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Wacom Intuos Pro (Medium)

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A screenless pen tablet that has been the default recommendation for 2D artists and texture painters for years. The medium size is the sweet spot for most desks: large enough for sweeping concept strokes, small enough to sit beside a keyboard. Pairs well with Photoshop, Krita, Aseprite and Blender's sculpt tools.

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Dell UltraSharp U2723QE

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A 27-inch 4K monitor aimed at colour-critical work, with a built-in USB-C hub that tidies up a laptop-based setup. A common pick for artists and technical artists who need to trust what they see when reviewing textures, lighting and UI.

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Pixel Art for Game Developers

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Game Anim: Video Game Animation Explained: A Complete Guide to Video Game Animation

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VRchat Vtuber character model

VRChat Avatar Creation & Upgrades Contact me directly to discord Howdy My name is Shadowpaw a skilled 3D Avatar Artist specializing in VRChat and virtual character creation. I work with …

ShadowPaw · Oct 26, 2026

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Reply in: Wayfarer UI — expedition inventory and shop assets with editable Godot examples ($3.99)

Thanks, thecrownforge — your suggestions helped me focus the update on the item slots. Wayfarer UI 1.1 is now live, with these changes in both the browser and Godot examples: …

Kintich · Oct 26, 2026

Godot game-ui Inventory 2D Assets

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Reply in: Wayfarer UI — expedition inventory and shop assets with editable Godot examples ($3.99)

Item slots would be the most useful part to show more clearly. Especially moving focus with a controller, swapping two items and cancelling a drag without losing the item.

thecrownforge · Oct 25, 2026

Godot game-ui Inventory 2D Assets

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[Free tool] Cutframe — sprite-sheet slicing, animation preview and PNG export in your browser

Hi everyone, I'm sharing Cutframe, a free browser tool for turning a sprite sheet into individual PNG frames. You can:• Open a PNG, JPEG or WebP sheet and define a …

smalltoolbench · Oct 25, 2026

2D Sprites Tools Free

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Wayfarer UI — expedition inventory and shop assets with editable Godot examples ($3.99)

Wayfarer UI is a digital interface pack for game developers. It combines angular inventory and shop artwork in two palettes, Midnight and Daybreak, with 24 illustrated items. The download includes …

Kintich · Oct 24, 2026

Godot game-ui Inventory 2D Assets

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Reply in: [HOBBY][UNITY][C#] MakeLore — Building a Long-Term Multi-Game Team

Hi! I'm open to take part of your projects. U can check my projects in profile and discord nickname)

Deni Kin · Oct 23, 2026

Unity C# 2D indie Hobby

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Reply in: NIB 1.0.0 released — free visual 2D & 3D game editor with JavaScript and local MCP

NIB 1.1.0 is now the current stable browser-editor release. Since 1.0.1, I have continued improving the full authoring loop: scene editing and selection/history, Play/Stop, project transfers, script conflicts, backups/recovery, asset …

Moorad · Oct 21, 2026

game-engine Javascript 2D 3D MCP

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[Tool] Sprite Batch: offline PNG sheet slicing — free demo, full edition US$3.99+

Sprite Batch is NexoIA's downloadable HTML tool for splitting regular PNG sprite sheets into individual frames. This is our paid tool, with a free single-sheet demo you can test using …

nexoia · Oct 18, 2026

2D Sprites Tools

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[Paid] Consistent PNG canvases for game UI images — $10 resizing service

Have UI icons or portraits with mixed dimensions, but need them to fit the same space without cutting off the edges? I can prepare your supplied images on one agreed …

HarborStudio · Oct 12, 2026

2D game dev tools

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NinjaRPS: our take on the old ICQ rock paper scissors game (Android/iOS)

Hi everyone! Remember the rock paper scissors game from the ICQ days? We loved it, so we rebuilt it with Phaser as a bigger and more varied version for mobile. …

ninjarps · Oct 12, 2026

indiegame android Mobile multiplayer 2D

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Ambient PNG Loops - animate PNG props and export sprite sheets (US$2.99+)

I've released Ambient PNG Loops, a tool for adding gentle flutter and sway to transparent PNG artwork, such as a flag or a decorative prop. Load your PNG, choose which …

AlderMetric · Oct 12, 2026

2D Animation Sprites Tools gamedev

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Hey everyone! 👋 Welcome to the SWEG Games testing group, and thanks for helping me test Voxel Racer!

Hey everyone! 👋 Welcome to the SWEG Games testing group, and thanks for helping me test Voxel Racer! To get the conversation started, reply below with: Your phone model. Whether …

pam_pam_pam · Oct 12, 2026

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Reply in: GameMaker programmer needed.

Are you not considering Unity?

MaksusDev · Oct 11, 2026

GameMaker 2D gamedev

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Reply in: GameMaker programmer needed.

Hi, I hope you do find something but I think it is quite unlikely. Free workers are not serious as you pointed out and neither are cheap workers, or you …

Riccardo Rivera · Oct 10, 2026

GameMaker 2D gamedev

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Reply in: Hi everyone! New here – sharing my free, handcrafted game UI kit

Hi Steve, I am a solo indie dev working on my first title: Memorabilia. I am trying to learn all of the main components of a video game: writing, design, …

Riccardo Rivera · Oct 10, 2026

game-ui 2D free-assets Affinity PhotoShop

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Reply in: KAIVERN - a persistent RPG built around one living world. Looking for professional feedback on technical feasibility

lisovec wrote: Hi! I used AI. Through a lot of iteration, experimentation, and multiple generations, I gradually arrived at the visual style I had in mind, making sure it matched …

Riccardo Rivera · Oct 10, 2026

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Hi everyone! New here – sharing my free, handcrafted game UI kit

Hi everyone! I'm new to the GameDev.net community, so I thought I'd start by introducing myself and sharing something I made a while ago. I'm an independent software developer working …

SteveButabi · Oct 10, 2026

game-ui 2D free-assets Affinity PhotoShop

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Reply in: KAIVERN - a persistent RPG built around one living world. Looking for professional feedback on technical feasibility

What happens if two players in separate personal scenes try to buy the same unique item from an NPC? The server can decide who gets it, but I'm more curious …

gyuforge · Oct 10, 2026

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GameMaker programmer needed.

I'm looking for a GameMaker programmer to work on the code for my game's demo. I'll introduce my game and send the design doc through email to anyone who's interested.This …

JakeRiley · Oct 10, 2026

GameMaker 2D gamedev

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Reply in: KAIVERN - a persistent RPG built around one living world. Looking for professional feedback on technical feasibility

KAIVERN looks super ambitious! Balancing a shared authoritative world state with personal presence is a really cool angle. On the simulation side, layering the resolution so millions of NPCs only …

Freyaa · Oct 7, 2026

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