Useful Tools

The PlaidNotion Team Uses (and advocates!):

Programming / Game Development
SDL and extensions
Boost Libraries
openSSL
Code::Blocks
minGW
Wagner Mersenne
Inno Setup
Game Maker

Graphics:
Adobe Photoshop*
GIMP

Music / Sound:
ModPlug Tracker
Buzz Tracker
Visual Orangator

Communities, Resources and Friend Sites:
Robosquid Game Development Community
The Independent Gaming Source
LazyFoo SDL Tutorial
C++ Resources Network

Website Stuff:
Apache HTTP Server
PHP
Micronovae CSP
MySQL Community Server
Google Domains*
ZoneEdit

* nonfree product