This is a list of SERVICES, free and not, that will help you on your path to STARTING and FINISHING a game and SELLING it. Articles are NOT included. If you would like to read articles, check out The Big List of Indie Marketing and Business Tips, 100+ Resources for Video Game Professionals or The Game Programming Wiki.


I. STARTING A BUSINESS

Legal Matters
Game Attorney - Thomas Buscaglia; indie game developer lawyer
IRS.gov EIN Online Application - apply for an Employee Identification Number (US only)
LegalZoom - file for a business
Score - US non-profit educating entrepreneurs and helping small businesses start, grow, and succeed nationwide; mentor small businesses
Small Business Administration (SBA) - providing support to small businesses and small-business owners across the nation (US only)

Funding
8-bit Funding - indie developer run funding for indie developers
Indie Fund - Indie developers helping indie developers get funding
Indie Go Go - A larger Indie funding site for Indie's of any field not just video games
Kickstarter - Receive funds from folks who believe in your idea but you must give prizes in return
Kiva.org - Get loans from supporters around the world
Mochi Game Developer Fund - help promising Flash game developers support their games through sponsorship, licensing and publishing deals
Playism - indie game funding, localization and publishing service (Japanese ONLY for now - ENglish version 2011 3rd Quarter)
Pledgie.com - Raise money from donations

Other Services
The Logo Company - creates logos, stationary, and websites
Crowd Spring - custom logo design, web design, and writing services. Services start at $200 and up.
Game Licenses - auction site to buy or sell video game licenses across all major platforms

Associations
IGDA Casual
Casual Games Association
Freelancers Union - FREE membership for freelancers and the self-employed

POP & IMAP Email
Gmail - FREE
Opera Mail - FREE add-on to Opera browser
Outlook Express - comes with Windows OS
Postbox Inc - $39.95 USD and up; sale price $29.95+
Thunderbird - FREE

File/HDD Protection (Wipes)
Blancco File Shredder - spot shredding in your HDD; $38.51sUSD
CyberScrub cyberCide - full drive wipe; $29.95USD
Paragon Disk Wiper - full drive wipe; $29.95USD Personal & $149.95USD Professional
Killdisk Professional - full drive wipe; $49.95USD (Win) or $59.95USD Suite



II. GAME BUILDING - STARTING OFF

Engines (Free - .NET)
Agate Lib
Axiom 3D
Brume Engine
FlatRedBall 2.5D
Irrlicht
NemoX 3D Engine - last update was 2004
NeoAxis Engine - FREE for non-commercial, otherwise you must pay for commercial use (see $$$ for rates)

Engines (Free - Basic, VB, VB6, VB.NET)
Darkbasic Pro
DxIce
NemoX 3D Engine - last update was 2004
TNT Basic - Mac OSX
vbGORE - online RPG engine; no longer under development - they recommend you use NetGORE instead
Xtremeworlds - 2D MMORPG Engine/Maker

Engines (Free - C, C++, C#)
Adventure Game Studio
Baja Engine
Cocos2D - FREE 2D iPhone game engine
CRM32Pro
Crystal Space
Delta 3D
DizzyAGE - FREE; PC only; adventure-style game maker
Edge2D Engine
Epee Engine
Esenthel Engine - prices range from FREE to $4000+
Ethanon Engine - FREE 2D game development tool
The Flexible Isometric Free Engine (FIFE)
G3D
Game Core - FREE for Indie version or $1499 for GameCore Pro
Game Start - FREE while in BETA version
Glint 3D Engine - donation-based licensing but FREE version is available
Grail Adventure Game Engine
Haaf's Game Engine (HGE) - 2D
iPTK Engine
Irmo - client-server multiplayer gaming engine; Linux
Irrlicht
Jad Engine
Lavgine - FREE for non-commercial but 15% of profit if commercial
Lightfeather 3D Engine
Nebula Device
NeoAxis Engine - FREE for non-commercial, otherwise you must pay for commercial use (see $$$ for rates)
NetGore - cross-platform online RPG (MMORPG) engine
Ogre
Open Game Engine, The (OGE) - FREE but Commercial support is available
ORX Portable Game Engine
PixelKLight
Pixie University - FREE 2D engine using C++
Playground SDK (Playfirst) - must register (Don't know if this is free or not so I am listing it on both lists)
Plib
PTk Game Engine - 2D engine with 3D capabilities. Licenses: FREEWARE, $199 Multiple License, $4000 Professional (paid license includes full support); Ksound library available for $29.95
Raydium
RetinaX
Saq2D
SDL Game Engine (aka sge2d) - 2D framework for C/C++ programmers; FREE (Sourceforge page)
Sparrow - open source framework for iOS game development
Spring RTS Engine
Thousand Parsec
Weaver
Wild Pockets
Yake Engine

