Free resources

[Guppy]

This gets asked often enough that we should properly dedicate a thread to it:

 

 

Each site on this list has their own license terms - be sure to read them

 

Textures:

http://cgtextures.com/

http://texturemate.com/

http://textures.thefree3dmodels.com/

 

Models:

http://www.blendswap.com/blends/

http://tf3dm.com/3d-models/ [uses copy righted textures and materials]

http://opengameart.org/

http://www.katorlegaz.com/3d_models/index.php

http://www.turbosquid.com/Search/3D-Models?max_price=0&min_price=0

 

 

2D / Ui:

http://www.glitchthegame.com/public-domain-game-art/

http://opengameart.org/

http://www.lostgarden.com/search/label/free%20game%20graphics

http://www.reinerstilesets.de/

http://openfontlibrary.org/

 

 

Music:

http://www.freesound.org/

http://naturesoundsfor.me/

http://freemusicarchive.org/

http://soundimage.org/

 

 

Animation / Motion capture:

http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu/

http://www.mocapdata.com/index.cgi?category_id=19053

 

Theory/Books

http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems/gpugems_part01.html

http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems2/gpugems2_part01.html

http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems3/gpugems3_ch01.html

http://paulbourke.net/geometry/polygonise/ (for all the mincraft cloners )

 

"Safe" licenses include ( but not limited to )

CC-0

CC-BY

MIT

Apache

BSD

 

"Unsafe" licenses include ( again not limited to )

GPL

CC-BY-SA

CC-BY-SA-NC

 

 

 

I'll add descriptions and license tags to the links later, in the mean time feel free to contribute your own links

[AggrorJorn]

Thats a nice list. Do you mind if I add this to the User guide?

[YouGroove]

CgTexture : the best

Last Tomb Raider game, 3D artist level used a lot CgTextures to speed up level creation a lot.

 

Didin't know http://opengameart.org/ : really cool stuff if you dig.

[Guppy]

Thats a nice list. Do you mind if I add this to the User guide?

 

Not at all

[gamecreator]

Free and paid models of varying quality: turbosquid

[Kavex]

Made one of those days ago

[DudeAwesome]

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/files?showbanner=0

 

[Guppy]

Made one of those days ago

http://www.reddit.com/r/Leadwerks/comments/1wokdx/free_models_textures_sounds/

 

I'll dig through them and add them to the list this weekend when I can find the time - do beware tho that some of them ( like the Ryzom link ) use questionable/unsafe/cancerous licensing terms.

 

I should properly also explain the licenses a bit.

[Kavex]

I'll dig through them and add them to the list this weekend when I can find the time - do beware tho that some of them ( like the Ryzom link ) use questionable/unsafe/cancerous licensing terms.

 

I should properly also explain the licenses a bit.

 

Not all of them are for commercial use

[DudeAwesome]

I dont know why someone should use free resources for commercial use. this is just wrong. IMO free resources are a good startpoint to have something to work with and learn.

[gamecreator]

You mean if you buy the same model for $50 then it's ok? I don't understand. Good models come at all price points. Bad ones too.

[Kavex]

I dont know why someone should use free resources for commercial use. this is just wrong. IMO free resources are a good startpoint to have something to work with and learn.

 

Well not all of us are artists and if all it takes to use the model is just give credit then that easy.

[Benji385]

Do not use TF3DM most models on the site are ripped from other games using them in your games will result in a lawsuit from a major publisher (Ubisoft, EA, Etc.).

 

I would also highly recommend taking off this list.

[gamecreator]

Good point Benji, though I would leave it on with a warning by it. They can still be used as placeholders or professional models to study from and emulate.

[Benji385]

Good point Benji, though I would leave it on with a warning by it. They can still be used as placeholders or professional models to study from and emulate.

 

I would personally have it taken off the list - Just because well it is looked down upon when people rip models from other games.

 

Most models that are ripped from a game typically have triangles opposed to quads. They would be good for practicing retopo work on but other that nothing more.

 

Quads are allot easier to work with opposed to a bunch of tiny triangles.

[Josh]

The Steam Workshop is surprisingly lenient with this sort of thing. Looking at other games out there, it seems like kind of the wild west right now.