Here’s a list of things I’m be using for the 37th Ludum Dare Jam! I’ll make sure to keep updating this list during the jam.

Libraries

• SFML – Simple and Fast Multimedia Library
• Thor – Extends SFML in some ways
• JSON for Modern C++ – Awesome library to read JSON files
• SmallGameFramework – My small base framework

Programming Tools

• C++ – The language
• CLion – JetBrains’ C++ IDE
• CMake – Meta build system
• MinGW-w64 – Compiler

Audio Tools

• Bfxr – Sound effects generator
• REAPER – Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
• cgMusic – Music generator
• Synth1 – Free VST synthesizer

Image Tools

• PhotoFiltre – Free and simple image editing tool

Other Tools

• cmder – Awesome command line replacement
• Git – The version control system

Streaming Tools

• OBS Studio – Streaming software
• Nginx – Streaming proxy
• StreamPro.io – Twitch overlay
• DroidCam – Capturing the Android camera feed

Tags: C++, magic, nginx, OBS, sfml, sfxr, technology, tools