What was the first 3D game you made? I don''t wanna begin something like quake and then end up wasting a month on something I won''t complete. So what would you recommend to someone who knows OpenGL pretty well and needs a way to apply his knowledge?

You should start with a tank battle game. 3rd person, mouse aims turret, arrows move body.

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Hmmmm that doesn''t sound too hard. I could probably do that one. Thanks for the suggestion. Anyone else wanna contribute?

how about 3d pong?

Seeing as u say your so good @ OpenGL, could u give me a site where i can learn everythin i need 2 know bout OpenGL game programming or teach me...
my email is fireant2002@hotmail.com

Make an adventure type game like Zelda, they don''t get boring 4 ages.. n r fun

Seeing as u say your so good @ OpenGL, could u give me a site where i can learn everythin i need 2 know bout OpenGL game programming or teach me...
my email is fireant2002@hotmail.com

Make an adventure type game like Zelda, they don''t get boring 4 ages.. n r fun

Seeing as u say your so good @ OpenGL, could u give me a site where i can learn everythin i need 2 know bout OpenGL game programming or teach me...
my email is fireant2002@hotmail.com

Make an adventure type game like Zelda, they don''t get boring 4 ages.. n r fun

doh, i thought there were a buncha people that replied. it was just one person replying three times. Well, here''s what I did. I began with the NeHe tutorials (nehe.gamedev.net). They''re very easy to follow, and they''re a good way to start. Then, after I had done alot of their tutorials and even started messing with the advanced ones, I started looking for actual game programming tutorials instead of general opengl ones. I followed the game programming tutorials at NeHe and I also bought the OpenGL Game Programming book. That should put you at a good level to start making games.

Now, I don''t think I really wanna make 3D pong. It''s just too boring.

I might consider the Zelda thing, but I sorta wanna make something 3D. I''ve already made pong and tetris a buncha times. I need something 3D now.

Any other suggestions?

These are not games...but it''s to know if you make one...

Make an optimized octree implementation...
Test AABB-trees, OBB-trees, sphere-trees. Test various optimizations such as "the octant test". Test different bounding volumes for the view frustum - cone & sphere comes to mind.

Code an BSP-tree implementation.

Collision detection using either a BSP-tree and/or an octree.

Try out lightmapping, shadowmapping, shadow volumes.

Very important: Keyframe animation and then, the not so important, skinning. Using bones, and maybe muscles.


If you know how to do half of that, then you''re good to go and make a full-featured 3D game - like the suggested tank game.

Hmmm, I guess I will have to explore some of those things eventually. They''re just so boring sometimes. But I guess I''ve got my work set out for me. Thanks for the advice. Any other suggestions?