The Blender GameKit

Blender is a fast, powerful, and free open source 3D creation suite. In addition to its advanced modeling, character animation, and rendering features, it has a well-integrated game engine and tools for editing game logic. With the help of The Blender GameKit, you'll be able to create stunning interactive 3D environments and games without having to program!

The Blender GameKit includes an extensive section for those new to 3D or to the Blender suite itself. Step-by-step tutorials wil walk you through creating models, animating them,and turning them into simple games. If you're a more experienced 3D artist, you'll appreciate the book's more complex game demos, the character animation tutorials, and the complete reference section.

This 2nd edition of The Blender GameKit was produced by the Blender Foundation to help users unleash their 3D game creation powers and to support open source projects to further improve Blender. Editor Carsten Wartmann is a 3 D designer and renowned author of several Blender books.

Auf der CD / DVD:

The CD contains several playable and editable Blender game demos as well as Blender 2.48 for all platforms: Windows (2000/XP/Vista 32/64 bits), OS X (10.3, 10.4, 10.5), and Linux (i86 32/64bists). Minimum system requirements: 1 GHz processor, 512 MB memory, OpenGL accelerated 3D card (NVIDIA or ATI).

Zielgruppe:

• • Hobbyists interested in building serious computer games • Blender fans (there are many)

Autor / Autorin:

Carsten Wartmann is a 3D designer living in Berlin, Germany, and the author of The Official Blender GameKit, The Blender Book (both No Starch Press), and co-author of The Official Blender 2.0 Guide (Premier Press).