Pro 2D and 3D art
OpenGameArt has both 2D and 3D art assets.
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 Supports asset requests
OpenGameArt has community forum sections dedicated to Resource Requests and Open Commissions.
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 licens...
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.
Pro Supports different frameworks
Full playback API supported in Unity3d, Cocos2d-x, Cocos2d, Starling.
Pro Alows using Flash animations in Unity
You can convert Flash animations directly in Unity with the help of plug-in. The converted .gaf file consists of a texturte atlas and a binary config.
Pro No need to use large Sprite Sheets
With GAF converter you get a highly optimized texture atlas and a config file. You don't need to take trouble over cumbersome sprite sheets. You can easily modify an already working in Unity animation and play around with the animations parts whenever you need.
Con Sound support available only in Premium version
GAF Converter supports sound but only in the Premium version.
Con Doesn't support sounds
GAF does not support importing audio along with Flash animations.
Pro Good documentation
The documentation for the toolkit is well written and there are video tutorials as well as an active community.
Pro Includes source code
No need to pay more to get access to the source code.
Pro Pixel-perfect camera
Pixel games in the style of 8 or 16 bit systems need to have each pixel uniform on the screen which 2D Toolkit supports with a camera component.
Con Doesn't integrate with Unity's Sprite system
2D Toolkit provides a completely proprietary sprite implementation. Though it can be used alongside Unity's 2D systems, the two are completely separate and require different code to utilize.
Pro Several filters
Filter Forge includes a lot of filters and each of them has several presets. Filters are grouped into different categories (Organic, Patterns, Creative, Distortions, Photo, etc...) so it's easy to locate them.
Pro Standalone application or PhotoShop plugin
Filter Forge can be used as both a standalone application and as a plugin for PhotoShop.
Pro Large online library of filters
The website has thousands of filters available for download. This is the only thing that makes the basic edition feasible.
Con Slow development cycle
New versions come fast enough, but for example, the beta version of 7 doesn't have a lot that 4 didn't have.
Con No free tier
Filter Forge is not free. The basic edition (cheapest one) is $149. It does go on sale regularly though for around $30.
Con Hefty price tag
Its $399 for the professional version, whereas a big competitor used by large studios is only $149.
Pro Create Custom Output Via Code
Set custom packing specified by code useful for those who have to follow a guideline on packed sprites.
Pro Comes built into Unity
The Pro license brings full 2D support within Unity without having to use an external program or plugin for creating atlases.
Con Doesn't work anymore
As of Unity 2017 it's completely broken.
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