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Windows Phone 7

http://axiom3d.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Open source 3D engine using C# and the .NET framework. Provides full support for DirectX, OpenGL and XNA on Windows, Linux, Android, iPhone and Windows Phone.

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/eb5ec31a-9e37-4f44-8308-1314026d96d3
Axiom 3D Game templates to help you get started

http://xbox.create.msdn.com/en-US/education/catalog/sample/game_state_management
A simple screen manager template done by Microsoft themselves. Perfect starting point for any Windows Phone project.

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/f9645de3-2050-4e4f-b2c8-61928c3ec636
This is a basic physics tutorial. Involves gravity, collision detection as well as using the accelerometer in the device.

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/e69b3fe4-0b13-4eeb-8bfe-ab2f964b011c
Tutorial for utilizing hold, drag, tap, flick, and pinch gestures for Windows Phone

http://xbox.create.msdn.com/en-US/education/catalog/?contenttype=0&devarea=11&platform=54&sort=1
Links with about a dozen different AI tutorials and methods for all different types of games.

http://xbox.create.msdn.com/en-US/education/catalog/sample/roleplaying_game
Tile based RPG tutorial. Useful for tile based designs, basic AI, collision and exposing XML files

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh184843%28v=VS.92%29.aspx
Windows Phone app store submission guidelines

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/WindowsPhoneTrainingCourse
Windows Phone Training Course

http://farseerphysics.codeplex.com/
An extended version of the Box2D.XNA port. Fully featured physics engine for use on WP7 projects.

Unity

http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/learning_path.php?lpid=18
Unity - Mobile game tutorials for everything you can imagine. Some require a subscription to view, but there are free ones available.

http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/sv_videonav.php?fid=9c7078620b09005c055bc9bde19a7187
Unity - iPhone development tutorials using MonoDevelop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL0MiJdvpqs&feature=related
Terrain demo specifically for mobile devices

http://www.unity3dstudent.com/
Tutorials aimed at the beginner, but can still be helpful

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/19167-iPhone-Development-FAQ
Helpful iOS forum posts from the Unity community... See what I did there?

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/114813-List-of-Tutorials-and-Resources
List of tutorials and videos, all free

http://www.reddit.com/r/unity_tutorials/
Collection of all reddit related Unity tutorials

http://www.youtube.com/InsurgentXdotcom
Dozens of youtube tutorials. Not all mobile specific, but incredibly helpful.

iOS

http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action
Apple Dev Center home page

http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/10_useful_resources_every_ios_developer
Helpful article for those new to iOS development. Includes links to applications to help you along the way.

http://www.otierney.net/objective-c.html
Tutorials for those starting out with Objective-C. Helpful for those with a bit of coding experience, but are new to the platform.

http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/
The ultimate in iOS 2D frameworks. Fast, free and easy to use.

http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=2138
cocos2D tutorials

http://www.raywenderlich.com/1163/how-to-make-a-tile-based-game-with-cocos2d
Helpful 2 part tutorial, in particular for tile based games

http://www.alexandre-gomes.com/articles/chipmunk/
2D Physics engine

http://monoclestudios.com/cocos2d_whitepaper.html
Basic application tutorial from start to finish with cocos2D

HTML 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yEocRtn_j9s
Intro to HTML5 game development from Google themselves

http://impactjs.com/
Javascript based game development engine, specifically for mobile devices. Not free, but a great time saver for the cost.

http://www.appmobi.com/
Collection of high quality tools and frameworks, most are free!

http://craftyjs.com/
Javascript game development libraries as well as accompanying tutorials

http://www.delicious.com/tag/html5+games
Collection of HTML5 game development tagged sites

Android

http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/index.html
Android development documentation

http://www.google.com/events/io/2011/sessions/android-development-tools.html
Hour long video tutorial showing all about the Android development tools as well as tips and tricks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq05KqjXTvs
Video straight from the Google development team going further in depth on the dev tools

http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2011/06/android-game-development-tutorials.html
Android game development tutorials

http://code.google.com/p/gamekit/
Cross platform (Windows and Mac OSX, Linux, Android and iPhone) game engine helpful particularly for Android prototypes.

Flash

http://flixel.org/
Open source Actionscript 3 library (Flash)

http://flashpunk.net/
Alternative to Flixel

http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials
Miscellaneous Flash/Actionscript tutorials

Miscellaneous Game Design

http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JonShafer/20120910/177436/The_Recipe_for_Good_AI.php
Article on designing a reasonable AI

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/177579/guerrilla_multiplayer_development.php
Technical article with links for developing multiplayer content in mobile games

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/176933/the_metrics_of_space_tactical_.php
Level design - How field of view effects player choices

Art Resources

TutsPlus
Problog
Basic PS
Pegaweb
Adobe Design Center
Smash Magazine
PS Support

http://letsmakegames.org/resources/art-assets-for-game-developers/
Provides links to free 2d/3d art assets as well as audio samples

http://insertco.de/category/2d-game-art-tutorials/
2D art tutorials and assets

http://www.polycount.com/forum/
Great forums for high and low poly 3D artists.

http://forums.cgsociety.org/
3D and 2D forum resource, with an actively updated gallery for inspiration.

http://cghub.com/
Great gallery showcasing tons of 3D and 2D work from a huge plethora of game studios and professional artists. Good forums as well, but less busy and therefore slower than Polycount or CG Talk.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/
Probably the best forum resource for 2D art, but slightly less video game oriented than CG hub. Still a great forum to get critiques and direction on art. Probably the best 2D community.

http://www.creativeuncut.com/game-art-galleries.html
Great gallery with tons of preproduction and production level art from a huge number of games. Great resource for inspiration and direction.

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/
Sells tons of excellent instructional DVDs on how to create art of all kinds for games and film. Though a fantastic resource, they are incredibly expensive (usually $60 - 80 each), so they are unfortunately not a super practical resource for students. Certainly an option for the hardcore, though!

Audio Resources

Free audio editor that allows for recording, conversion, editing of Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV and AIFF sound files.
Audacity

Tutorials for using Audacity.
Audacity Tuts

http://www.freesound.org
… Free sounds

http://www.free-audio-editor.com/
Free to use audio editor (Windows only)

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