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I would like to start moving towards 3D game development. I am currently in the early stages of research. | I would like to start moving towards 3D game development. I am currently in the early stages of research. | ||
* http://www.ianww.com/blog/2012/11/04/optimizing-three-dot-js-performance-simulating-tens-of-thousands-of-independent-moving-objects/ | |||
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Last time I looked at this it was immature, it looks more promising now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me3BviH3nZc | Last time I looked at this it was immature, it looks more promising now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me3BviH3nZc . Also, there are two books that look good on Safari. | ||
The most popular library here seems to be three.js | The most popular library here seems to be three.js | ||
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threejs | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threejs | ||
* http://stemkoski.github.io/Three.js/ | |||
Latest revision as of 22:01, 31 May 2013
I would like to start moving towards 3D game development. I am currently in the early stages of research.
Tools
- 3D Engine
- Irrlicht
This is a multi-platform library that seems fairly well supported. The alternatives would be raw OpenGL or Ogre.
- IDE
- Code::Blocks
Don't know a lot about this one, but it seems good.
- Physics Engine
- Bullet
This looks really solid. The only concern I have is that the amount of flexibility and power it comes with may incur a large cost in complexity.
Research Plan
- Get some Irrlicht sample code compiled and running
- Do a small Irrlicht project (a 3D clock would be a good project) with no physics component
- Do a small project with a physics component and render the results in 3D
- Small project with 3D, physics and input
This page (http://www.irrlicht3d.org/wiki/index.php?n=Main.GettingStartedWithBullet) is an intro to integrating Irrlicht and Bullet.
WebGL
Last time I looked at this it was immature, it looks more promising now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me3BviH3nZc . Also, there are two books that look good on Safari.
The most popular library here seems to be three.js