Jun 8, 2016
Episode 74 gives JT and Jeff another great listener request! What software tools are useful for pre-production, before getting to The Game Crafter's online process.
So JT and Jeff run down some useful tools that you can use to assist in creating your games.
Raster Image Software
Adobe Photoshop: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html?promoid=KLXLS
Pixelmator: http://www.pixelmator.com/mac/
Affinity Photo: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/
Paintshop Pro: http://www.paintshoppro.com/
GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/
Paint.Net: http://www.getpaint.net/index.html
MS Paint
PhotoPlus: http://www.serif.com/photoplus/
Vector Image Software
Adobe Illustrator: https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html?promoid=KLXLT
CorelDRAW: http://www.coreldraw.com/us/product/graphic-design-software/
Affinity Designer: https://affinity.serif.com/
Inkscape: https://inkscape.org/
Krita: https://krita.org/
DrawPlus: http://www.serif.com/drawplus/
Desktop Publishing Software
Adobe InDesign: https://www.adobe.com/products/indesign.html?promoid=KLXLU
QuarkXPress: http://www.quark.com/Products/QuarkXPress/
Swift Publisher: https://www.belightsoft.com/products/swiftpublisher/
Microsoft Publisher: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.323025400
Scribus: https://www.scribus.net/
PagePlus: http://www.serif.com/pageplus/
Automated Software Tools
Look into Data Merge tools in some of the above mentioned software.
NANDeck: http://www.nand.it/nandeck/
Paperize: http://paperize.io/
Squib: http://squib.rubyforge.org/
Programming/Scripting language of your choice: Build your own.
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