Mixamo, provider of motion capture data for characters and clever automatic rigging, has published an overview of 10 free (some as in beer, some as in speech) tools and repositories for game developers (and for any other 3D designer, I'm sure).
Mixamo writes:
If you are an independent game developer, you are likely working within a very fixed budget, however that doesn't mean that your game must be low quality. If you are a talented artist or programmer, there are a number of good free resources that can help your project development without draining your bank account. It is obvious that expensive tools can often do things that free tools can't, but the core development of a game does not need to rely on these tools. If you are an artist, there is good software to help you create content. If you are a good programmer, there are free development environments.
We would like to present some free resources that can assist you in developing your independent game. This list is not comprehensive but rather a good slice of programs that we feel are useful.
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1 stuff missed. http://incompetech.com/ for free music background. :)
Thanks! Add whatever free resource you can find to this thread!
Unreal game engine http://www.udk.com/
LMMS(Linux MultiMedia Studio) Free Music creator
MyPaint for illustration and conceptart http://mypaint.intilinux.com/
http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html - sound effect generator by DrPetter, who is also behind Sculptris
http://inkscape.org/ - Vector graphics editor, for which I also discovered some excellent tutorials by Chris Hildebrand on Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/author/ChrisHildenbrand/6036/)
jamendo.com for really neat music (every genre you can think of) for your proyects and many more affordable royalty free ones... really shines for making good moods , but there is a "catch" : most of the times the music is far better than the animations themselves :P.
pure talented musicians works are there...
The newgrounds audio portal http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/ is also very great. You have to give credit, but all found here can be used for personal purpose.
I think the biggset problem is getting a concept artist in team.
There's another great resource i guess. Its Anvil Studio or Musescore, its a great free MiDI music composing software. But i suggest anvil studio.
How about this one:
http://freegameslist.weebly.com/game-creation-tools.html
Its got a category of free game development tools. :)
W.O.W Sound has a royalty-free music library with over 200 video game music tracks and 1200 sound effects, suitable for a wide genre of games. Would be a good resource for indie devs looking for music for their projects! https://wowsound.com/