I'll be starting work on the game with my artist tonight after I get off from my full time job.
Tools:
orx, c++ engine. (orx-project.org)
Aseprite, for sprites
Gimp for other art
Lmms/Guitar pro 6 for some midi fun.
Bfxr, for other sound effects. (http://www.bfxr.net/)
I currently use codelite with mingw 5.3.0 dw2. As my IDE & compiler of choice if you were wondering.
Next update will be soon :P