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Gamestudio Download Page - Trial Version, Tutorials, Demos, Updates
  Last changed 28-Apr-2008
    Software & Tutorials    

 

Gamestudio/A7 (Version 7.07 - ~50 MB - Jan 2008)
30 days trial version. A7 comes with the lite-C programming language, a fast ABT renderer, atlas mapping, unlimited dynamic lights, unlimited physics engine, dynamic shadows, FBX import, levels-of-detail, unlimited screen resolution, bones animation, 3D line drawing and many more new engine functions. Download the tutorials below for getting started. For updating a full A7 version to the latest release, please read the update instructions.

   

 

Lite-C Free Version (Freeware - Version 1.05 - ~10 MB - Aug 2007)
MED 3D Content Editor (Freeware - ~10 MB - Aug 2007)
Free lightweight language for creating computer games and virtual reality applications. Contains the A7 engine. Native support of sounds, images, movies, GUI panels, game levels, 2D and 3D models, collision detection and rigid body physics. The free version is not time limited and can publish applications for educational and non-commercial purposes.

   

 


Lite-C Workshops English German (Game Programming - ~12 MB - May 2007)
Game Design Tutorial 1 English German (WED & MED Editors - ~9 MB - May 2007)
Game Design Tutorial 2 English German (WDL Game Templates - ~24 MB - May 2007)
Shader Workshops by Taco Cohen (Shader Programming with A7 - ~2 MB - Jan 2008)
Acknex Unlimited (Tutorials by Users Archive - monthly updated)
   

 

The RUDI Project (Open Source - Jan 2008)
Casual open source christmas game by Christian Behrenberg, with a complete do-it-yourself game development workshop! Learn about the development process, the game mechanics and its tricks. Code examples and pictures will guide you through it and make game development a pleasure.
RUDI Game (~22 MB), Workshop (German, 3 MB), Source (GPL, ~22 MB)

   

 

Gamestudio/A7 Artwork Collection (A7 password required):
Textures.zip (~100 MB), Models.zip (~15 MB), Levels7.zip (~60 MB),
SkyCubes7.zip (~50 MB), WadTextures7.zip (~5 MB), Goodies7.zip (~45 MB).

   

  SDK

Delphi Plugin SDK (2 MB - A7 - June 2007) - create engine plugins in Delphi.
MED / WED SDK (2 MB - Open Source - A7.07 - Apr 2008) - create MED / WED plugins.
MDL / WMP SDK (1 MB - Open Source - A7.07 - Apr 2008) - read/write WMP, MDL, HMP.
SED Plugin SDK (100 KB - Open Source) - add functions to SED.

   

    Demos & Videos    

  Venice Demo (30 MB - A7 engine - March 2008)
Reflection and weather demo created by wetain GbR. Use the mouse or cursor keys to rotate the camera, and hit [PgUp]/[PgDn] for good or bad weather. Source code and artwork is available with the A7 Commercial Edition or above. Enjoy!
   

  Warehouse Demo (30 MB - A7 engine - March 2008)
Light and shadows demo created by wetain GbR. Use the mouse or cursor keys to rotate the camera. Source code and artwork is available with the A7 Commercial Edition or above. Enjoy!
   

  RACER Demo (10 MB - A6.3 DX9 engine)
Vehicle demo created by Czeslaw Gorski with the A6 physics engine, featuring a dangerous race track through desert and woods, over broken bridges and along an active volcano. Joystick is recommended, DirectX 9.0c is required.
   

  Bronx Street Walkthrough (12 MB - A6.3 DX9 engine)
Bronx Street Artwork
(~20 MB - A6/A7 password required)
Street scene created by Jonas Nöll during his school internship at Conitec. DirectX 9.0c or above required for the demo. Artwork can be used for non-commercial Gamestudio projects when proper credit is given. See the readme.txt inside for details.
   

