Tools I Currently Use - Missing Any?

dayofjackaldayofjackal Member Posts: 111
in Art, Graphics, Music and Sound
Well I'm still quite new to this game development business and have opted for Gamesalad for my first release. Below is a list of the tools I currently use and was just wondering if I'm missing anything that would be useful.

Software:

Gamesalad Pro
Toon Boom Animate
Adobe CS6 Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash & Edge (also aftereffects, but that's from a marketing perspective)

Hardware:

Mac & PC
Wacom Tablet - I wouldn't even try to design without one!!!

Marketing:

Raven Tools
SEOmoz Pro
Hootsuite
ManageFilter (seriously good tool)
Wordpress for all web sites
Linkdex
Buzzstream
Screamingfrog

I added the SEO & Social tools here as that's my day job background, but you don't need all of them for digital marketing. I haven't seen many posts here about that side of the business so posted as I thought people might be interested to know what we use in digital marketing day to day.

Are there any design tools I'm maybe missing that you guys would consider a must have?

Thanks

Jake

Comments

  • The_Gamesalad_GuruThe_Gamesalad_Guru Member Posts: 9,922
    Sound similar to my lineup.

    Anime studio, apple motion, final cut X, apple Logic, gamesalad pro, Adobe CS.

    Sounds great more than most I would say. Throw in talent and you got it!
  • dayofjackaldayofjackal Member Posts: 111
    Cheers. Hopefully the talent and creative flare is there :)

    I'll have to check out apple motion. Never used that but do love a new tool to play with
  • JDuaneJJDuaneJ San Francisco Member Posts: 300
    you forgot an important one...coffee.

    I am also adding Maya to my line up. Check out Spriter as well, for animation. http://www.brashmonkey.com/spriter.htm
  • SlickZeroSlickZero Houston, TexasMember, Sous Chef Posts: 2,870
    You should throw in some audio programs, like Logic Pro, or even Soundtrack Pro. I use Logic Pro, but it's really WAY overkill. I've been venturing off into Soundtrack Pro, as it's a lot simpler to use, and is more suited for Multimedia development, in my opinion. Audacity is another good program, and it's free. And GarageBand. That is another must for me.

    Other than that, I'd say the most important piece of software that's not in your list would be...Skype.
  • maxbeaumontmaxbeaumont Member Posts: 616
    +1 on Skype.

    That is the #1 way I communicate with not only GameSalad guys, but in other online businesses too. It's easy to use, free, and no ads. If you don't already have one, be sure to add that to the list :)

    Cheers
    Max
  • The_Gamesalad_GuruThe_Gamesalad_Guru Member Posts: 9,922
    Ah Apple killed sound track pro with final cut . I own that too and still keep a tiger boot drive to use it.
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