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Blender is mentioned here. I'm not much of programmer, game designer or pretty much anything (yet), but I've been fooling around with TrueSpace 7.6. It's a free 3D modeler from Caligari.com

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GamesRadarTylerWilde - 10 months 10 days ago

Good catch - I've used TrueSpace before, not sure why it slipped my mind. I'll add it to the list of updates.

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TheNobleRobot - 10 months 10 days ago

"do you have any recommendations for mac users?"

Get a real computer... OH, BURN!

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TheNobleRobot - 10 months 10 days ago

j/k

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Spybreak8 - 10 months 10 days ago

Yea I used RPG Maker when I attended the Unv. at Buffalo before and it was fun to create a south park inspired Tom Cruise morphing Scientologist Boss battle heavy story.^^ I'm using Game maker atm with my 3D scripting class and we're reusing Unreal Editor in my adv level design class with the Art Institute online. I've heard of blender too. Funny thing is my classes expect me to come up with a new game every 6 weeks, I'm more of the 3D modeler though. This is a great list of useful programs, hope someone does take the plunge.

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zanthox - 10 months 10 days ago

Wow... Yesterday I started writing up concepts about a game...

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lorien - 10 months 10 days ago

Another good game engine for learning is the Torque Game Engine Advanced from Garage Games.

You can start out making games by learning Torque Script. If you feel real adventurous, you can go as far as modifying the engine with C/C++.

If you pickup one of the books on Torque, they will normally include a copy of the engine to use for free. If you then want the source to the engine, they have an indie license for around $300.

Worth looking into if you are serious about publishing your game....

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redwing605 - 10 months 10 days ago

I had to use game maker for class I really didn't enjoy it, but I guess I am a little biased since he throw us at the program and he didn't teach us anything about it. We had to produce simple demos within a week so it wasn't the best first experience with the program.

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Nintendophile - 10 months 10 days ago

What a great article! Thank you for putting all these resources together into one quick-stop-shop! ^_^

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nyef - 10 months 10 days ago

i remember one time i made a space invaders type game with visual basic. it was pretty cool, but i could of done more if I used a different program. blender is pretty sickly tho : )

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King Rupert6 - 10 months 10 days ago

i've been working on a game, and i use realm crafter. it's pretty simple, and it has its own little editors, that range form making terrains to making rocks. =p

and if you're sorta serious about making a game, realm crafter's price doesn't seem as much if you see some other 'spensive programs

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Life - 10 months 9 days ago

AS soon as my finals are done, this is going to the test. I'm so pumped to start making some of these things. Thank you so much for finding all of this!

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animeman - 10 months 9 days ago

i used Game Maker 7.0 last year in computer class. it is really simple.

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badgerfan993 - 10 months 9 days ago

Thanks, i been searching for some good software for week

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deathrebellion - 10 months 9 days ago

Gr8 article man i've been searching 4 somthing like this 4 quite a while
Thanx

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Wizrai - 10 months 8 days ago

I find this article amazing, as I use to spend some of my time with these apps, doing random doodles or piles of ideas which usually turns into projects. Knew a lot of those listed, but also found some very intersting ones.

In the end, what matters is that you enjoy this work, it will always be frustrating, and doing it all by yourself won't help the progress, since you'll get a new idea to experiment with, and leave your current project, and so on...but still, thanks for the article, Tyler!

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JoeMasturbaby - 10 months 8 days ago

TYLER!

mention Unreal Tournament Editor!
its actually pretty easy to learn/use.

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Furyspittles - 10 months 8 days ago

Thanks heaps for an awesome list. Stuff like this makes me love GamesRadar.

Now if only i could be bothered to dedicating the time to this stuff...thats the area where i usually fall short. Very short.

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MUSH-RUME - 10 months 8 days ago

Someone should make a game in which you can create your own games really easily e.g character creation is like that of city of heroes (for the characters clothes) except slightly better and their body like a cross between spore and sims. The weapons and items could just be created using simple drag 'n' drop tools (like the with the weapons you could just add and swap parts, choose the ammo type and style and additional features). If someone made a game like that they would sell friggin millions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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