Tiled is a general purpose tile map editor. It’s built to be easy to use, yet flexible enough to work with varying game engines, whether your game is an RPG, platformer or Breakout clone. Tiled is free software and written in C++, using the Qt application framework.
The Persistence of Vision Raytracer is a high-quality, totally free tool for creating stunning three-dimensional graphics. It is available in official versions for Windows, Mac OS/Mac OS X and i86 Linux. The source code is available for those wanting to do their own ports.
Arcade Game Studio is a program for making and playing games with the style and gameplay of the 80′s arcade games. Includes genres such as Run’n'Gun, vertical and horizontal Shooters or Platform games, so you will be able to make similar games to Pac-Man, Commando, 1942, Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins or Gauntlet, all with your own sprite sheets, pixel art, sound effects and music, and of course, with no coding at all.
Dreemchest is an amazing 2D development engine packed with features. Create beautiful games, graphically-rich apps or eBooks and deploy them across platforms and devices. Making cross-platform and cross-resolution applications is very easy! Build for: Windows, Android, Flash, OS X and iOS.
Ethanon Engine is a free 2D game development tool focused on the recent video cards for hardware acceleration and shader effects. It may be used to develop any style of game, such as top-down view RPG’s, side scrollers and shoot’em up games. The main goal of this engine is to provide high-quality lighting, shadow and particle effects with an easy to use visual interface and a simple and direct scripting system. Games can be made for Windows, Android and iOS.
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