OpenGameArt Review

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Review of OpenGameArt powered by the Slant community.

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Pros

Pro
Committed to free/open licensing

All assets made available through OpenGameArt must be licensed under one (or more) of the following: CC0, OGA-BY, CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, GPL or LGPL.

Pro
2D and 3D art

OpenGameArt has both 2D and 3D art assets.

Pro
Big library of varied CC0 assets

OGA currently has an impressive library of free assets, especially in the texture department.

Pro
Supports asset requests

OpenGameArt has community forum sections dedicated to Resource Requests and Open Commissions.

Cons

Con
Mediocre organization and search functionality

The curator of OpenGameArt acknowledges that the tools for finding the assets you need are sub-par. Correcting this is a near-future priority for improvement, and as of September 2014 is the next milestone goal of the site's Patreon campaign.

Con
Assets may have restrictive licenses

OpenGameArt hosts art under any of several licenses, some of which may not be suitable for commercial projects or for release on certain distribution platforms. Careful review of which licenses are compatible with your project is essential. The site's search facility allows filtering by license.