FPS creation

[lemmi]

Hi all.
For my final year project i'm designing a PC game, probably a FPS. Now at the moment i'm using darkBASIC pro but i was wondering if anyone else has done this sort of thing and know of any other programs.
cheers all!

[Brass Monkey]

Try using Blender3D (http://www.blender3d.org). A 3D modeling and animation program with a built in game engine and Python programming compatability.

[Kuky]

How much detail are you going into for it? In any case, if you're interested in game programming, this (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0131020099/qid=1097183785/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-2420519-0325437?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) is a great book.

[Bravehearter]

Lemmi! I wasnt even aware that you were a computer science student!

[cc-crazed]

wow, never heard of darkBASIC before. I didn't think any basic variations were used for heavy 3d applications. Guess i was wrong. I looked up darkBASIC and it looks to be a fairly decent tool for your purpose. What kind of class is this? Cause didn't they teach you the language and techniques to do this?

[lemmi]

Lol, they taught us some stuff. I'm doing a multimedia computing degree and we had to come up with our own project. I thought hey, why not try and do something that actually interests me so while there will be a lot of work involved as i'll be learning some of it as i go along it will at least be interesting!

I've downloaded lots of different programs for modelling levels/NPCs/weapons/animations etc like gamespace and maya. Anyone recommend anything else?

[Kuky]

GameDev (http://www.gamedev.net/) has tons of useful articles and tutorials. Definitely stop by there.