Engines (Free - Delphi)
Asphyre - several versions: Sphinx, Casual, eXtreme, 4.1 and 1.5.2
Game Maker - Lite FREE but Pro $28 or less; develop for Windows
NemoX 3D Engine - last update was 2004

Engines (Free - Java, Javascript)
Espresso 3D
JGame
jMonkey Engine - Java OpenGL engine; FREE open source
Joge
Jogre
Sphere RPG Engine

Engines (Free - Lua)
AGEN - 2D engine
Baja Engine
Glint 3D Engine - donation-based licensing but FREE version is available
Grail Adventure Game Engine
Novashell Game Creation
Playground SDK (Playfirst) - must register (Don't know if this is free or not so I am listing it on both lists)
Spring RTS Engine
Verge RPG

Engines (Free - Miscellaneous or None)
Construct - FREE open source 2D game creator; HTML5
Flash Develop - FREE open source source code editor; ActionScript
Game Salad Creator - Mac, iPhone Only; FREE or Professional version ($499/yr); browser based
neabEngine - PHP; NEABExplorer version FREE, others are $50 or $200
Reality Factory - FREE for use as long as Genesis3D logo is kept and release any changes to the source code otherwise contact for license fee.
Unity 3D - Unity is FREE but Pro edition is $1500USD and add-ons cost from $400-$1500 each

Engines (Free - Python)
The Flexible Isometric Free Engine (FIFE)
PyGame - FREE; develop for Linux/UNIX
PySoy - 3D cloud game engine
Ren'Py - FREE; develop for Windows, Mac, Linux/UNIX, and Android (specializes in visual novels but may be used for other genres)
Thousand Parsec

Engines (Free - Ruby)
Chingu
G3D Ruby

Engines ($$$$ - .NET)
NeoAxis Engine - Individual License (Team license) in USD: Indie $95 ($295), Commercial $395 ($995), Source $9800+
Truevision3D - FREE for learning, $150USD for commercial purposes
Visual3D Engine - Prices range from Indie $185, Professional $495, Studio Source $1495 and Enterprise Source $9950 (USD prices)

Engines ($$$$ - Basic, VB, VB6, VB.NET)
Blitz3D - $100 digital version; uses BASIC
BlitzMax - $80 digital version; uses BASIC
BlitzPlus - $60 digital version; 2D utilising BASIC/C hybrid language
PureBasic - 79 EUROS
Truevision3D - FREE for learning, $150USD for commercial purposes

