Lagoan Multiphysics by Lagoa Technologies Inc show some of the most advance and may I say crazy cool physics effects for 3D I have seen in a while. Created by Thiago Costa who works for Ubisoft Digital Asts in Montrea as Lead Technical Director. If this in fact it is developed for use in up coming games engines; then all I can say is watch out Source and Unreal. But we will have to wait to find out if it’s even developed for game engines or just a plug-in for 3D apps like softimage, Maya and 3D Max. Maybe will hear some more new about it form Siggraph 2010 in L.A. or from the site http://www.lagoatechnologies.com/. Either way, I can wait to see what Lagoa Multiphysic engine is for.
Stencyl is a new flash game engine made for indie game designer with little knowledge of flash action scripting. From the look of it; it looks like a game engine similar to Game Maker but will have to get a copy to really see what it can do. Allowing you to create your own sprites and using simple commands to control the action of your game sprites to create a variety of flash based games. You can sign up for beta testing at the Stencyl home page. We’ll have to wait for a beta invite to get a real feel for the software but anything to help develop flash games for a wider audience is a welcome newcomer to the game.
Is a free 3D sculpting app similar to mudbox, Zbrush and other sculpting software. Made by Tomas Pettersson in the span of six month it features are limited but still fun to play with. It’s only available for Windows OS machines and further development looks to be no further that a couple bug fixes. But it’s great to see independent programmers working so hard for so little. So if you like it please send a little cash Tomas way and help support his little app for all of us to use.
Magic Particle is a special effects sprite based particle system editor similar to wondertouch’s particle illusion. Magic Particle editor is cheaper then particle illusion and also offers a free non-commercial version of it’s software. Which is always a plus when trying out new software. Wondertouch does offer a Demo version of particle illusion but is limited to a 30 day trail period.
What is MaPZone?
>MaPZone is simply the most advanced texturing tool ever. MaPZone is only intended to be used for producing high quality textures, and this is what it does best. Based on a unique and patented technology called the FX Maps, MaPZone is the only procedural tool giving you that much control over your creation.
Mapzone is a node based imaging software that look to be promising for games artist. Link Windows only is its only down size.
Need to create a 3D enviroment but can’t afford software like Vue. Well look no further then Terragen a free no commerial 3D enviroment and terrain builder. Windows and Mac Version available here.
