[casual_games] Re: Game engine recommendations (Josiah Hobson)

[Tim Fisher]

Hi Josiah,

We might have a solution for you called igShowcase, it's not currently 
getting any development effort due to other commitments but we'd be 
happy to share the details with you.

"igShowcase is a commerical project, the aim to is develop a secure and 
affordable 3D model showcase facility. Based on OpenGL, and written in 
C++, igShowcase enables 3D Models, including textures, to be securely 
downloaded from the internet and presented within the browser window. 
The application takes advantage of the integrated igLoader network 
commands to provide delivery of the remote files.  Once igShowcase is 
installed on the client machine the serving website need only point it 
to the secure media files, the application will handle the rest. "

Drop me a line if you would like more information.

Tim.
Director - Indiepath Ltd
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:01:33 -0400
> From: "Josiah Hobson" <josiah at operand.com>
> Subject: [casual_games] Game engine recommendations
> To: <casual_games at igda.org>
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> I'm wondering if anyone can help recommend a game engine for a project
> I'm working on. It's a little 3D app that needs to allow the user to
> select from some number of 3d models and then choose a texture to apply
> onto that model and then finally to see how it would look. There are ~20
> models and ~600 textures so I need to be able to render the texture onto
> the model in real time on the client. It could be a Windows XP app, but
> if it could somehow run in IE that would be even better. 
>  
> I guess this is pretty simple as video game stuff goes, but I'm thinking
> it does still need some kind of game engine to get the job done. Plus a
> lot of the work is going to be creating the textures, so I need a system
> that can easily import them from JPGs. I know there are a lot of engines
> out there so I'm having some trouble getting up to speed enough to make
> an informed selection. If anyone out there knows offhand of an
> inexpensive product that might do the job, I'd love to get some
> recommendations. 
>  
> Thanks!
>  
> - josiah
>