Here's yet another amazing piece of work, made by Martinsh, using Blenders new real-time tools and abilities. Its impressively comparable to Endi's Boom BGE masterpiece which was covered on Blendernation a while back.

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Blendenzo teamed up with Clean3D to develop a short game for the Christian Developers Network Speedgame Contest of 2008. Its not very often that we get to see a neatly finished game in the BGE, so its one which is worth checking out.

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"Help the Boros reclaim their precious artefact and solve the mystery of the Starlight Isles. You will face unique and challenging puzzles that will require all your logic and reasoning skills; often there is not just one solution to the problem you face."

Here's the introduction of one of the most original Blender games I've seen so far. It was created by a team of only five people during the high-profile British 'Dare to be Digital' contest.

We talked to Graham Ranson to find out how he and his team used Blender.

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"Video game enthusiasts from the Midlands have taken part in a project to create their own video game from scratch in Birmingham."

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A team of Czech game developers have created WILL, a game to support the Czech athletes in the Paralympics games in Beijing 2008.

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Everyone knows endi– he's one of those guys who can't seem to touch the computer without making something fabulous.  So when endi decided to try out the Blender Game Engine,  it was inevitable that something amazing would result.

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Brandon Phoenix - aka Dim on Blenderartists.org has completed a huge document detailing the many aspects of Video Games. The document is a great reference and learning tool for anyone interested in the field of game development, no matter what level of experience.

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The first playable demo from the Apricot Project is available to download. Now you can try out a test level of the game, and play around with Frank.

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Here's one we haven't seen before: Brandon Marvenko uses Blender's game engine as a development environment for artificial neural networks.

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Here's a use for Blender that you haven't seen before: the Great Northern Way Campus in Vancouver, BC, Canada, has been quietly working with Blender and the Blender Game Engine to produce scientific data visualizations on the effect of fishing policy on fish populations. In addition, they're looking for summer interns who can work with Blender.

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Glenn Melenhorst is creative Director at Iloura (Charlotte's Web, House of Flying Daggers, The Bank Job). He has been working on an amazing little game called DukDuk!, all done in Blender. We talked to him about his project.

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If you can't hardly wait for the Apricot project, to see Blender used in a game production pipeline. There is a game project called VDrift, which uses Blender for the same purpose.

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Generate your maze, create your character and fire up the Blender Game Engine…

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The Bzoo Project is a game creation suite, which provides resources, for anyone interested on develop a multiplayer game with the Blender Game Engine. With the Bzoo templates is very easy to implement network gaming and more, like chats and communication between players.

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Whether you make games, play games, or even if you don't like games, you should find this article useful. Eric Gooch, a game lighting artist working for Insomniac Games, has put together this interesting article about how he lit the recent game Resistance: Fall of Man. You'll learn about the difference lighting makes both in realism and in mood, and a bit about the artist's workflow.

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A very interesting list of games and interactive animations, developed with the Blender Game Engine, is available at Blender Game Exposé 2007. The list was compiled by PlantPerson, and shows some really good projects. A must see for anyone interested in the Blender GE!

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ChicO is developing a simple but fun game in Blender. And he is sharing his development with the community.

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Mechdroid is another game project developed in Blender, with a very simple concept. A mech droid must push some cubes to a nearby platform. It`s not as easy as it sounds, the Mech has a limited supply of fuel, and you have to push all blocks before the fuel ends.

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