Engines ($$$$ - C, C++, C#)
A6 Game Engine - C-script like language and C++; editions include Extra $99USD; Commercial $199USD; Pro $899USD
AGen - C++; FREE for non-commercial purposes otherwise $200 one-time fee - must contact for purchase
BigWorld Engine - middleware platform for MMOG and Virtual Worlds; Prices are: Indie $299/yr; Indie Source $2999/yr; and up for Commercial
BlitzPlus - $60 digital version; 2D utilising BASIC/C hybrid language
C4 Engine - prices range from $100 Basic to $1200 Professional; compare rates here
Cipher Engine - $100USD
Esenthel Engine - prices range from FREE, $150, $750, $4000+, $250/yr or negotiable
Game Core - FREE for Indie version or $1499 for GameCore Pro
Glint 3D Engine - donation-based licensing but FREE version is available
iTorque 2D - $99; for iPhone development
Lavgine - FREE for non-commercial but 15% of profit if commercial
Leadwerks Engine 2 - $199.95 for single-user license; C, C++ and Lua
NeoAxis Engine - Individual License (Team license) in USD: Indie $95 ($295), Commercial $395 ($995), Source $9800+
OnScripter - FREE; Visual Novel engine based on NScripter (Japanese)
Open Game Engine, The - FREE but Commercial support is available
Panda 3D - FREE 3D game engine
Playground SDK (Playfirst) - must register (Don't know if this is free or not so I am listing it on both lists)
PTk Game Engine - 2D engine with 3D capabilities. Licenses: FREEWARE, $199 Multiple License, $4000 Professional (paid license includes full support); Ksound library available for $29.95
SIO2 Engine - 2D/3D mobile dev engine; FREE Trial, $179.99 MacOS, $349.99 iOS
Source Engine (Valve) - must contact for price under NDA
Sunburn Game Engine - royalty-free XNA engine; price range from $150 USD for indies up to $1000 USD for Studio Edition
Torque 2D - $99, full source, no royalties; develop for PC, Mac, Wii, Xbox 360 and if you buy seperate license, the iPhone
Torque 3D - $99, full source, no royalties; develop for PC, Mac, Xbox 360, Wii, iPhone, and the web
Truevision3D - FREE for learning, $150USD for commercial purposes
Unigine - Prices range per platform: $4950 Android + Mobile; $9980 or $24950 Windows + Linux; $40000 PS3, Windows + Linux
Unreal Engine - must contact for price
Vision Game Engine - must contact for quote/price
Visual3D Engine - Prices range from Indie $185, Professional $495, Studio Source $1495 and Enterprise Source $9950 (USD prices)

Engines ($$$$ - Delphi)
A6 Game Engine - editions include Extra $99USD; Commercial $199USD; Pro $899USD
Cobra - £30 Indie license or £90 for Pro
Cobra 3D - £40 Indie license or £120 for Pro
Game Maker - Lite FREE but Pro $28 or less; develop for Windows
Truevision3D - FREE for learning, $150USD for commercial purposes

Engines ($$$$ - Lua)
Glint 3D Engine - donation-based licensing but FREE version is available
Leadwerks Engine 2 - $199.95 for single-user license; C, C++ and Lua
Love 2D - FREE, open source framework using Lua; works on Windows, Mac OS and Linux
Playground SDK (Playfirst) - must register (Don't know if this is free or not so I am listing it on both lists)
Slot Constructor - casino and arcade game dev engine; prices listed here

Engines ($$$$ - Miscellaneous or None)
Flash - $699 alone; may be cheaper if getting bundled editions; also check out Flash Platform Runtimes
The Games Factory (Click Team) - $59 USD; similar to Game Maker - an engine for non-programmers
Game Salad Creator - Mac, iPhone Only; FREE or Professional version ($499/yr)
IG Maker - $59.99; create action games for Windows, xbox 360 and Flash
Multimedia Fusion 2 (Click Team) - Regular and Dev version available for $119 or $369USD respectively
neabEngine - PHP; NEABExplorer version FREE, others are $50 (microNEAB) or $200 (miniNEAB)
Reality Factory - FREE for use as long as Genesis3D logo is kept and release any changes to the source code otherwise contact for license fee.
RPG Maker VX - $59.99; develop for Windows
RPG Maker XP - $29.99 (older version of RPG Maker VX); develop for Windows
Unity 3D - Unity is FREE but Pro edition is $1500USD and add-ons cost from $400-$1500 each
YAGE

