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Resources for Free Creation Tools

I intend this collection to house any and all resources (templates, guides, images, plugins, scripts, brushes, anything) made for or compatible with free creation tools. Maybe you use free creation tools for financial reasons. Maybe you're just getting started and don't know that you want to invest so much into paid software. Maybe you just prefer them. Who cares! There should be something in here for you.

I offer no warranty regarding the quality of the offering. Also, I may include paid items that work with free tools. If you can afford to support a creator, please do—whether that's through $ or time (rating, commenting, etc).

Made something that fits the definition and want it included? Poke me on the bird hell or leave a comment on any of my pieces on Itch letting me know. (On the edge over whether your something fits? It probably does, no sweat.)

Many fantastic resources do exceed the scope of this list though. Do yourself a favor by checking out:

elegant monospace pixel font
A multi-function content, consent, and safety toolbox for collaborative creation and gameplay.

an expansive safety toolbox

Transparent hex overlays and Affinity Designer templates
A Community Driven Basic TCG

This is less a tool and more a whole game/community paradigm that includes files you can use to participate

A collection of hexes for creating over-world maps for video or tabletop games.
A bunch of greyscale dungeon themed assets free to use for whatever you want. CC0 copyright (public use)
Collection of CC0 Naturepng assets for use in DungeonScawl, equivalent tool or even game design.
70+ Collection of dungeon assets in .png format under CC0.. Ready for use in DungeonScawl or an equivalent tool.
A deck of design lenses for designing and playtesting ttrpgs or other physical games

A substantial design resource in several formats

use custom css to create a content warning for your game page.
Run in browser

A generator that requires a user to click through a warning overlay before they can fully view your page

A Hex Collaging Tool

This tool suggests a combo of print and digital media manipulation, but you can use the hex card as a layer in an image editor and select your items that way if you don't have print access

14 illustrations to use in your own tabletop projects!
Step by step process for funding your game without paying out of pocket or using Kickstarter

An advice document

A toolkit for making your own content for the Slayers RPG.

Includes Word templates (and commentary) for creating Slayers RPG content

a custom insect themed dnd character sheet for an artificer
using custom sizes and number of pages on the EZM reader

Teaches you how to customize the Reader companion to Electric Zine Maker for embedding pocketmods on Itch

A simple and effective grid-based mapping tool to help you set the scene for any battle.
Run in browser

This is itself a free creation tool. Exports in SVG too

A series of 100ish full color images licensed for commercial use

A huge art pack. Mind the custom license

Inspired by a children's publisher's promotional booklet

Like a PocketMod Zine, but with a big long spread and no center cut. Includes PNG

A zine about zines and how to make them!

A guide to creating for a relatively rare format: the 1/4 zine

A demo of extra html features for your itch blurbs!

Demystify the arcane weave

an advanced and accessible analog games typeface!

Dicier makes your projects less dicey (I'm sorry)

Create and download printable grids for drawing, plotting, and tabletop games
Run in browser

Custom paper grid generator—many options

Complete stylized color grids for Photoshop, Aseprite, web, and whatever! Online + Desktop apps.
Run in browser

A powerful complementary palette generator. Be mindful of the accessibility concerns noted in the description

Create categories, sidebars, "latest" sections for your profile page!

Make your Itch profile sing (remind me to do this sometime)

An MS Word template for creating an A5 zine for Troika! content.

Word templates generally work in LibreOffice 7.x+ with some fudging

A free pamphlet teaching how to make RPG pamphlets

A tri-fold about making tri-folds

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