Making game with HPL1

[Jack1]

Hi! thought of making a simple game (or testing thing) with HPL1 for learning coding and 3D modelling. The first thing in my mind is this: what programs i need? Could someone list the programs i need to start. Programs for: opening and compiling the HPL1 and game code and 3D modelling program for models and maps.

[Urkle]

Depends on the platform you are running on.. For Mac OSX you'd need

• XCode
• Blender (or other 3d modelling program that supports collada)
• Gimp (or other graphics software for building textures

For Linux

• Cmake and Gcc
• blender (or other 3d modeller..)
• Gimp (or other graphics software...)

For Windows

• Visual studio (note penumbra/hpl1 were build with VC++ 2003)
• Blender (or other 3d modeller....)
• Gimp (or other graphics software...)

[Jack1]

Right. Will 3DS Max do for the 3D stuff? And does Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition work for the coding stuff?
Running on Windows 7