This is a list of resources I tend to rely on if I get stuck.
Game Design
10 Things Every Game Needs – the best breakdown of the essential parts of game design I have come across.
The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses – fantastic book on game design. Comprehensive guide to designing great games.
Game Balance Concepts – A great read of various game balance challenges.
Game Programming
Phaser JS – Javascript based game engine
Monkey-X Programming Language – Monkey-X (Open Sourced by Developer)
Less Milk – another game creation blog with tutorials and examples using the PhaserJS framework
Ruby Programming
Level UP Rails – some fun and useful exercises for leveling up your rails skills
Sinatra RB – contains documentation and quick start guide for the Sinatra web framework
Make Art for Your Games
Make8BitArt – simple and easy tool for making 8 bit graphics for your game
General Programming
Stack Overflow – a question and answer site for all things programming related
Clean Code – a great book on writing better code
Some Free HTML5 Game Hosting Sites
Monkey Game Engine (Used to be Monkey-X)
How To Get Started Blogging
Dev Career Boost Email Blog Course
Favorite Books on How to Be Successful (No particular order)
- How to Fail at Almost Anything and Still Win Big – by Scott Adams
- Gorilla Mindset – Mike Cernovich
- Stress Less, Accomplish More – Emily Fletcher
- The Millionaire Fastlane – MJ DeMarco
- The Richest Man in Babylon – George S. Clason
- How to Fight a Hydra – Josh Kaufman
- 12 Rules for Life – Jordan Peterson