  KABUS 22 (~25 MB AVI - A6.6 DX9 engine)
In the 21st century a new religion spreads like a virus over the earth. Its nameless founder divided the world into 22 zones and sent his most loyal 22 men to govern them. Still, there is resistance in the city of Istanbul... Horror game by Mevlut Dinc (Last Ninja 2, First Samurai, Street Racer), © 2007 Son Isik Ltd. Warning: this game is not for the faint at heart!
   

  GDC2005 Video (~20 MB WMV - 8 minutes)
Small version of the 30 minutes video shown at the GDC, featuring many games created with Gamestudio in 2004 and 2005. Sit back and enjoy!
   

  GLIDER Demo (~100 MB - A6.4 DX9 engine)
High speed multiplayer flight shooter with addiction potential! In a glorious future you're a proud pilot of the Official Glider League. Enter fights that you've never seen like this before – chases, ‘circuit fights’, and XXL battles with up to 8 players. Your way to the top leads you through sewerage shafts and a big temple area from ancient times. Fasten your seat belt, lift off and become the NUMBER ONE! Created by REVOgames, published by dtp. DirectX 9.0c is required.
   

  Epidemic Groove (15 MB - A6.2 DX8 engine)
Unique mix of strategy and action. Build fences, turrets and other weapons to defend your brain cells against nasty little virae and worms that increase each level in numbers and agressivity. Very funny intro and professional documentation. Winner of the Spring 2005 Game Contest. DirectX 8.1 or above is required for the demo.
   

  3D DRIVING SCHOOL (~30 MB - A5 engine)
Driving academy by Bezier 3D-Edutainment, published by Sybex in Europe. Contains a practice level and the first driving lesson. Different cities (Paris, London, Berlin), cars and motocycles are available. Most successful Gamestudio project so far with over 200,000 retail copies sold.
   

  INAGO RAGE (~45 MB - A6 DX8 engine)
Fight in the sky in this fast shooter by Dejobaan Games. Professional intro, impressive surroundings and ingame arena editor. Finalist of the Spring 2004 Contest. DirectX 8.1 or above is required for the demo.
   

  CRANE SIMULATOR (~7 MB - A6 DX8 engine)
Control the 0.8 ton steel claw of a 240 ft. crane using your keyboard. The task is to grab items from the ground and place them elsewhere. It's not as easy as it sounds! The realistic behavior of crane, cable and claw is controlled by a very short script using Gamestudio's physics engine. 1st prize winner of the Gamestudio 2003 Physics contest. Created by Thomas Oppl.
   

 
MEMORIA WÜRFEL (~50 MB - A6 DX8 engine)
This adaption by FourX of the old fashioned memory game has turned out very well. Very professional design and user interface. You have the choice to play memory on a 2D board or a 3D cube - a real challenge for your memory. Published by dtp, 2nd prize winner of the Spring 2004 contest.
   

    Books, Magazines & Services    

  ACKNEX USER MAGAZINE (free monthly magazine)
Online magazine by George Pirvu. Contains a Beginner's Corner, the Hot Feature of the Month, Screenshot of the Month, code snippets, example games, and interviews with game developers.
Monatliche Online-Zeitschrift von George Pirvu. Enthält eine Einsteiger-Ecke, das Feature des Monats, die Screenshots des Monats, Instant-Skripte, Spiele, und Interviews mit Spieleentwicklern.
   

  The Official Guide to 3D Gamestudio (game developmen book)
Gamestudio book by Mike Duggan, published by Thomson Course. Art and theory of computer games, with examples and exercises. The Official Guide to 3D Gamestudio shows you how you can use this amazing tool to master world building, establishing characters, and developing a first person game with the Gamestudio/A6 template system. Paperback, 480 pages, ISBN 1598633627.
   

  Game Creation Course - Power Workshop with Gamestudio / A7
"Games authoring never was easier" - that's right! You will learn the basics of game development in general by using Gamestudio. The acquired knowledge will be used directly when you create your own PC-game with professional supervision. The instructor and his studio wetain already created successful projects with Gamestudio. Every participant will get a certificate of the "MEDIADESIGN HOCHSCHULE", where the workshop will take place in a high-end developer environment.
   

