Soya 3D For Linux

Soya 3D is a high level 3D engine for Python. It relies on OpenGL, SDL and Cal3D. Soya 3D project is designed with games in mind, focusing both on performance and ease-of-use.

Soya 3D is available under the GPL and currently runs on GNU/Linux, though ports to other OS are planned (Mac OS X, windows,...) since it uses only portable libraries.

Here are some key features of "Soya 3D":

� Multi-plateform : Linux / Unix, MacOSX, Windows � Object model, including camera, light, world, volume,... � Particle systems � Fullscreen � Tutorials and demos included � Trees � Raypicking � Landscapes � 3D character animation (with Cal3D) � Exportation scripts for Blender, Obj/Mtl, Maya and 3DSmax � Event management (keyboard, mouse,...) � Cell-shading � Shadows � Environment mapping

Soya 0.6.1 and below were written in C and Python, but version 0.7 and higher are written in Pyrex and Python.

Requirements:

� Python 2.2 or more (tested with 2.2.2), including Python devel files (i.e. -devel package, libpython2.2-devel on Mandrake) � Pyrex >= 0.9.2 � PIL (Python imaging library) � OpenGL � SDL � Cal3D � libFreeType2 � FreeFont