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Piskel is a great site to make and or edit sprites. It is very useful and easy to use. It is one of the best sprite editors out there.

Piskel, free online sprite editor. A simple web-based tool for Spriting and Pixel art. Create pixel art, game sprites and animated GIFs. Free and open-source.

Piskel is an easy to use and very effective tool for creating pixel graphics for GameMaker: Studio and other programs. Animations can be made right in the web based app!

SpriteLand is a resource for your graphic projects. We have plenty of free graphics/sprites for use in your use. We also have fun animations, games and webcomics for you to enjoy. Play and have fun with our collection ofgames; immerse yourself in the onlineanimations andwebcomics; and enhance your own projects with thegraphics section.

Thanks to Jacob for this resource including 30 free downloadable ebooks that teach a variety of programming languages.

This page points you to several different sites that will help you create your own games : Platform Creator, Physics Puzzle Maker, The Algorithm Crew. and Classic Shooters

Gimp is a pretty popular free paint tool. This artist creates brushes for Gimp and Photoshop. There are dragon, planets, butterflies, plants etc... It's very very useful for creating backgrounds and sprites. All brushes are free and no-credit (read the ToS though).

Unity Training is a free program that helps you do everything from making a simple keyboard game to a 3d game with unity. They have made many instructional videos and have seen over 3.5 million views. It is great to learn about game design and design your own game.

Adventure Game Studio provides the tools to make your own adventure, for free! Bring your story and artwork and slot it in, and let AGS do the rest. AGS provides everything you need from within one easy-to-use application. Create, test and debug your game, all in one place. Why wait? Get cracking on your first game now!

Ren'Py is a visual novel engine that helps you use words, images, and sounds to tell stories with the computer. These can be both visual novels and life simulation games. The easy to learn script language allows you to efficiently write large visual novels, while its Python scripting is enough for complex simulation games. Ren'Py is open source and free for commercial use. It supports Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android.

The Pew Research Center reports that approximately 97% of teens play video games in their free time. Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subject-areas have used programming and game design to teach 21st Century skills, but what can an English class do to leverage the potential of game-based learning?

Use the free Sprite Maker tool to create your own sprites. It is really easy to use and you can very quickly create a character with his own unique outfit. You will be creating your own sprites in seconds. When you have finished customizing you can export out your sprite and use it in your game.

Sakari-Infinity is a website that allows you to download free music, as long as you don't alter or sell it etc. It's a great site if your looking for background music. All Audio Files provided by Sakari Infinity are licensed under a Creative Commons.

The STEM Video Game Challenge is running through March. Participants can register now and utilize a number of free game design tools to create their own game or submit a design document with an idea for a new game. The contest is open to US residents in grades 6 through 12.

These should be fun to try out at home. A lot of them look really interesting!

Adventure Game Studio provides the tools to make your own adventure, for free! Bring your story and artwork and slot it in, and let AGS do the rest. Download AGS from the site and start designing your own adventure games.

Home of Fallen London and other Interactive Fiction based games. LIVE A STORY! CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY IN HUNDREDS OF INTERACTIVE WORLDS, ALL FOR FREE. You can also author your own text based games!

Heya guys, I don't think many people have a server, but if you want to make one, in free time or for class, try this link. However, you will need to learn how to Port-Forward your server. Type in google, "port forward [router make & model]". That will help, and search for "plugins.bukkit.org" to find some nifty add-ons for your server. Good luck, and happy Server Building!

These resources posted by YoYo Games, the makers of Game Maker Studio include things such as sounds, backgrounds and sprites.

download these sprites to make your game look fancier

This is a great site to find resources you can use as sprites. This sites is great if you need a tutorial on how to do something. It also includes many other links to resources that may help you on your journey through Gm

A series of educational videos about how to create various things in Project Spark, with a primary focus on the "kode" language that Project Spark uses. By watching these videos you can learn the basics of how to create your own games in Project Spark, as well as some advanced features. Your host is "Mescad', a stay-at-home dad from central Kentucky who loves Computer Science education and enabling creative people to create awesome things in Project Spark. The current production schedule is that a new tutorial video will be uploaded on Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week. Follow @mescad on Twitter or subscribe to this channel to receive notifications when a new video is posted. Comments and questions are always welcome, and I do take requests for videos. Project Spark is a free game creation platform developed by Microsoft's Team Dakota, available on Xbox One, Windows 8, and soon on Xbox 360. Learn more at http://www.projectspark.com/

Here are some great, high-quality art pixel sprites for you to use! Scroll down to find the download links for the pixel sprite files.