Daily:
- Photoshop CS6: Painting for work or fun (games). Thank goodness I bought a CD when you still could.
- Atom: Text editing. A bit bloated I’d say, but it works.
- —Lite: (I wish) One of these days I will fork this and add multiple cursor support, at which point it would have all the features I need from atom…in < 3MB!
- Git Bash: As a terminal and some git command line stuff.
- git-gui: Most of my basic git usage. It’s not as pretty but has 90% of the features of other git GUIs, and it’s light enough that I can open and close it whenever I need it.
- StrokesPlus (windows only
): Mouse gesture commands for my whole computer, any program, anytime. I mostly stick with the keyboard, but when I do use the mouse, this makes it 10x better. I never have to switch back-and-forth with the keyboard to do basic tasks: back, forward, new-tab, close-tab, minimize, maximize, close, switch-applications, etc.—all without clicking tiny buttons, for file browsing, web browsing, or whatever. - Pen & Paper: (the physical stuff I mean) All my brainstorming, code planning, diagrams, etc.
- (unnamed): A tiny timer program I made that pops up and interrupts me every 20 minutes to remind me to look out the window for a bit and give my eyeballs a break.
Semi-Regularly:
- Colorpicker: For normalized vector colors, RGB and HSV.
- Multiviewer: For viewing a whole bunch of reference images at once. Was Defold, now Love2D.
- Audacity: I really like it, though I don’t know how to do anything crazy. It makes sound editing feel like text editing to me. Select, cut, paste, delete, etc. The envelope tool is great for freeform volume editing.
- Blender: Duh. For occasional game models, art mockups, rendering tests, or just fun.
- Sketchup (a very old Google version): For me Blender’s a bit slow and imprecise for quick architectural mockups (or plans for real-life projects).
- ScreenToGif: For quick and easy short game recordings (or bug reports).
Windows 7 For Life! 