Useful Links

A Hodgepodge of useful links:

GAME DEVELOPMENT YOUTUBE CHANNELS
Extra Credits: http://extra-credits.net/

GAME ENGINES
Unreal

1. UDK: https://www.unrealengine.com/products/udk
2. UE4: https://www.unrealengine.com/

Unity3D: http://unity3d.com/

GameMaker: https://www.yoyogames.com/studio

GameSalad: http://gamesalad.com/

Construct: https://www.scirra.com/

3D Modeling
http://3d.about.com/od/Career-Resources/tp/5-Common-Pitfalls-Of-Beginning-Modelers.htm

Industry Stuff
Hiring an artist: http://gamasutra.com/blogs/ZacharyStrebeck/20141219/232822/Hiring_a_gamedev_artist_Here_are_some_things_to_keep_in_mind.php
Game Career Guide 2014 (including: finish your jam game): http://dc.ubm-us.com/i/360245

Theory:
Annoying debates: http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/DanielCook/20141227/233237/Top_5_design_debates_ignored_in_2014.php
Subversion: http://gamasutra.com/blogs/SimonCarless/20141229/233311/Video_Games__StandUp_Comedy__Subversion_In_Common.php
Agile Manifesto:  http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/CharlesPalmer/20141215/230581/The_Agile_Principles_of_Game_DesignDevelopment.php

She's not playing it wrong:
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LaralynMcWilliams/20141030/229072/Shes_Not_Playing_It_Wrong.php

Games that grow with the child:  http://gamasutra.com/blogs/NancyMacIntyre/20141021/228212/Level_up__Designing_Ed_Games_that_Grow_with_the_Child.php

Video Game Violence:  http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/229452/No_correlation_between_game_violence_and_realworld_violence_says_new_study.php

Using game systems to explore societal systems: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/232873/Using_systems_to_explain_systemic_problems_in_Parable_of_the_Polygons.php

Future of Games by Cliffy B:  http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/221534/Cliff_Bleszinski_opens_up_about_the_future_of_games.php



Techniques:
research to create 2D cake house:  http://gamasutra.com/blogs/JunxueLi/20141229/233249/Making_a_cake_house_for_dessert_themed_games_Part_I.php
Textureless 3D:  http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/TomasSala/20140206/210238/Making_textureless_3D_work_a_howtomaking_of_guide.php
How we make 2D games:  http://gamasutra.com/blogs/ChadAta/20141211/231678/What_We_Use_to_Make_Our_2D_Games.php
Resolution problems: http://gamasutra.com/blogs/IanMartin/20141218/232772/Making_Your_PC_Game_Resolution_Agnostic__Solving_the_Resolution_Problem.php
Game-A-Week:  http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/223979/Why_make_a_game_a_week_Learning_game_development_in_public.php

http://gamemechanicexplorer.com

Cool Stuff:

https://dictoven.wordpress.com/

Play some games:

Twine: writing: http://mrwasteland.itch.io/twwds

LinkedIn people I want to remember:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elanruskin

Pitch Deck:
http://www.bubbleguminteractive.com/news/pitch-deck-for-indie-games-developers/
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RyanSumo/20160620/275270/How_Political_Animals_Got_a_Publisher__Part_3.php

UE4: animations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWbd0Wowwnk

GoogleCardboard UE4: https://www.reddit.com/r/unrealengine/comments/4tz2fu/i_made_a_ue4_google_cardboard_vr_guide/