  Getting Started with Gamestudio (video tutorials by John Cook)
Learn 3D Gamestudio with our Online Video Tutorials. Some of the topics covered include; creating rooms, adding textures, doorways, players, objects, modifying scripts in your game and publishing your game. View sample tutorials before purchasing.

   

  GameKnack (Gamestudio marketplace)
GameKnack is an online marketplace to buy and sell Gamestudio content. For designers we offer models, textures and code packages all designed for Gamestudio at great prices, some free. For artist and programmers we offer a one stop solution for advertising and distribution that lets you focus one
creating content while making some extra income.
   

 
Guide to Online Schools
Get a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life, right? Start at GuideToOnlineSchools.com to search for the best Online Video Game Design degrees and Graphic Design Degrees, then get the rewarding career of your dreams.
   

    3rd Party Tools, Artwork & Resources    

 
You can find many more plugins and tools on the Forum and the Wiki. If you want to advertise your commercial Gamestudio tool, plugin, service, magazine, or artwork in this section, please enter it first into the Wiki, including a 120x80 image and a brief description. Then notify webmistress (at) conitec.net with a link to the Wiki page.
   

  Acknex Unlimited (1 GB free download - monthly updated)
Official Gamestudio resource site with thousands of levels, textures, models, prefabs, scripts, tutorials, and other contributions from the user community. Most resources are either totally free, or free for commercial use when the author is credited.
   

  Terminal26 (Free and commercial artwork - monthly updated)
Huge collections of skies, terrains, models, weapons, and textures for Gamestudio. Free artwork is published regularly, a new CD collection is released every 2 months.
   

  DEXSOFT (commercial artwork and resources - November 2007)
Low-poly, game-ready 3d models in more than 10 model formats,  High-quality textures up to 2048*2048 px.
   

  Sky System 2 by ello (Resource - September 2005 - free demo - 10€)
New sky system for Gamestudio Com & Pro. Uses different shaders (from 1.1 to 2.0) for highly customizable, animated clouds and skies. Very easy to implement.
   

  POPULACE (Multiplayer Plugin - August 2005 - $149.99)
Adds Massive Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) features to all Gamestudio editions, even those without native multiplayer support. POPULACE™ sets the standard for ease of use when it comes to adding online multiplayer capability to your project.
   

  MAYA2GS (shareware - free trial version - August 2006)
MayaTo3DGS is a MEL program of MAYA for directly exporting Gamestudio WMP levels. The tool exports blocks with their textures, sprites and terrains, lights, paths, and model positions. In MAYA, you can add actions, skills, and flags to entities, and adjust terrain by using brushes or height images. MayaTo3DGS can also export camera animations to a script file.
   

  MAX2GS (shareware - free trial version)
MAX2GS exports a MAX scene to Gamestudio with a click (or perhaps two). The MAX plugin exports level geometry with baked textures, sprites, terrains, lights and cameras, and places models and WMBs. It creates the scene file (.wmp), the material library (.wad) and the script file (.wdl) in only one step.
   

  DynaLights 1.0 (Realtime Lighting Editor, Gamestudio plugin, $24.95 – July 2006)
It's time to lighten your load! Design, Create, Explore and Evaluate Dynamic & Static lights in your project. This realtime 3D lighting tool will cut your lighting development time from months to minutes. The tool runs inside your own project. Spend your time on creativity and artistic fun instead of tedious attempts to lighten your World. Visit and enjoy our Gallery for some eye-candy and creative ideas.
   

  SEED_IT (easy object placement - May 2007 - free demo - €25.-)
SEED_IT for Gamestudio is the flexible and easy to use object placement generator. Create and change every object placement you want with just a few clicks. Assign additional materials, actions, motions, animation, LOD, fog, light, ... or extend the generated code, to give your levels the best look.
   