Engines ($$$$ - Pascal)
Cobra - £30 Indie license or £90 for Pro
Cobra 3D - £40 Indie license or £120 for Pro

Engines ($$$$ - Python)
BigWorld Engine - middleware platform for MMOG and Virtual Worlds; Prices are: Indie $299/yr; Indie Source $2999/yr; and up for Commercial
Panda 3D - FREE 3D game engine

Game Libraries
Allegro.cc - Allegro game library; cross platform; common low level routines for game programming
Box 2D - open source physics engine; 2D
Bullet Physics Library - FREE 3D game multiphysics library
ClanLib - FREE C++ toolkit library
FlashPunk - FREE ActionScript 3 library for 2D Flash games
Flixel - open source game-making library
Golden T Game Engine (GTGE) - advanced cross-platform game programming library written in Java language
Gosu - 2D game dev library; C++ and Ruby
Lightweight Java Game Library - FREE and open source
Open Dynamics Engine (ODE) - open source library for stimulating rigid body dynamics
Slick 2D - FREE and open source; based on LJGL

Time Management
Concentrate - Mac ONLY; $29 USD
Epiforge GrindStone2 - FREE; will install on Windows XP, 7, and Vista only
Pomodoro Technique - FREE books and time management sheets
Procrastitracker - FREEWARE time tracking tool that tracks what applications and documents you use and for how long
Rescue Time - FREE for Lite edition otherwiese Pro is $6-$9/mo and Team Edition is priced per user/month

Writing & Coding Software (mind-mapping, story flow, editors, etc)
FreeMind - FREE mind-mapping software
Labyrinth - FREE story flow software
Notepad++ - FREE source code editor
Scrivener - content-generation tool for writers (text editor); $45 for Mac (Windows version in development)
XMind - FREE or $49/year for Pro; mind-mapping software
yWriter - FREE text editor breaking text into scenes and chapters



III. ART

Art (Stock)
BEIZ Graphics - FREE photos for commercial and non-commercial use
Character Designs: An Artist's Resource - FREE photos and textures; Can be used for commercial purposes with some caveats. See homepage for more info.
Dosch Designs - stock 3D models, textures, animation, and sounds. Also offers royalty free stock media.
Evolver Pro - create custom avatars in minutes! FREE version here.
First Seed Material (Maps|Faces|Sprites)- FREE for commercial use as long as you give credit; License
GIMP Savvy Photo Archive - public domain images from NASA, NOAA, and FWS. Be sure to read each of the sites conditions for use.
Google 3D Warehouse - 3D models; licensing is unknown
Havana Street - Retro clipart & stock illustration; $7/image
Hypermotion Packs - located at the bottom below Alexander (under HR); preview tiles here
iClipArt - must subscribe to download images; range from $12.95 - $295.00; photos, clipart, fonts, sounds, animation, videos, and web graphics
Image*After - FREE images and textures for commercial and personal use
iStockPhoto - COMMERCIAL; Uses Points system 1 credit and up; Has photos, illustrations, video, audio, and flash
Garage Games Art Packs - 2D and 3D art ranging from $20 and up
Karen Whimsy - Public domain images
Lost Garden - FREE; must credit Daniel (License)
MorgueFile - FREE photos for commercial or noncommercial use. Morgue File License
Open Game Art - FREE/open source 2D, 3D art and music; check each license for details just in case, breakdown found here.
Patterns - FREE Japanese patterns
Rusty Axe - 2D art, textures, tiles, and more; priced from FREE to $29.99; must get extended license to use for commercial purposes
Shutter Stock - royalty-free photos; must subscribe $249-$709 by month OR $49-$229 by image quantity
Smashing Magazine Freebies - FREE icons, brushes, and other items (site/wordpress templates, etc)
Squidfingers Patterns - FREE patterns for use on your website
Stock.xchng - FREE photos; check license for usage rights
Turbo Squid
WP ClipArt - Public domain clip art search engine

