In this website you will find very useful step-by-step Blender tutorials, mostly regarding the Blender Game Engine, plus a complete Python Game API documentation reference with code snippets and examples on every class and method.

In this tutorial we examine how to export a model from Blender to Unity 3D and import it into a game. The tutorial also demonstrates how to bake a normal map and a color map from a highpoly model to the lowpoly counterpart, real-time display of the color/normal maps in the Blender viewport with GLSL shading, and real-time updating of assets in Unity.

Create exciting, interactive 3D apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch

What a combination-using free, open-source Blender software and the SI02 game engine to create very cool 3D characters and games for the very hot devices of the moment, the iPhone and iPod Touch.

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Use the Video Texture module to play movies in the Blender game engine.  Python code and example blend included.

Use the mouse to look up, down, left and right in the Blender Game Engine.  Options include capping, invert mouse pitch and adjust mouse sensitivity.

Many games and indie projects make use of the *.map format to make their maps and levels. With the inclusion of the ‘map’ export script into Blender 3D, it’s now possible to model your level in 3D and output that as content that can be loaded directly into GTKRadiant or other ‘map’ editor.

This tutorials covers “how to..” and the more advanced information you need to look out for when working in this way.

Blender, the free alternative for professional-quality 3D animation is a complex program to learn, but once users become familiar with its power, they begin to seek more from it.  This book is the first of its kind to explore the more advanced features of Blender so that you can get the most out of the software. You’ll take your Blender skills to a whole new level with the featured in-depth coverage of intricate uses for Blender’s modeling, texturing, animation, and visual effects tools in a professional environment.