PixelCraft. Open source and free, works in the browser. Easy to try out in the browser and as a PWA offline.
• ShoeBox. Adobe Air based app with game and ui related tools.
• Sprite Sheet Maker. Sprite Sheet Maker is a handy no fuss utility to pack sprites
• Sprite Sheet Slicer. Sprite Sheet Slicer is a handy no fuss utility to slice sprites
• SpriteLib. Collection of static and animated graphic objects (also commonly known as sprites).
• SpriteUV2 Paid. Tool for creating optimal meshes for textures/sprites and packing them into an atlas.
• Starbound. Travel across vibrant, colorful and expansive galaxies, including creative dynamic animations.
• Stitches. An HTML5 sprite sheet generator
• Talos VFX. Node based, open source VFX Editor with interface and a ready to use libGDX runtime.
• Tilesplit. CLI text-based tilesheet splitter and namer. Turn a spritesheet into many separate files with names you pick, or not if you don't care. Support templates and textures that are not all the same size
• Walking animation cycle in games. Tutorial series on 2D walk-cycle animation for games.
• Wobblepaint. Pico8 editor that give life to pixel art with a little wobble.

Game Dev Tools: AI & Procedural Generation

WFC, noise, procedural pipelines, economy design.

Related:

• DotRecast. A port of Recast & Detour, navigation mesh toolset for games, Unity3D, servers, C#.
• Fast Noise Lite. Fast noise generation (Perlin, Simplex, Cellular).
• Machinations Paid. Visual tool for designing and simulating game economies.
• Procedural GL JS. Based on Three.js, this framework is dedicated to generating a 3D Map experience on a web service.
• Wave Function Collapse. Procedural generation from example patterns.

Game Dev Tools: Physics Engines

Open-source physics engines.

• Box2D v3. 2D physics engine rewrite by Erin Catto.
• Box2D.NET. A port of Box2D, is a 2D physics engine for games,.NET C#, Unity3D, servers.
• Cannon.js. Lightweight and simple 3D physics engine for the web.
• Jolt Physics. Open-source 3D physics (used in Horizon Forbidden West).
• Lockstep Framework. A framework designed for games that need lockstep simulations. It includes a deterministic 2D physics engine, pathfinding, behavior system. LSF is integrated with Unity.
• Rapier. Rust physics engine (2D/3D, used with Bevy).
• UnrealJolt. Jolt physics integration (Plugin) for Unreal Engine 5 (UE5)

Game Dev Tools: Version Control

Version control for binary-heavy game projects.

Related:

• Git LFS. Large file storage for Git.

Game Dev Tools: Analytics & Playtesting

Analytics and playtesting services.

• Steam Playtest. Free playtesting on Steam.

Game Design & Theory

Design fundamentals, patterns, and references.

Related:

• Deconstructor of Fun. F2P game design and business.
• DevianArt7Soul1. Offers a specific set of 420 pixel art icons designed for RPG games.
• Epic Games. Epic Games on GitHub. Official Unreal Engine and related repos.
• friflo ECS. High-performance C# ECS with simple API. Supports.NET, WASM/WebAssembly, Native AOT, Unity, Godot, MonoGame,..
• Game Development Essentials: Game Level Design. Book on game level design fundamentals.
• Game Programming Patterns. Lots of great game development patterns useful when making games with or without Unity.
• Game UI Database. Searchable database of game UI/UX screenshots for interface reference.
• How To Market A Game. Marketing strategies for indie games.
• LWF. Lightweight SWF. LWF is an animation engine which can play animation data converted from FLASH contents in HTML5, Unity, Cocos2d-x, iOS UIKit.
• Phototiler. Lightweight photorealistic map renderer that allows quick rendering of 3D maps for creative cartography.
• Pixel Composer (GitHub). Node-based VFX editor for pixel art.
• pixeldudesmaker. Small pixel-art character generator, with basic animation.
• Red Blob Games. Interactive visual explanations (pathfinding, hex grids, noise).
• Slynyrd. American, game designer with tons of material, game specific knowledge and mini-tutorials.
• SpriteKit. SpriteKit code to make your game work on iOS, macOS, and tvOS without a hitch.
• Spritemate. Online Editor for Commodore 64 Sprites
• Timanthes. A pixel art editor for the Commodore 64 computer running on Windows
• Turbulenz. HTML5 game engine for building, publishing, and monetising games with 3D effects and real-time physics.
• Unity Audio Manager. Plugin to play, change, stop, and mute 2D/3D sounds in Unity.
• Unity Game Programming Patterns. Game Programming Pattern Examples in Unity3D.
• Unity in Action (book). Hands-on Unity game development book (Manning).
• Unity Technologies. Unity Technologies on GitHub. Official Unity repos and samples.

Game Dev: YouTube Channels

Channels covering game dev technique, design, and industry.

• 📺 Learning All IN ORDER ~ Game Dev Cave. Unreal game-dev tutorial channel: blueprints, C++, quests, and GAS, ordered for beginners (160+ videos).
• Aarthificial. Pixel art devlogs.
• Acerola. Graphics programming.
• Blackthornprod. 2D art and design.
• Cain On Games. Tim Cain (Fallout creator) on game design philosophy and war stories.
• Freya Holmer. Math for game devs, shaders.
• Game Maker's Toolkit. Game design analysis.
• GDQuest (YouTube). Godot tutorials.
• Jonas Tyroller. Indie dev logs.
• Libgdx Wiki. Libgdx documentation wiki (includes Texture Packer page).
• Lincoln Margison. Procedural animation tutorials. Step by step walkthroughs for game dev rigging and motion.
• Masahiro Sakurai. Game design philosophy, 250+ episodes.
• MFGD - Fragment Shaders. YouTube playlist about fragment shaders.
• Pontypants. Animation for games.
• Sebastian Lague. Procedural generation and simulations.
• t3ssel8r. Stylized rendering.
• The Cherno Project. While not specific to Unreal Engine, Cherno has tons of great C++ and general game engine content.
• Thomas Brush. Indie business and marketing.

Game Dev: Courses

Structured game dev courses.

• CS50 Game Development (Harvard). Free, covers Love2D, Unity.
• Polyglot Gamedev Mastersheet. Massive community-curated master list of game dev resources across engines, art, audio, and design.

Game Dev: Communities

Reddit, Discord, forums, indie job boards.

• Brackeys Discord. Brackeys Discord community.
• Game Dev League. Game dev Discord.
• Games Artist. Game art community with breakdowns, tutorials, and showcases.
• IndieDB. Indie game database and promotion.
• r/gamedesign. Game design subreddit.
• r/gamedev. 1.5M+ game dev subreddit.
• r/IndieDev. Indie developer subreddit.
• r/indiegaming. Indie gaming subreddit.
• r/pixelart. Pixel art subreddit.
• r/unrealengine. Unreal Engine subreddit.
• TIGSource Forums. Long-running indie forum.
• Unreal Slackers. Unreal Engine Discord community.
• Work With Indies. Indie game job board.

Game Jams

Recurring game jams.

• Brackeys Game Jam. Beginner-friendly jam.
• Global Game Jam. Annual, in-person worldwide.
• GMTK Game Jam. Largest jam by entries.
• itch.io Jams. Hundreds of active jams.
• JS13KGames. 13KB size limit JavaScript jam.

Game Engines: Free & Open Source

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Game Engines: Commercial Free Tiers

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