Art (Services)
Army of Trolls - pixel art
CG Hub - Can post in the Job Board; must be registered
CG Society - need to register to post job or to look for one
ConceptArt.org - Job listing in forum here; must be registered to post
Dot.Invasion
eBoy
Fantasy cartography - makes great maps, also has a DeviantArt account
Flash Game Art
Game Artist
Havana Street - Retro clipart & stock illustration
Hire An Illustrator
IndieGamer Forum: Art Portfolios
The Logo Company - creates logos, stationary, and websites
Lost Garden: List of Game Artists
Pixel Joint - pixel art
Polycount
Retro Style Games
Sprite Attack - DayDream in Indie Gamer forums
Way of the Pixel

Art (Software - 3D Modeling & Animation)
3D-Coat - $349 and up Professional
3D Crafter - FREE; $34.95 Plus; $69.95 Pro
3ds Max (Autodesk) - $3495
3D World Studio - 3D modeling program; $49.99 Standard
AC3D - $89.95
Alice - FREE
Anim*tor - FREE
Animation: Master - $299.99
Art of Illusion - FREE
AutoQ3D - $19.97
Blender - FREE
Bryce - specializes in landscapes; $29.95 Standard OR $99.95 Pro; FREE for non-commercial use
Carrara - $149.99 Standard & $549.95 Pro
Cheetah 3D - $99
DAZ 3D - FREE
DX Studio - £500.00
EIAS 3D (Electric Image Animation System - $895
FaceGEn - FREE; face modeling software
Google SketchUp - FREE 3D modeling software; must sign up OR get Pro version for $495USD
G-Pure - FREE
K-3D - FREE
Lightwave 3D - $895
Make Human - FREE
Maplet - FREE 3D modeling tool
Maya (Autodesk) - $3495
Meshlab - FREE
Metasequoia - polygon modeler; MetasequoiaLE is freeware, otherwise, Metasequoia itself is $45USD
Milkshape 3D - shareware; EUR 25
Moment of Inspiration - $295
OpenFX - FREE
Poser - $49.99 Debut, $249.99 Standard OR $499.99 Pro
Realsoft 3D - $700
Sculptris - FREE
Seamless 3D - FREE
Silo - $99 Core OR $159 Proressional
Softimage (Autodesk) - $2995
Swift 3D - $249
True Space - FREE
Vue - $599 Complete; $399 Studio; $199 Esprit
Wings 3D - FREE
ZBrush - $699 Commercial license

Art (Software - 3D Renderers)
3Delight - Pricing is FREE and up
Aqsis - FREE
Brazil - $895 and up; works with 3ds Max & Rhino
finalRender - $895 and up
Horde3D - FREE
LuxRender - FREE
Maxwell Render - $995 and up
Pixie - FREE
YafaRay - FREE

Art (Software - Animation & Spriting)
Dungeon Demon (Rusty Axe) - map editor; $29.99 with free upgrades forever or FREE using TrialPay
Easy Toon - FREE
GrafX2 - FREE bmp program; used for pixel art
Graphics Gale - sprite software; 1,995 JPY
Pencil - FREE
Pivot - FREE; Stick figure animation
Plastic Animation Paper - FREE
Pro Fantasy - create maps and tiled floors, character creation
Pro Motion - $78+; used for pixel art
Synfig Studio - FREE open source 2D animation software
tIDE map editor - .NET-based tile editor; licensed under Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) open source agreement
Tiled Map Editor - create tilable maps easily

