3D World Studio

by gokulives at 02/12/07 10:47AM
I downloaded the trial of 3D World Studio. It's a level editor with some great features. It looks like it'd be something that's pretty easy to pick up and run with. I'm going to try to model some simple landscapes with it and then maybe some small game project would be appropriate...? *hint, hint*

Apparently it is easy to implement the levels in several game development languages like DarkBasic Pro, Torque, Blitz3D, etc... Also, it can export Half-Life level format (HL mod, anyone?). I think that it really has some potential for fledgling game designers.

If anyone else wants to throw something together, download the trial and see what you can do.

Here's a link to the website: 3D World Studio

UPDATE:
It appears as if this company, The Game Creators, have a ton of other awesome tools for helping beginners create games. I'm really interested in a few because they allow you to get your feet wet in game development without having to delve too deep into code (or at all with some tools). These can be great stepping stones into the game industry...

Here's another cool tool I'm going to try out: FPS Creator.
  • john_ross
    Very cool! We need to take a couple months off of work or something.
    by john_ross at 02/12/07 12:30PM
  • gokulives
    Definitely! Or at least start a once-per-week meeting where we can get together and start working on something simple... Before you know it, we'll be the next id Software... pwnage...
    by gokulives at 02/12/07 12:57PM
  • haloeclipse
    oh sweet merciful poop. Good job buddy. I second the notion of a meeting...over team speak or something because Im geographicly isolated...:(
    by haloeclipse at 02/12/07 11:30PM
  • gokulives
    Sounds good to me! We can definitely think of something and audio group-chat...

    I have a neat idea too: How about a Halo map-pack for HL2 or Unreal 2k4? I think it'd be awesome to play the Halo maps in those games and it'd be a cool first project to rebuild professional maps as a mod for another game...

    Any thoughts?
    by gokulives at 02/13/07 4:09PM
  • john_ross
    I know that I've played Blood Gulch on CS:Source...but it would be cool remake them.

    FYI, Goldeneye Source is up and running...
    by john_ross at 02/13/07 4:55PM
  • gokulives
    Woah... I need to play Goldeneye Source like, woah!
    by gokulives at 02/13/07 9:48PM
  • gokulives
    Ok, I decided that I really prefer UnrealEd over any other level editor that I've used so far. 3D World Studio is great, but UnrealEd just seems to be the most intuitive and easiest to test. Plus, I bought the special edition of UT2k4 which came with an instructional DVD with probably over one hundred hours of video tutorials on how to use UnrealEd.

    I started reviewing the tutorials again yesterday, so if we do anything, I think UnrealEd would be my pick for a level editor.

    Oh, and BTW: UnrealEd is free. It comes with Unreal and I can always make copies of the instructional DVD if anyone wants to learn as well! It's pretty awesome! =)
    by gokulives at 02/14/07 11:38AM
  • haloeclipse
    dude, the fps creator is stinkin cool. Looks easy since it doesnt recquire code unless you want to. Im VERRRY interested.
    by haloeclipse at 02/17/07 4:39PM
  • john_ross
    Yeah it does. I wonder if one person buys it if other people can use it??
    by john_ross at 02/17/07 5:23PM
  • haloeclipse
    yeah, it would be nice to spread the cost out :D Im downloading the trial as we speak. Ill put up a quick little review after a while.
    by haloeclipse at 02/17/07 8:10PM
  • gokulives
    Sweet... let us know what you think of it! ^_^
    by gokulives at 02/18/07 2:03PM