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Cool Tools

App Hacking
  • Corona SDK Starter (PC & Mac) - mobile app software development kit
  • jQuery Mobile (online) - touch-optimized framework to create mobile web pages
  • MIT App Inventor (online) - create an Android app (Android emulator requires a download for PC or Mac)
  • TouchDevelop (online) - create a mobile web game on your phone, tablet or desktop

Web Hacking
  • Blogger (online) - blog-based website creator
  • Color Picker (online) - find the hex value for your favorite color
  • CSS3Gen (online) - generates some cool snippets of CSS effects
  • Getting Tricky with Wikis (online) - ideas for customizing your wiki
  • Hackasaurus X-ray Goggles (online) - remix your favorite webpage
  • HTML Cheatsheet (online) - easy reference for HTML tags
  • HTML 5 Cheatsheet (online) - HTML 5 is the latest & greatest version that adds more interactivity & multimedia
  • JQuery Mobile (online) - create a mobile, touch-optimized web page
  • JSBin (online) - a sandbox for trying out HTML, CSS & Javascript code
  • Mockingbird (online) - create a mock-up or wireframe of how you would like to layout your website
  • Mozilla Thimble (online) - tool to learn webmaking
  • NameCheap (online) - domain name registration & web hosting
  • safe web fonts (online) - list of fonts that work best for websites
  • Weebly (online) - template-based website creator
  • Wikispaces (online) - wiki-based website creator
  • WordPress (online) - content management system-based website creator

Image Hacking
  • Big Huge Labs (online) - create a magazine cover, mosaic, movie poster and more
  • Compfight (online) - a flickr search tool
  • Creative Commons (online) - search for images you can reuse and remix
  • CGTextures (online) - great site to find background image inspiration
  • GIMP (open source) - advanced image editor
  • Google SketchUp (PC & Mac) - 3D modeling 
  • InkScape (open source) - free vector graphics editor
  • Paint.Net (PC) - awesome, free image editor
  • Pickle (Mac & PC) - pixel editor
  • piq (online) - draw pixel art
  • Pixlr (online) - online photo editor
  • Seashore (Mac) - simple image editor
  • stock.xchng (online) - free stock photos
  • SumoPaint (online) - image creator with lots of cool effects

Audio Hacking
  • Audacity (PC & Mac) - sound recorder & editor
  • Free Music Archive (online) - interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads
  • Freesound (online) - collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, & recordings released under Creative Commons licenses
  • Incompetech (online) - royalty free sound effects & full music tracks
  • Jamendo (online) - creative commons music tracks
  • Partners in Rhyme (online) - free sound effects
  • Soundation (online) - generate 4 audio track sounds
  • WolframTones (online) - tool to generate interesting sounds

Video Hacking
Game Hacking
  • Alice (PC & Mac) - programming in a 3D environment (intermediate)
  • Corona SDK (PC & Mac) - mobile game app software developer kit (advanced)
  • Craftyy (online) - learn about making games with HTML 5 by remixing games
  • Game Adventure Studio (PC) - bring your adventure game to life (intermediate)
  • Gamestar Mechanic (online) - learn to create a game by playing a game (beginner)
  • Game Maker Studio (PC & Mac) - game design platform to create casual, social games (advanced)
  • Game Salad (PC & Mac) - game design engine for multiple platforms including mobile (advanced)
  • PyGames (open source) - a set of Python modules designed for writing games
  • Scratch (online) - create and share interactive stories, games, music and art (beginner)
  • SketchNation (iPad) - draw your game to life
  • Stencyl (PC & Mac) - web and mobile game creator (intermediate)
  • Twine (PC & Mac) - create your own interactive adventure game (intermediate)
  • Unreal Engine (PC) - 3D game making developer kit (advanced)
  • Unity (PC & Mac) - 3D game design engine (advanced)

Code Hacking
  • App Inventor (online) - create an Android app 
  • Blockly (online) - program your way through a maze and other blockly apps
  • Cargo-Bot (iOS) - puzzle game to learn coding concepts
  • CodeAvengers (online) - another fun Javascript tutorial
  • Code Maven (online) - very visual Javascript tutorial
  • CodeSpells (Mac) - learn to program by crafting your own magic spells
  • Hackety Hack (PC & Mac) - learn Ruby programming
  • Hopscotch (iPad) - intro to programming with blocks
  • Khan Academy Code Editor (online) - code runs while you edit plus lots of video tutorials
  • light-Bot (online, iOS & Android) - puzzle game to learn coding concepts
  • Processing (open source) - learn programming fundamentals within a visual context
  • Robo Rally (online) - a robo rally programming game (select Examples of Play -> Mini Rally Training Ground)
  • TryRuby (online) - got 15 minutes? Give Ruby a shot.

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