Tutorials for Blender 3D and the Game Engine


  







Append (2.49 & 2.5)

Import Models into your blend from other blends.

Append 2.49  --  Append 2.5

Armatures  -- Custom shape  (2.49 & 2.5)

Replace the default bone shape with a custom shape of your own creation.

Armature Custom Shape 2.49  --  Armature Custom Shape 2.5

Camera  -- Changing Cameras (2.49)

Use 1 keyboard key to change between multiple cameras in the Game Engine.  Uses States

Changing Cameras 

Viewport Tutorial
Camera  -- Viewports (2.49)

Use viewports to create a split screen in the Blender 3D game engine.

Viewports Tutorial

Google Sketchup to Blender 3D  (2.49 & 2.5)

Import models from Google Sketchup into Blender 3D

Google SketchUp to Blender (2.49 & 2.5)

Health Bar (2.49)

Use an overlay scene to create a health bar in the Blender 3D Game Engine

Logic Bricks   ---   Python Script 
Library Linking (2.49 & 2.5)

Create a library of models and link it to your main blend

Library Linking 2.49  ---  Library Linking 2.5
Logic Bricks  --  Overlay Scene (2.49 & 2.5)

Use an Overlay Scene in the Blender 3D game engine.

Overlay Scene Tutorial 2.49  --  Overlay Scene Tutorial 2.5

Logic Bricks  --  Replace Mesh (2.49 & 2.5)

Use the replace mesh actuator in the Blender 3D game engine. 

Replace Mesh Tutorial 2.49  --  Replace Mesh Tutorial 2.5

Logic Bricks  --  Sound  (2.49 & 2.5)

Use sound with the Blender 3D game engine.

Sound Tutorial 2.49   --   Sound Tutorial 2.5

Mist (2.49 & 2.5)

Use Mist in the Blender 3D Game Engine

Mist Tutorial 2.49  -- Mist Tutorial 2.5

Mouse Look --  1st Person Viewpoint  (2.49)

Mouse look in the Blender Game Engine. 
Mac OSX:  Code to fix mouse look drifting contributed by Pelle Johnsen

Mouse Look Tutorial 1st Person

Movement (2.49)

Move forward, back, left and right in the Blender 3D Game Engine.  Stop without sliding

Logic Bricks   ---   Python Script   

Normal Maps  (2.49)

Use Normal maps in the Blender 3D Game Engine.

Normal Maps Tutorial

Normal Maps -- Classic Method (2.49)

Use the camera to create a normal map of the surface of a model.

Normal Maps -- Classic Method

Normal Maps --  Blender 3D (2.49)

Use normal maps to add the appearance of detail without actually adding the detail.

Normal Maps -- Blender 3D

Normal Maps  --  High to low Polygon  (2.49)
Bake normal maps from a high to a low polygon model.

Normal Maps -- baking high polygon to low polygon

Parent  -- Slow Parent  (2.49 & 2.5)

Use Slow Parent in both Blender 3D and the Blender 3D Game Engine.

Slow Parent 2.49  --  Slow Parent 2.5

Runtime  (2.49)

Create a standalone game for the Blender 3D game engine.

Runtime

Shadows (2.49 & 2.5)

Use real time shadows in the Blender 3D game engine.

Real Time Shadows 2.49  ---  Real Time Shadows 2.5

Skybox  (2.49)

Use a skybox in the Blender 3D game engine.

Skybox Tutorial

Soft Bodies (2.49 & 2.5)

Use soft bodies in the Blender 3D game engine.

Soft Bodies Tutorial 2.49  --  Soft Bodies Tutorial 2.5


Stencils (2.49)

Use stencils for real time texture splatting

Stencils Tutorial

Text  (2.49)

Use text in the Blender 3D game engine.

Texture Face Materials  ---  Blender Multitexture Materials  ---  Blender GLSL  Materials 

Textures  --  Alpha  (2.49)

Use alpha textures in the Blender 3D Game Engine

Texture Face Materials   ---   Blender Multitexture Materials  ---  Blender GLSL Materials 

Textures  --  Animating (2.49)

Animate textures in the Blender 3D Game Engine

Texture Face Materials   ---   Blender GLSL Materials 

Textures  --  Baking (2.49 & 2.5)

Combine textures by baking them onto a UV map.

Baking Textures 2.49  --  Baking Textures 2.5

Textures  -- Reflective  (2.49)

Use reflective textures to make things look shiny in the Blender 3D game engine.

Blender GLSL Materials   ---   Blender Multitexture Materials   --- Texture Face Materials 
Vehicle Tutorial
Vehicle Wrapper  (2.49)

Create a realistic car setup in the Blender 3D game engine.

Vehicle Wrapper Tutorial

Vehicle Collision Box  (2.49)

Use a vehicle collision box to improve the framerate of your game in the Blender 3D game engine.

Vehicle Collision Box
Vehicle -- Oval Race Track  (2.49)

Use DupliFrames to model an oval track for your racing game.

Oval Race Track
Vehicle -- Point to Point Race Track  (2.49)

Use DupliFrames to model an point to point track for your racing game.

Point to Point Race Track
Video Texture Module  --  Mirror (2.49)

Create a real time Mirror in the Blender 3D Game Engine.

Mirror Tutorial -- Real Time

Video Texture Module  --  Movie (2.49)

Play movies in the Blender 3D Game Engine.

Movie Tutorial

Video Texture Module  --  Render to Texture (2.49)

Render to texure in the Blender 3D Game Engine

Render To Texture Tutorial

Weapon Reticle  (2.49)

Use the overlay scene to create a weapon's reticle in the Blender 3D game engine.

Texture Face Materials  ---  Blender Multitexture Materials  ---  Blender GLSL Materials

     



The Blender 3D and game engine tutorials were created as a series of step by step instructions and help you create computer games. Use the tutorials to make casual video games, First Person Shooter games, role playing games, racing simulation games and more. Use the tutorials as a self paced learning tool to model and program your own three-dimensional world and then play on your computer.