useful links of all sorts

Very long bulleted list of web resources that are either super useful or super interesting- sorted by category.

programming

languages and libraries
- Learn CPP - a lot of details but helpful to understand how C++ works behind the scenes
- Learn OpenGL - complete OpenGL tutorials from the start
- Understanding Deep Learning - free online book on deep learning (+ notebooks)
- Michael Nielsen’s Neural Networks and Deep Learning - free online book on NN and DL
- Inigo Quilez - articles on computer graphics (good reference)
- Scratchapixel - computer graphics for beginners to advanced
- Lazy Foo’s Productions - SDL tutorials
- The Book of Shaders - about GLSL fragment shaders
- Maxim McNair’s WebGL Image Manipulation - image manipulation with WebGL
- Memememe - “Training Haar Cascades” - iPhone recognition with OpenCV (interesting links in the article as well)
games-related
- Grid Sage Games - awesome devblog about making roguelikes (esp. this five part series)
- Catlike Coding (Unity) - C# and shader tutorials for Unity
- Red Blob Games - interactive visual explanations of maths and algorithms used for games
- Mini Jam - game jams hosted every other week on itch.io
- Sonic Physics Guide - details on how the 2D Sonic games’ physics work (esp. slope physics)
- PavCreations - procedural generation and Unity tutorials
- Alan Zucconi - “Minecraft world generation” - article on Minecraft’s old world generation
- Annlöv, Törnquist Sjöbeck - “Procedurally Generating Animal Crossing Worlds” - paper on Animal Crossing world generation
youtube resources
- channels
  - Sebastian Lague - very good videos on procedural generation, AI and way more
  - 3Blue1Brown - excellent math visualizations and explanations (esp. the Essence of linear algebra and the Neural networks playlists)
  - Graphics in 5 minutes - simplified classes on computer graphics topics
  - Roguelike Celebration - talks on roguelikes and procedural generation
  - Mix and Jam - studying and recreating game mechanics in Unity
  - Acerola - games related graphics programming videos
  - Low Level Game Dev - C++ game dev videos
- videos
  - Henrik Kniberg - “Minecraft terrain generation in a nutshell” - Minecraft developer explains its procedural generation
  - Sébastien Benard - “Rogue design” - Dead Cells’ game designer talks about the game’s design (lots of interesting thinking, in french)

language learning

japanese
- resources
  - Tanoshii Japanese - dictionnary
  - Yomichan - browser extension that searches a dictionnary when a word is highlighted (setup tutorial)
  - たどく - reading material from beginner to advanced (link to full PDF on Reddit)
  - MyKikitori - listening skills practice
  - jtest4you - N5 to N1 tests
- youtube channels
  - けんさんおかえり - japanese conversations with subtitles
  - Kaname Naito - japanese teacher (grammar, dialogues…)
  - Jappepa - Peppa Pig in japanese (lots of vocabulary + subtitles)
norwegian
- resources
  - Norwegian on the Web 1 - norwegian beginner course by NTNU
- youtube channels
  - Learn Norwegian Naturally - norwegian speaking, lessons and vocabulary
polish
- resources
  - Exploring Polski - Guide to Przypadki - short article on grammatical cases
  - Diki - english dictionary
  - Glossa - shows conjugations and nouns declension
  - Reading A-Z - books by grade/level (14 days free trial)

others

audio
- LMMS - open source, multi-platform DAW
- BFXR - retro sound effects generator (good for games)
software and apps i use
- Obsidian - better than Notion
- Photopea - free browser alternative to Photoshop
miscelleanous
- FMHY.net - free stuff on the internet
- The Creative Independent
- Minecraft Earth Map