Art (Software - Graphic)
Art Rage
Artweaver - FREE or Plus 29 EURO
Bibble - Pro $199.95; Lite $99.95
Color It! - $59.95; Macs ONLY
CorelDRAW
Corel Painter
Crayola Art Studio - $24.99
Flash - makes vector graphics and great for animation
Fotographix - FREE
GIMP - FREE graphic software; Mac version here
GrafX2 - FREE
Illustrator - vector graphics
ImageMagick - FREE
Inkscape - open source vector graphics software
IrfanView - FREE but needs license for commercial use; light photo editing software
MS Paint - FREE; comes with every Windows OS
MyPaint - open source painting program
NeoPaint - $45
Open Canvas - 5,800 JPY
Paint.NET - FREE
PaintTool SAI - 5,250 JPY
Paint Shop Pro - $39.99
Photoshop
Photoshop Elements - weaker and cheaper version of Photoshop
Pixelmator - $59.99; Mac ONLY
Pixia - FREE
Sketchbook Pro



IV. MUSIC, SOUND EFFECTS & VOICE TRACKS

Music (Stock)
Blast My Music
Garage Games Art Pack - ranges from ambient sounds to full soundtracks $20 and up
IndieSFX - Royalty free music $40 (£20) per track. Exclusive tracks available for £100 ($200 US, 150 Euro) each.
Royalty Free Music - can purchase by track, disc, or subscription
Shockwave Sound - royalty-free music, stock music, sound effects
Sound Dogs - stock music and sound effects
Sound Rangers - stock music and sound effects

Music (Services)
Blast My Music
IndieGamer Forum: Music & Sound portfolios
Walz Music

Music Sheets
International Music Score Library Project - public domain music sheets for US & CAN (EU residents must check); MP3 audio, parts, and full score may be included
Mutopia - FREE classical music sheets that are in public domain

Music Softwares
Hyper Score - music composing software; $79
Melody Assisttan - shareware; $25 or 20EURO for license
Reason - digital music synth; $349USD
Tune Toys - sound generating softwares

Sound Effects (Stock)
as3sfxr - open source, in-browser sound effect generator for games; based on sfxr
bfxr - in-browser sound effect generator; based on sfxr
Garage Games Art Pack - ranges from ambient sounds to full soundtracks $20 and up
IndieSFX - $120 or £60 for a compilation of 180 sound effects
Partners in Rhyme - royalty-free sound effects may be used for commercial purposes
sfxr - FREE sound effect generating software
Shockwave Sound - royalty-free music, stock music, sound effects
Sound Dogs - stock music and sound effects
Sound Rangers - stock music and sound effects

Sound Effects (Services)
IndieGamer Forum: Music & Sound Portfolios
IndieSFX - $6 per sound for up to 25 sounds, and $4 per sound after that, with a minimum total charge of $50

Voice Tracks
Topleka Voice Pack - FREE for commercial projects as long as you credit toplekaNET and link back to site.



V. FONTS

Font (Free)
Agrafa Hairline - FREE for commercial use; must register
Anivers - FREE for commerical use
Audimat - FREE for commercial use
Bienetresocial - FREE for commercial use
Cantarell - FREE for commercial use
Cardo Font - FREE for commercial use
DaFont - Freeware, shareware, demo versions or public domain fonts; please check each font's license before use
DejaVu Fonts - FREE
Delicious - FREE for commercial use
Diavlo - FREE for commercial use
Dieter Steffmann - collection of fonts; not sure if it's free or not but if you speak German please visit his site and let me know!
Digitica - FREE for commercial use
Dustismo Roman - Public domain font
eljbris - FREE fonts for commercial use but extended license needed for embedding or distributing in software apps or hardware devices
Exus Pilot - FREE for commercial use
Fell Types - FREE for commercial use; medievel fonts
Fertigo Pro - FREE for commercial use
Fontin Sans - FREE for commercial use
FontShop Free Fonts - FREE fonts for commercial use; 5 difrerent fonts listed
Font Squirrel - FREE fonts for commercial use; must register
Franchise Bold - FREE for commercial use
Gentium - FREE for commercial use
Google Font Directory - directory of open source fonts
Impallari - FREE fonts for commercial use; all fonts under Open Font License
Inconsolata - FREE open font licensed; great for programming
Justus - Public domain font
KalleGraphics Freebie - FREE for commercial use; Alpha Ruler and Kilogram
Keeparty - FREE for commercial use
Liberation Serif - Public domain font
LOT - FREE for commercial use
Luxi-Sans - FREE just as long as license notice is included
Megalopolis Extra - FREE for commercial use
Merge - FREE for commercial use
MgOpen Typeface - FREE for commercial use; 4 types - Canonica, Cosmetica, Modata & Moderna
Mr Jones Book - FREE for commercial use; must register; Mr Jones Book and Mr Jones Book Italic only
Museo - FREE for commercial use
OpenFontLibrary - FREE for commercial and noncommercial use
Orbitron - FREE for commercial use
Oxford - FREE for commercial use
Portland LDO - FREE for commercial use
PT Sans - FREE for commercial use
Quicksand - FREE for commercial use
Ripe - FREE for commercial use
Roadgeek Fonts - FREE for HOBBYIST and EDUCATIONAL use only
Sensation - FREEWARE
Silkscreen - FREE for commercial use; pixel font
Surface - FREE for commercial use; Medium weight only
Tallys - FREE for commercial use
Triskweline - FREE font suited for text editors and programming environments
Type Latin Serif - FREE for commercial use
Vera Fonts - FREE for commercial use as long as it is NOT sold by itself or bundled with other fonts only

