Looking for 3d game design software

[alanwest09872]

Ok I have done a little bit of programming. I am looking for a easy to use 3d game design software I had DarkBasic Pro but I cant find it anymore. I liked the fact it was all put togeather. If anyone knows of a better software thats easy to use and where I can find it I would appreciate a heads up.


http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=view_product&id=2125
To view the game design website

 

[Lord Banshee]

www.udk.com

The unreal3 engine all yours... You don't get the source code, just the Unreal Script, but it is pretty powerful and has more than enough power a single person can use to make a game.

 

[wwswimming]

3 Different Choices -

Dan Waters @ Microsoft - hands on tutorial for building a game using Visual Studio & XNA, using XSI ModTool to create the 3D assets -

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dawate/arch...free-video-tutorial-series-now-available.aspx


Blender Game Engine (BGE) - part of Blender - use Blender to create assets & program interaction
http://www.blender.org/

Clark Thames' tutorials on BGE
http://www.tutorialsforblender3d.com/Game_Engine/Tutorials_index.html


Unity Game Engine
http://unity3d.com/

some backup on how to use UGE -
http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/forumdisplay.php?309-Unity

 

[alanwest09872]

Thanks for the replies guys much appreciated

 

[Modelworks]

UDK from epic if you want something all encompassing. They release new features almost every month now.

Some of the updates to it for May

* Scaleform GFX user interface solution now available!
* Steam is now the default system for handling online services.
* UDK now has full 64-bit editor support.
* Make more beautiful games with light shafts, exponential height fog, color grading and many other new technological advances.

 

[alanwest09872]

well lI downloaded udk. Now are there any tutorials and does it come with everything I need or do I need to get some other software to. I have a few different pieces of game design software so whats the standard can they be combined usually
I have so far 3d world studio, Dark basic exgen, udk,

 

[Modelworks]

The tutorials are on the same site that you downloaded the UDK from. The UDK contains everything from tools to do animations, build levels, scripting, cutscenes, particles, physics, and more.

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitGettingStarted.html

There are a couple sample games on the UDK site that show how to use it for other games not just shooters.
http://www.udk.com/showcase-dungeon-defense.html
http://www.udk.com/showcase-whizzle

The only thing you really need besides the UDK is an image editor for textures, 3d modeling program to create custom models, sound editor for sounds. Everything else is contained in the UDK. There is a lot to learn as the UDK is really massive in features but it is the same engine used in 50+ shipped game titles.

If you are really interested there is also training dvd that cover everything in detail:
http://eat3d.com/training_videos


Some tutorial sites:
http://hourences.com/book/tutorialsindex.htm

 

[tweakboy]

For that you need Unreal Editor

 

[Tristicus]

Darkbasic, Unity, UDK, etc. Lots of good free ones out there.