fix: game dev tools research

Author: tolstenko

docs/introgameprog/02-GameDevTools/README.md

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+# Game development tools
+
+There are plenty of tools available for game development. I dont want to cover all of them this is just a brief overview of the most common ones.
+
+The most types of tools for developers are:
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+- Game Engines
+- Game Development Frameworks / Libraries
+- Programming editors and IDEs
+
+But there are other types of tools that are also important for game development:
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+- 3D Modeling Tools
+- 2D Art and texture Tools
+- Sound and Music Tools
+- Planning and Management Tools
+- Marketing and Monetization Tools
+- Testing Tools
+- Publishing and Distribution Tools and platforms
+- Analytics, metrics, remote config and A/B Tools
+
+## Game Engines
+
+The powerhouses of game development, game engines are the software that packs lots of tools and features needed to create a game. They are the most important tool in a game developer's arsenal. Ex.: Unity3D, Unreal Engine, and Godot.
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+You might understand a game engine as the "orchestrator of the game". 
+
+!!! note
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+    Not all game engines provides embedded visual editors (ex.: Ogre3D), some of them are just a bunch of libraries and tools nicely integrated that you can use to create your game.
+
+Instead of listing all the game engines, I suggest you to search for the most popular ones and try them out. I suggest going to search engines and type some of these queries:
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+- "Game engine landscape"
+- "Top game engines"
+- "Game engine market infographic"
+- "Game engine popularity"
+- "Game engine comparison"
+
+If you are a open-source enthusiast, try to explore game engines on github. A nice search query involves the word "game engine" and the word "awesome", but here goes some links to help you:
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+- [GitHub Collection of Game Engines](https://github.com/collections/game-engines)
+- [Awesome GameEngines](https://github.com/collections/game-engines)
+
+## Game Frameworks / Libraries
+
+Sometimes you don't need a full game engine, or you need to create something that no other one provides. In this case, you can use a game development framework or library. Ex.: SDL3, LibGDX, Phaser, and others.
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+If you follow this path, you will have more control over your game, but you will need to code more things that are already done in game engines.
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+I am afraid there are so many frameworks and libraries that I can't list them all here. But you can search for them using the same queries I suggested for game engines, but replacing the word "engine" with "framework" or "library", you will get amazed by the amount of tools available. Try it!
+
+## Assignment 
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+1. Create an account on GitHub. If you don't want to expose yourself publicly, create a new account with a nickname unrelated to your real name. You can use any AI tool to help brainstorm a nickname for you. Extra: [apply to GitHub Student Pack](https://education.github.com/pack).
+2. Create a Repository on GitHub. The name of the repo should have "Awesome" somewhere in the name, and it should be related to game development tools. Ex.: "Awesome-GameDev-Tools". This will optmize SEO and make your repository more visible to others.
+3. Probably the repo will already have a README.md file, if not, create a README.md file on the root of your repo. Write a brief introduction to the repository and list some of the tools you are planning to cover.
+4. You should research and list at least 10 tools that you think are important for game development. Please explore others tools than the main-stream. Describe briefly each tool and provide a link to the tool's website or repository. 
+5. You will present some of them in class, so be creative and avoid listing tools that everyone knows. 

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       - introgameprog/README.md
+      - Game Dev Tools: introgameprog/02-GameDevTools/README.md
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       - artificialintelligence/README.md
       - Spatial Quantization: artificialintelligence/readings/spatial-quantization.md