Please link any useful resources in this thread!
I'll get started with some links to commonly used game engines and tools:
- Unity 3D (Free/Personal edition) - https://store.unity.com/download?ref=personal
- Unreal Engine - https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/what-is-unreal-engine-4
- Bitsy - https://ledoux.itch.io/bitsy
- Twine - http://twinery.org/
- PICO-8 (not free) - https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php
- Game Maker Studio 2 (free trial) - https://account.yoyogames.com/download
Check out awesome lists on github
Magic Tools, list of game development tools - https://github.com/ellisonleao/magictools/blob/master/README.md