Comments on: 10 Free & Essential Tools for any Indie Game Developer

By: Bruno

Bruno — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:11:52 +0000

mike – good to know… thats a huge reason to switch to installJammer

By: Juuso

Juuso — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:19:22 +0000

Cool hint, thanks.

Regarding Dropbox – what if somebody deletes a file from dropbox? (Like accidentally would delete those 3 pic files). Are they gone forever automatically when you sync?

By: mike

mike — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:48:41 +0000

Most are downloads (Google stuff, Pivotal Tracker, and wordpress are the only web).

Check out this list for more useful tools:
http://forums.indiegamer.com/showthread.php?t=19911

They’re not all free, but there’s some gems in there

By: Dalin

Dalin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:54:58 +0000

InstallJammer is amazing so thanks for that. It sucks that a lot of the other tools are web-based though. I really prefer desktop applications.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:31:43 +0000

bignobody- excellent point on all the free audio/image stuff.

bruno- I’ve used innosetup too and like it, but install jammer can create linux, mac and windows installers vs. just windows so it wins.

By: Bruno

Bruno — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:39:37 +0000

Nice post! I’ve used InnoSetup for installing years ago, but I’ll check out InstallJammer. I could never fully get to the point of getting Google Analytics to work for me… can you share any tips on how you set it up and how you use it to benefit you?

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:13:52 +0000

I’m one of the crazy few who stick with NSIS. It’s not terribly difficult to use, but you definitely have to script everything down to the last detail.

As an added bonus, I’ve had success rolling my own Windows installer with NSIS from inside a Linux distro.

Oh… Linux. That might make a good #11 for Tools for Indie developers.

By: bignobody

bignobody — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:24:02 +0000

Nice list! A few more free tools that are invaluable to me:

The Gimp for all my image manipulation needs (who needs Photoshop? Not me): gimp.org

Audacity for all my sound creation/manipulation needs – lots of plug-ins available: audacity.sourceforge.net

Blender for all my 3D modelling needs: blender.org