Something retro: SNK

Liveaction commercials for the early SNK fighter Fatal Fury.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/349397.html

Nostalgia and some interesting body references.

Wings 3D

http://www.youtube.com/wings3dchannel#p/c/A9BBC146B49D017D

Useful Links 2

For modeling (open-source or free of charge)

Caligari trueSpace - http://www.caligari.com/downloads.html (a complete modeling, texturing, animating, rendering, and 3D collaboration tool, used by everyone from 3D enthusiasts to illustrators, researchers to teachers, architects to design engineers, and more.)

gMax - http://www.turbosquid.com/gmax (based on Discreet's 3ds Max application used by professional computer graphics artist Tools and features rarely used or completely unrelated to creating 3D game models were removed (most if not all of the more complex rendering, materials, shaders, physics simulation, and some of the more advanced geometry tools, plus the rendering engine), leaving the core modeling, texturing, and basic animation rigging and keyframing capabilities. In 2005, the software was discontinued)

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Anonymous 08/20/10(Fri)21:11 No.140372 For modeling (open-source or free of charge) Blender - http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/ (is a free 3D graphics application that can be used for modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging, water and smoke simulations, skinning, animating, rendering, particle and other simulations, non-linear editing, compositing, and creating interactive 3D applications, including video games, animated film, or visual effects.) Arts of Illusion - http://www.artofillusion.org/downloads (Art of Illusion is a free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio. Many of its capabilities rival those found in commercial programs. Highlights include subdivision surface based modelling tools, skeleton based animation, and a graphical language for designing procedural textures and materials) OpenFX - http://www.openfx.org/download.html (OpenFX is an Open-Source 3D modeling, animation and rendering suite) Google SketchUp - http://sketchup.google.com/download/ (s a 3D modeling program designed for architects, civil engineers, filmmakers, game developers, and related professions, it is designed to be easier to use than other cad softwares) BRL-CAD - http://brlcad.org/d/download (BRL-CAD is primarily designed for Computer Aided Design, it is a powerful cross-platform open source solid modeling system that includes interactive geometry editing, high-performance ray-tracing for rendering and geometric analysis, image and signal-processing tools, a system performance analysis benchmark suite, libraries for robust geometric representation, with more than 20 years of active development.)

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Anonymous 08/20/10(Fri)21:16 No.140373 For modeling (open-source or free of charge) MeshLAB - http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/ (MeshLab is an open source, portable, and extensible system for the processing and editing of unstructured 3D triangular meshes. ) Wings3D - http://www.wings3d.com/ (Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware. It is possible to assign materials, vertex color, UV coordinates and textures, but there will be improvements in those features before Wings goes 1.0. There is no support in Wings for doing animations.) K3D - http://www.k-3d.org/downloads (K-3D is free-as-in-freedom 3D modeling and animation software. It combines flexible plugins with a visualization pipeline architecture, making K-3D a versatile and powerful tool for artists.) ZModeler - http://www.zmodeler2.com/?mode=downloads (Zanoza Modeler (ZModeler) is a software for creating and modifying 3D artwork (models) for variouse games. Comparing to advanced 3D Graphics packages, ZModeler is not intended to produce very detailed 3D models required for photo-realistic renderings, instead, ZModeler should be used for low or average-detailed 3D models for realtime rendering in games) Anim8r - http://www.anim8or.com/main/ (Anim8or is a 3D modeling and character animation program. Even though it is far from a complete professional level application like 3DStudio MAX or Lightwave it has enough capability to be of use to others.) 3dPlus2 - http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/3dPlus/default.asp (3DPlus is yet another 3D design software that enables you to create 3D graphics with no previous experience on modeling required. With 3DPlus you can create 3D designs in just a few minutes – with no need for any complicated VRML or other programming.)

Useful Links- 3D Resources

Free 3D resources:

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/
http://e2-productions.com/repository/index.php
http://www.katorlegaz.com/3d_models/
http://www.blendermodels.org/
http://www-graphics.stanford.edu/data/3Dscanrep/
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/projects/large_models/
http://shapes.aim-at-shape.net/
http://3dsmodels.com/
http://www.cgsellers.com/
http://www.3d-buffet.com//

Cel Shading - Blender Maid-san

http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=95491

http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1235361

PROJECT 2.5D FIGHTER - collision detection

Research in to how to handle collision detection in a 3D environment yet keeping the feel of a 2D fighter.

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Capcom opted to change to a 2D-style of hit-box collision detection at a very late stage of the development of SF4.

Links:
http://www.destructoid.com/sfiv-s-3d-polygons-could-have-ruined-hit-detection-172084.phtml

http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2010/may/19/hit-box-information-super-street-fighter-4/

http://www.eventhubs.com/images/2010/may/19/visual-guide-understanding-super-street-fighter-4s-hit-box-data/

SSF4 hitbox data in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFluH4JLMl0
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Central Project Blog Hub: http://navigatorhat3d.blogspot.com/2010/08/project-25d-fighter.html

PROJECT 2.5D FIGHTER

The goal of this project of mine is to try and create a basic fighting game that works primarily in a 2D plane but is built and run in 3D. A key example of the concept in action would be the current Capcom Street Fighter 4 series. It is also worth mentioning that this is a project I've been wanting to go through with since I first started at university some years ago.

This is the central hub blog post which should contain url links to all the Project-related blog posts from here on in (and those posts should url link to here as well).

Blog links:
http://navigatorhat3d.blogspot.com/2010/08/project-25d-fighter-collision-detection.html