21. Building Games with Ogre3D
Finally, the fun part. Creating 3D graphics is gratifying, but it doesn’t compare to the sense of accomplishment that comes from building an immersive, 3D, full-featured game. You’re not just designing figures, you’re creating a world! I’ve heard it time and again: Regular programming is a job, game programming is an obsession.
Ogre3D, hereafter referred to as Ogre, is an open source game development toolset that, in the right hands, can build games with all the features expected from professional offerings. Sound, animation, textures, shadows, skeletons—if it’s not in Ogre, it probably isn’t that important. And if it’s not in Ogre and it is important, you can extend Ogre’s capabilities with plug-ins.
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