More Panda3D Resources

Panda3D Tutorial Series

MyGameFast. This tutorial aims to teach you how to make a game with Panda3D within a very short period of time. Each volume focuses on a particular type of game, and is subdivided into individual issues. The issues cover individual aspects of the task and are short and to the point.

Panda3D Specific Resources

Alice Gallery. This site holds many of the models created for use with Alice but exported into the .egg format. Be advised though, some of these models may not work properly.

Python Libraries

Pygame. GNU LGPL. Pygame is a set of Python modules designed for writing games. It includes Python bindings for SDL. Recommended for joystick support. Sound support is another free alternative to FMOD alongside Panda3D’s implementation of OpenAL.

Twisted MIT-style license. An event-driven networking framework.

Useful Tools

Blender. 3D modeling and animation. Extensible in Python. Very fast user interface. The Chicken and YABEE Egg exporters are available.

The GIMP. A very capable free software raster image editor. Useful for converting image formats, creating and editing textures.

Audacity. Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.

SWIG. A software development tool that connects programs written in C and C++ with a variety of high-level programming languages including Python.