#4835

sfxr – Simple and fun game sound effects generator

[ Mac Software ] [ Linux Software ] Music Auxiliary

sfxr (short for Sound Effects Rater) is a free and tiny sound effect quick generating tool specially designed for game developers, developed by Tomas Pettersson (DrPetter) from Sweden in the 10th Ludum Dare competition in 2007. As a procedural video game sound automatic generator for Windows, it's so popular that it has many code transplantation works on Mac, Linux, Web, ActionScript and iPhone, made by other developers.

#4827

[v24.3] DBeaver – Free, open-source and cross-platform universal database tool & SQL client

Program & Develop [ Mac Software ] [ Linux Software ]

When it comes to connecting to a database, Navicat this graphical and easy-to-use database connection tool is well suited to meet your various needs. But since that when it executes statements like delete from table, update table set column='value', you would get no indication if they were executed without additional conditions. As a result, database maintainers can cause data disasters if they are not careful enough during routine maintenance. That's why some companies are starting to ask for a switch to DBeaver.

#4787

TeamSpeak – Secure and reliable team voice communication app for gamers

Contact & Communicate [ Mac Software ] [ Linux Software ] [ Mobile ]

TeamSpeak is a very excellent free and cross-platform professional team VoIP (Voice over Internet Phone) communication application specially designed for online gamers around the world. It was developed by TeamSpeak Systems from Germany in 1999, and has become one of the most popular and renowned voice communication platforms for online games in the world.

#4784

[v6.20] PureBasic – Easy and cross-platform BASIC programming language & native compiler

Program & Develop [ Mac Software ] [ Linux Software ]

PureBasic is a procedural computer programming language and cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) for Windows, Mac and Linux (both 32-bit and 64-bit). It is written based on the established BASIC rules, developed by Frédéric Laboureur from France in 1998. Most importantly, the learning of PureBasic is very easy, that's why it has won so many beginners and highly qualified programmers.

#4779

NextPVR – Watch and record live TV programs

Multimedia [ Mac Software ] [ Linux Software ] [ Mobile ]

NextPVR is a simple, easy-to-use, free and cross-platform personal video recording (PVR) software, as well as a media center type of program. You can utilize it to watch the live television programs, play DVD movies, music, and browse photos that are stored on other devices in your home network. Or, you can use NextPVR to record your favorite TV shows for later reviewing.

#4756

VLC media player – Classic, ace audio and video player that can compete with Mplayer

Multimedia [ Mac Software ] [ Linux Software ] [ Mobile ]

VLC media player (VLC for short = abbreviation of VideoLAN Client) is a free, open-source and cross-platform multimedia player developed by VideoLAN from France. VideoLAN was originally a project plan of the students at École Centrale Paris (ECP) started in 2001, with members from all over the world. It originally consisted of VideoLAN Client (VLC) and VideoLAN Server (VLS) these two programs. However, because most of the VLS functionalities had been integrated into VLC, they eventually renamed this project VLC media player.

#4739

Irrlicht Engine – A free, open-source and lighting fast realtime 3D engine

Program & Develop [ Mac Software ] [ Linux Software ]

To learn 3D game development with limited pockets, I guess you've tried many classic, free, open-source game development engines like TV3D (Truevision3D), OGRE and Irrlicht Engine. By contrast, the pros of TV3D are easy to learn and get started with; its cons are that it was built based on the ActiveX control and requires the RunTime DLL to be registered before running; OGRE is better than Irrlicht in that it has a capable and vigorous engine framework, and supports for extending new functionality in the form of plug-ins (this is better than Irrlicht); but its downside is that it's not easy to get started with.

#4738

Visual Studio Code – Free, open-source and cross-platform modern code editor by Microsoft

Program & Develop [ Mac Software ] [ Linux Software ]

At the Build 2015 developer conference, in addition to the release of Microsoft Edge browser and the preview version of the brand new Windows 10, the biggest surprise was the release of Visual Studio Code - a free, open-source and cross-platform code editor for programming modern Web and cloud applications. Its direct competitors are Sublime Text, Atom, Vim, Notepad++, Brackets, etc. In order to improve its competitiveness, it even provides keyboard shortcuts installation for them all.

#4737

Tiled – Best free, easy-to-use and highly flexible level editor

Program & Develop [ Mac Software ] [ Linux Software ]

Tiled (full name: Tiled Map Editor) is currently the most popular, powerful and flexible tiled map/level editor for all types of 2D games, developed by Thorbjørn Lindeijer in 2008 (written in Java, therefore it's cross-platform). It is identified as an edge tool for 2D game developers to quickly create game maps.

#4711

[v1.9x] CrossFTP – Powerful FTP and cloud storage client/server

Upload & Download [ Mac Software ] [ Linux Software ]

CrossFTP is a powerful, stable, easy to use, portable and cross-platform FTP/FXP/SFTP/FTPS/Cloud Storage client software developed by CrossFTP Software from China. It was written in Java, takes the interface design similar to Windows Explorer. Users who are familiar with FlashFXP and CuteFTP will probably like it.