Game Development using Linux?

[Mejingjard]

Hello! So i'm starting with game development and i have no mac
I use Ruby on Rails/PHP/HTML/JS/CSS at work, but for game development i need photoshop/fireworks etc...

 

I tryed to use photoshop in a Virtualbox VM, but is really impractical way to do this because using VM the performance sucks

Have some tools for game design to use in Ubuntu? ( gimp sounds too bad )
Please consider that i'm doing a game with pixelart design and flat design

 

My goal to use linux is the super friendly environment for development, using nodejs, bower, npm, and the back-end is Ruby on Rails

So finally if you guys have any tips for me I will be grateful!

[Hardtail]

Hi there. If you are looking for graphic packages take a look at Gimp. There is nothing wrong with Gimp. If you are going to do 3d work look at Blender. They are both free and supported for your OS. If you want to use Adobe products, get Windows or a Mac. 

[d13]

 

Please consider that i'm doing a game with pixelart design and flat design

Try this: http://www.piskelapp.com

[icp]

You could use https://inkscape.org/en/.

[jasonb]

I use Gimp, and I use Windows lol. It's a cheap man's adobe photoshop.

 

I also use Paint.net for windows, but I think irrelevant to Linux.