Tools for Starting a Game Company

[Zeriab]

I suggest adding DaVinci Resolve as video editing tool.

 

[BreakerZero]

I also forgot to mention this earlier, but for video conference call services you can also add Zoom and Teams - these are the newest ones on the block but are just as useful as what came before.

 

[ATT_Turan]

Also, paint tools should definitely include GIMP.

The OP included it under pixel art (as he did Photoshop, when both programs can certainly do "paint" as well...so I'm not sure what the delineating intent was, instead of just listing art software).
And while it's fine to drop stuff in here in case people happen to come across the thread, I don't think there's much likelihood of the list getting edited by a user who hasn't logged on for almost two years

 

[BreakerZero]

The OP included it under pixel art (as he did Photoshop, when both programs can certainly do "paint" as well...so I'm not sure what the delineating intent was, instead of just listing art software).
And while it's fine to drop stuff in here in case people happen to come across the thread, I don't think there's much likelihood of the list getting edited by a user who hasn't logged on for almost two years

Updated accordingly. I guess I must have missed that one. Though seeing as to how useful this is, then perhaps it would be worth suggesting that a mod take over from where the OP left off, maybe even verify if everything still works in the links. And if anyone else has something to add then they can certainly do so.

EDIT: It's also a pinned thread so that particular comment wasn’t actually necessary.

 

[Freedom]

UPDATED!
Intellisense @ https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/inde...tellisense-update-sublime-atom-support.81551/
Mixamo @ https://www.mixamo.com/ <Suggested by BreakerZero>
Sketchup @ https://sketchup.com/

Discord is now being used in business game development environments

Testing:
Bluestacks @ https://bluestacks.com <Suggested by BreakerZero>
GenyMotion @ https://www.genymotion.com/fun-zone/
Oracle Virtual Box @ https://www.virtualbox.org/
Android Studio @ https://developer.android.com/studio

Doodly @ https://www.doodly.com/
Calendly @ https://calendly.com/

Mint @ http://mint.com/ <Suggested by BreakerZero>
NerdWallet @ http://nerdwallet.com/ <Suggested by BreakerZero>
One Finance @ http://onefinance.com/ <Suggested by BreakerZero>
Sable @ http://sablecard.com/ <Suggested by BreakerZero>

I also have this list for departments and roles that I may add in the future

Spoiler: Roles

a. Operations
i. Business analysis & intelligence
1) Business analysts
2) Business intelligence
ii. Communications
1) Community communications
2) Office communications
iii. Office management
1) Office manager
2) Office assistant
3) Executive assistant
b. Finance/Accounting
i. Finance
1) CFO
2) Controller
3) Financer
ii. Accounting
1) Accountant
iii. HR
1) Benefits
2) Payroll
3) Recruiting
c. Programmers
i. Development
1) Character
2) Monster
3) Environment
4) Events
ii. Quality Assurance
1) QA Engineer
2) QA Tester
iii. Web
d. Artists
i. 2D
1) Concept artist
2) Texture artist
3) Marketing designer
4) Web designer
ii. 3D
1) Character artist
2) Monster artist
3) Environment artist
4) (Optionally) SFX artist
e. Game designers
i. Monster designer
ii. Character developer
iii. Level/Area designer
iv. Environment designer
v. Plot and events designer
f. Marketing
i. Intelligence
1) Marketing intelligence
2) Market research
3) Analytics
ii. Sales
1) B2C
2) B2B
3) Govt
a) Public
b) Military
iii. Communications
1) Social media
2) Public relations
g. IT
i. Cloud/Server administration
ii. Security
iii. Network
iv. Technical Support
h. Production
i. Project management
i. Cinematics
i. Audio
1) Music
2) Sound
ii. Voice actors
j. Legal department
i. Services
ii. Localization
k. Localization team
l. Community support
i. Community management
ii. Customer support

 

[YuiSato]

Id also recommend https://zenkit.com/ for project management. Its free for basic stuff. You can make teams set priority for items for example high priority on a new character graphic over low priority on spell checking a scene. You can assign jobs to certain people or groups and a estimated due date. plus more and if you like it you can alway pay for the pro which gets you more flexibility and options but even the free edition is really good. Although it is limiting so if your doing a big game or a big group then you would need to do the pro upgrade .(9$) a month or you can do a annual plan.The free plan only gets you up to 3 member.

 

[Lokie]

Also, Trello is a great time management tool.

Very useful for splitting up large projects into simple tasks.