I’ve compiled a list of free graphics and sound files that you can use in your games. The chapter on using graphics and sound files with the Pygame library is in Chapter 19 of the “Invent with Python” book.
UPDATE: I just found a great, huge list: The Ultimate Indie Game Developer Resource List. There’s also the Wikimedia Commons, OpenClipArt.org, and http://www.sxc.hu/, a free stock photography site.
ANOTHER UPDATE:
Here’s another great site with free graphics: http://hasgraphics.com/
And this site has all sorts of random but cool free graphics: http://www.derekyu.com/tigs/assemblee/
2D Graphics, Art, and Tiles
- OpenGameArt.org
The best collection of free 2D artwork.
- Sithjester’s RMXP Resources
Awesome collection of 2D sprite characters.
- Dungeoneering.net
Fantasy and RPG tiles. Check out their Most Downloaded section.
- Lost Garden
A good blog, and also where you can find the very generic but handy PlanetCute tiles.
- Texture Lib
Several photographic textures that are free to use.
- Ambardia.com
Reiner Prokein has released his fantasy RPG graphics for use by others.
- The Spriters Resource
A decent collection of sprites. Contains sprites from old video games, so there may be copyright issues if you widely release or sell your game.
Sound Effects
Music
- Jamendo.com
Modern indie music released under Creative Commons
- The Video Game Music Archive
Music from old video games. There may be copyright issues if you widely spread or sell your games with this content.
- Public Domain 4 U
Old and new music that is in the public domain.
- SimplytheBest Sounds
This site has both music and sound effects.
Useful Software
- Greenshot
Take pictures of your screen. Helpful if you want an image of something that is on your screen.
- Audacity Sound Editor
An excellent audio and sound file editor.
- Tile Studio
A tile editor.
- as3sfxr
A Flash tool for generating sound effects.
- bfxr
Another Flash tool for sound effects.
Nice list, thanks for sharing it!
Posted by Mariusz on May 2nd, 2011.
Thanks for the link!
May be time for me to take another crack at Python…
Hmmm..
Posted by TheDungeoneer on May 2nd, 2011.
Hi all,great book but i get errors when i try to run any programme with sound files,it says unable to open the soundfile.wav.Do i need to install these file, i’m running python 3 on a linux system Anyone point me in right direction.. Thanks..
Posted by Ivor on May 4th, 2011.