  CR Pack for Gamestudio (shareware - free trial version)
Hide your artwork with all editions of Gamestudio and even more. The plugin, helper script with more than 25 functions, help materials, custom resources editor CRED and a good collection of demo projects made with Gamestudio are ready to download. Boost your Gamestudio edition right now!
   

  FMOD Wrapper for lite-C (freeware)
FMOD is a cross-platform audio engine, used by over one hundred commercial games, for example in "World of Warcraft" or "Flat Out". With the Lite-C FMOD wrapper plugin DLL for A7 / lite-C, all FMOD features will be available for you – no matter which edition of the A7 engine you own or if you „just“ use the free Lite-C distribution.
   

  gameSpace (Game Graphics Editor, $299, free lite version)
Edit and create the professional 3D or 2D content to include in your game! Caligari's gameSpace is set to become the leading all-inlcusive 3D game graphics tool for indie game developers. An all-in-one package that includes modeling, texturing, rendering, animation capabilities, along with the power to import and export to 3D Game Studio.
   

  Fratch (freeware - March 2007)
New statistics panel for Lite-C. Optimize the frame rate of your game! Easy to use and implement. Frame rate related parameters can be changed at run time. The graphical interface (nexus usage is displayed with bars) and the context help support lets you quicky find any bottlenecks.
   

  GST-Builder (freeware)
Enhanced development environment for 3D Gamestudio: script editor with color syntax highlighting, codesense feature, error checking, project support, element view/jump over the whole game project, asset center, plugins, and more. The obfuscator makes your scripts unreadable yet still executable. Auch in deutsch.
   

  Mage 3D (Texture collection)
Ground, walls, trees... High quality, seamless textures for Gamestudio developers. New textures released every month.
   

  Sky's the Limit ($5 per sky pack)
PocoRev and his crew at 'Sky's The Limit' provides professional-level skycubes for independent Gamestudio developers. Ranging from mild traditional panoramas, to wild scifi environments. New Skies are added regularly. Some of the skies are included in the A7 sky pack.
   

  100 Models by Geo-Metricks (Add-on, $29.00)
Gamestudio model pack, contains 30 animated actors and animals, 40 cars and planes, and 20 weapons in low resolution. Free for commercial use in Gamestudio applications (license). Available in the online shop.
   

  100 Action-Modelle by Czeslaw Gorski (Add-on, Sybex Verlag, EUR 19.90)
100 Texturen + 30 Modelle
by Jens Hug (Add-on, Sybex Verlag, EUR 19.90)
Fertig einsetzbare animierte 3D-Modelle und fotorealistische Texturen in Gamestudio's MDL4 und WAD Format.
   

 
Levels, models and textures (~10 MB free download)
36 Quake Levels
and 2000 Textures from the Qoole Collection; 23 Humanoids , 12 Creatures and 20 Misc Models from the Free Model Project, by various artists. In Quake format, but can be easily converted to the Gamestudio format. For commercial use the author's permission is required (see readme text files).
   

    Old Versions    

 

Gamestudio/A6 Version 6.40 (~40 MB - for reinstallation)
• Gamestudio/A6 Manual English German Spanish (V6.40, 3 MB - May 2006)
• C-Script Workshop English German Spanish (V 6.40/6.60, 12 MB - Sept 2006)
• On old Windows versions prior to XP, install Microsoft Accessibility 2.0 for the editors.

   

  Gamestudio/A6 Version 6.60 Update (~20 MB - A6 password required - May 2007)
Update from all A6 versions (except Standard Edition) to V6.60. Read the instructions before downloading. Update von allen A6 Versionen (ausser der Standard-Edition) auf 6.60. Lesen Sie vor dem Download bitte die Hinweise. Archive of games: Games.zip (~30 MB).
   

  Gamestudio/A5 update to V5.51 (~12 MB - A5 password required - January 2003)
Please read the instructions before downloading.
Lesen Sie vor dem Download bitte die Hinweise.
Extra | Commercial | Professional | Instructor's | A5 VC++ Plugin SDK
A5 Manual English    Deutsch | A5 Delphi Plugin SDK
   

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