Posted: 25th Mar 2007 18:28
There is list of most used free engines , some of them are really good . For these engines is possible find Blender , 3ds max sometime gmax and for other software exporters . Every engine can have own coding language, Therefor for make game you must know modeling and you should also learn some coding for these engines. Very mutch of them have interesting level editor like this for Irrlicht engine http://etcaptor.kwikphp.com/
They are here
Ogre 3D - looks good, is still developed , there is for this 3ds max exporter , Blender exporter, Maya and Softimage http://www.ogre3d.org/
Irrlicht 3D engine - also nice engine , you can use majority of modelers - gmax, Milkshape and so on , but for something you will need converters http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/
Genesis 3D - not so good, isnt developed - stopped in year 2002 , gmax exporter and more http://www.genesis3d.com/
Reality Factory - is based on Genesis 3D engine, is possible use gmax http://www.dhost.info/realityfactory/about.htm
Crystal Space - also nice engine http://www.crystalspace3d.org/main/Main_Page - is really very nice
The Nebula device http://www.radonlabs.de/nebula.html
Power Render - free personal http://www.powerrender.com/
Delta 3D - can import 3ds, obj and more http://www.delta3d.org/ - looks also cool
Quake III engine - probably best from these , you must search , sorry or maybe here http://www.attuworld.com/games/open_arena_free_quake_iii_engine_game
Panda 3d engine - very nice and easy to use, is possible use gmax, milkshape, Sortimage XSI Mod Tool and more http://www.panda3d.org/
Cube engine http://wouter.fov120.com/cube/index.php4
3D state http://www.3dstate.com/Pages/PagesI/DownloadPage/DownloadSDKlist.htm or http://www.3dstate.com
Rage 3D - nice engine , looks easy and good maybe you should try this http://www.rage-game-engine.za.net/
Blade engine - also nice www.bladeengine.com
very cool list of game engines, really look on http://www.freeprogrammingresources.com/gamelib.html
here another list of engines http://sv3.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53435&highlight=ENGINE
Wintermute engine - nice and very cool http://dead-code.org/home/index.php/lang-pref/en/ - try this, is easy
Jet 3D http://www.jet3d.com/joomla/
AntiryadGX http://www.arkham-development.com/ - this looks good and easy, also games from this looks good, you should try it, I try it also . There is gmax, 3ds max, blender exporter and also possible use other modelers
Jolt 3D - many formats - md3, md2, x, obj, 3ds http://jolt-3d.sourceforge.net/
CA 3D engine - very easy and nice, powerfull , is possible use gmax - md2, md5, obj, 3ds import and more http://www.ca3d-engine.de/c_Features.php