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First Blender Game – FPS Tower Shooter 0

Posted on March 09, 2011 by admin

This is a simple first Blender Game, built by myself with the help and inspiration of my 5 1/2 year old daughter.  She helped with the texturing of the ball. It is obviously inspired by our playing of Jenga. It uses some simple Bullet/Rigid Body dynamics in the engine.

Game Controls – W, A, S, D for up, left, down, right – respectively.  Left mouse button to ‘shoot’ a ball from the cannon. Right click to reset the tower/game. Esc to close/quit.

This was packaged with Blender 2.49b (32b) on Windows Vista and Mac OS X 10.5 (Intel).  There isn’t much going on… just an exercise, really (and a way to play with my daughter).

Download here:

Windows

Mac

-update – it has come to my attention that the blue/yellow coloring on the ball is missing (texture), so I will figure out how to bundle the texture, and update the links.  Also, it somehow hijacks the mouse cursor, leaving it invisible while the game is the active application.  Not sure how to fix that, but will look into it.

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Beware of IllusionMage / 3DMagixPro Problem 0

Posted on February 02, 2011 by admin

Some state that the products for sale (via Clickbank) titled both IllusionMage and 3DMagixPro are a scam.  It is not a scam.  It is, however, illegal – Because they are STEALING copyrighted images, and claiming Blender to be their own product.  Blender is Free, Open Source, GNU/GPL – it is resellable – which is OK, and this guy even provides details and source code if you dig deep enough.  His main value to the product, is likely the training he provides (I haven’t bought it, so don’t know if it’s legit, or stolen from other sites and youtube videos… though I’m leaning the theft side of things).

Remember, Blender, in all it’s versions and variations, is FREE.  There is a LOT of FREE tutorials and training available for it.  Please do you research before purchasing this product.

3DMagix, 3DMagixPro, IllusionMage, scam, review, leech, stealing

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FREE 3D Diamond Model, various formats 0

Posted on January 29, 2011 by admin

I’ve decided to model a diamond from scratch, based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brilliant_(diamond_cut). I actually just eyeballed it, and didn’t use the image as a background. But I think it turned out pretty good, ;)

The model is available at The 3D Studio (just click on one of the images) for free (registration required).
The Max model has a white/wire material on it, but a diamond material is in the material editor. The Blender model has a diamond material also.

Available in .Max (2011), .OBJ, .3DS, .DAE, .FBX, and .Blend (2.5)

Cheers :)

If you found this model useful, and would like other models and tutorials, consider donating :)

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3D Cars, Trucks, SUV models to Download 0

Posted on January 08, 2011 by admin

Here is a collection of mostly realistic cars, trucks, or SUVs – the exception being some of the Low Poly models. Clicking on image will take you store for download, with models ranging in price from FREE to $99 (even collections), with the exception of the highly detailed VW Phaeton for $120.



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Happy New Years 2011 (and Merry Christmas) 0

Posted on December 29, 2010 by admin

A couple really short particle animations I made – Christmas one before Christmas, but didn’t blog it, and the new year one yesterday.
All with Blender 2.49, Vegas for video encoding, daughter for jingle bells, and Thunder in the Valley 2008 fireworks sound.
Cheers!

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