We mostly use free PC software, people are so generous with what they've made. We hope to be the same with our games.
The software we use to make games
Clickteam Fusion 2.5 free edition - Great 2D games making d=software, what we use for our arcade machine and mobile app
Games Making Software we like
Trackmania Nations Forever - Like a giant scalextric game, where you can make tracks and paint cars
Future Pinball - A very fun, but not so easy to use pinball table creator. Or just play others. Needs a powerful PC
Teaching
Check out our Youtube Subscriptions to see who we're learning from
Art Stuff
Paint.NET - A superior drawing program
GIMP - Forgive the name it stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program
ArtRage (free edition) - Painting simulator
Pixabay - Free artwork and photos
Sound Resources
FreeSound.org - Free sound samples
Audacity - Free Audio editor
Incompetech - Loads of great Royalty free msuic