Font (Services)
Blambot - must contact for quote
Typodermic Fonts (aka Larabie Font) - must contact for quote

Font (Software)
FontLab - $649.99+

Fonts (Stock)
Blambot - $20 per font
My Fonts - over 62,000 fonts from 800 foundries; prices range from $15 and up; FREE fonts require registration
Ultimate Font Download - 10,000 fonts for commercial use; only $19.99 (Larabie Fonts) !!NOTE: some fonts I recognize from Blambot (Nate Piekos)!!



VI. GAME BUILDING - FINISHING

Proofreading Services
IndieProofing - $1 per 100 words (or part thereof) for basic proofreading and $2 per 100 words (or part thereof) for descriptive work (which may require rewriting)

DRM
DRM Connect - Mac DRM, must contact for price
EXECryptor
SoftwarePassport (Armadillo) - $399

Encryptors/Obfuscators
SOB: The SWF Obfuscator - FREE
SWF Encrypt - $145USD and up depending on edition

Installers
Astrum Install Wizard - Standard $49 or Professional $89
NSIS - FREE opensource Windows installer

Softwares
XAMPP - install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl
gDEBugger - OpenGL and OpenCL debugger, profiler, and memory analyzer; available for Windows, Mac and Linux

Backup Your Work!
Acronis Backup & Recovery - auto-backup software $74 and up
Assembla - online storage ranging in price from $9/mo - $100/mo
Bit Bucket - price range from FREE unlimited private repository for up to 5 users up to $80/mo for unlimited users; DVCS for Mercurial
Back Blaze - $5/mo with unlimited storage
Crash Plan - range from FREE for personal use to PRO edition for business use ($349.95 and up)
Drop Box - FREE for 2GB of online storage space OR $9.99/mo for 50GB OR $19.99/mo for 100GB
DVDisaster - FREE; stores data on CD/DVD/BD media's that is fully recoverable even after some read errors have developed
GitHub - FREE for open source with unlimited space OR pay monthly ranging from $7/mo - $200/mo
iDrive - FREE online storage for 5GB space OR for more space, subscribe monthly starting at $4.95/mo and up
Mozy PRO - Desktop License is $3.95/mo + $0.50/GB per month OR Server License at $6.95/mo + $0.50/GB per month
SyncBackPro - auto-backup software ranging from FREEWARE to SE ($34.95) and PRO ($54.95) editions
Syncplicity - prices range from FREE to $45/mo Business Edition

Miscellaneous
YouSentIt - file sharing service; prices range from FREE to $14.99/mo Pro Plus (Corporate available but runs in $1000's)
Video Game Name Generator