Awesome Panda3D

A curated list of awesome resources for using Panda3D

Contents

• Tutorials
• Code Snippets
• Modules
• Tools
• Importers
• Games Made with Panda3D
  • Open Source
  • Other
• Assets

Tutorials

• Fireclaw's Panda3D Game Development Book: A book that teaches the development of games from scratch to deployment and beyond with Panda3D 1.9 and up
• Fireclaw's Panda3D Art Creation with Blender: A book that teaches how to create game ready models with Blender and export them to be usable with Panda3D
• Lettier's 3D Game Shaders For Beginners: A "a collection of shading techniques that will take your game visuals to new heights" with plenty of explanations that also uses Panda3D for the example code.
• Thaumaturge's Beginner's Tutorial: A set of lessions that teach the basics of creating a game using Panda3D, from the fundamentals to building a distributable version

Code Snippets

• Entikan's simple example games: Some simple examples of different game types in Panda3D.
• TheCheapestPixels' Panda3D Examples: Minimalistic examples demonstrating bits and bobs of Panda3D's API

Modules

• panda3d-character-controller: An extensive character controller system to be used with the Panda3D engine
• Limeade: Refresh your Python code without restarting your Panda app
• RenderPipeline: A beautiful deferred realtime rendering pipeline with physically based shading and many builtin effects
• panda3d-complexpbr IBL rendering module supporting real-time reflections and post-processing effects
• panda3d-simplepbr: A straight-forward, easy-to-use, drop-in, PBR replacement for Panda3D's builtin auto shader
• panda3d-stageflow: Encapsulate stages of your game (splashs, credits, cutscenes, menus...)
• types-panda3d: Type stubs for Panda3D

Tools

• FRAME: The modular game editor for Panda3D.
• pman: A tool for asset and project management for Panda3D applications, including quick-start and distribution. Go from zero to binary with just pman create . && pman dist!

Importers

• blend2bam: A command line tool to convert blend files to BAM (requires Blender to be installed)
• panda3d-gltf: Converts glTF 2.0 files to Panda3D's native BAM format

Games Made with Panda3D

Open Source

• Yorg: Yorg (Yorg's an Open Racing Game) is a free open source racing game developed by Ya2 using Panda3D for Windows, OSX and Linux

Other

• itch.io collection: Collection of games on itch.io that were made with Panda3D (some are open source)

Assets

• ambientCG: A public domain 3D library
• OpenGameArt: A collection of art (2D, 3D, audio, etc.) under open licenses (e.g., Creative Commons)
• Panda3D logo: Image files for the Panda3D logo, and a splash screen Interval
• Poly Haven: A public 3D asset library
• Sonniss Royalty Free Sounds Effecs Archive Archive of CC0 sound effects