And finally, it's free software and it's a big plus for me.įor those out there who would like to start making simple 3D games, I would really recommend them to give Blender a go. Moreover I knew python already so I could jump straight into making more complex stuff if needed. It's also really pleasant to not have to switch between tools: everything is in one place (or almost). While the BGE is definitely not the best engine out there, it's the most straight forward tool I could use since I knew a bit of Blender already. And then I heard about the BGE so I gave it a try.
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Thus I started to learn how to use Blender. Long answer: For my last game I wanted something in 3D so I had to know how to model stuff on my own. Hey SolarLune! The short answer: Blender is the tool I know the most when it comes to game creation. (For those who don't know, BGE stands for Blender Game Engine. Last but not least, I'm on twitter ( if you feel like following me, that would be much appreciated (I almost exclusively tweet about games). Now that the editor is "good enough" to help me design tracks, I will focus on the main gameplay by implementing laps, power ups, etc. Here is a gif where you can see me running against the AI (I'm the one taking shortcuts):Īt full speed, I expect the AI to be really tough and the player will need to give everything and use shortcuts to beat it :) So much that I will need to artificially lower its maximum speed to draw a better learning curve for the player. I'm pretty satisfied with the result since the AI is better than me at this game. You can see them changing when the melon reaches a checkpoint (the yellow cubes). The numbers displayed refer to the distance until the next checkpoint as I used the sample algorithm for path finding. Here is a gif of an autonomous watermelon running in a simple circuit: But here I am and the last days I did some serious work on the AI of my melons.
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I did not update for a long time due to severe procrastination.