Gaming is enjoyed by all age group and is one of the fun leisure activities. Every one might have their own choice of genre right from action, adventure, dress-up or racing games. There are educative games available for kids which will help them form words, learn nursery rhymes or play Pictionary. There are board games or card games for senior citizens which they can play with online friends. But then this is not end of it. There is still lot scope to create your own games and sell it online.
With so many genre and style of gaming, 3D games have gained lot of popularity in recent past. It provides the illusion of being on the site itself and thus evokes lot of applause. If you are creative and have some idea stuck up about a new version of game then no one can stop you. Previously you required lot of programming knowledge and skills to develop games. But now technology has advanced and you can find development tools online which will help you create your dream into reality. These tools are very easy to use and come with manuals and tutorials to guide you through the process of creating 3D game. There are 3D game engines which are highly priced and you may not even feel like downloading them. But no worries, you can find lot of free development tools as well.
Here is a list of few of such development tools which you can try to create 3D games:
3D RAD
This is a free development tool to create 3D games and physics based simulations. It works for Windows operating System. It is designed especially for non-technical and non-coders. You need not write codes but work upon certain components called objects to assemble a worksite. There are tutorials available on their website as well as lot of forums will help you working on it.
UDK
This is the free edition of the famous Unreal Engine 3 o create 3D games, films or architectural visualization. It works on simple nature of giving the control to the designer and creating games in many of genres. You can create games for PCs, Xbox, iOS and Playstation with an array of infrastructure support for content creation.
Blender
It is an open source 3D content creation content suite with a huge support toolset. It supports Windows XP, Vista, 7, Linux, iOS and FreeBSD. You can create amazing animation and videos. You can create lot of characters as per your choice with minute corrections. It provides consistent interface across all platforms. There is a graphic logic editor to help you design 3D games which will require no programming.
CAFU
It is the modern, all-purpose game development kit to be used to creating 3D games, simulations and architectural software. It provides with cross-platform and cross-compiler portability with network code for multi-user games to be played with friends. It also has 3D sound effects and thus attracts lot of gamers. CAFU includes a graphical editor CaWE which act as a map editor, GUI editor Font Wizard and Model Editor. It works on Windows and Linux.
PixelLight
It is also free open-source 3D application framework which allows cross-platform portability. It will help you create 3D games or 3D simulations. It has a highly modular scene system to create 3D scenes easily. It provides plugin to export not only models but whole scenes into engines by Autodesk 3ds Max. It works on Microsoft Windows, Linux, Android and Maemo 5. There are lot of sample applications to help you to create your vision. Lot of tutorials can be seen on the internet to guide you.