Isn't blender good enough for game development?

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@Sam Deiter;300754

Blender as a piece of software does not do any of what you stated faster, better or easier than 3Ds or Maya. What you are thinking of comes down to the skill of the person using the tool. Sure you can probably do all of that faster than I can in Blender but on the other hand I can probably do all of what you stated faster than you in 3Ds as I have been using 3Ds for about 10 years now. Again Blender is just a tool used to interactively move vertices around in 3D space so that you do not have to do that in notepad. Do not fall into the trap of thinking one program is better than another one as this is not something you should concern yourself with or even worry about as it’s just a tool. Is a spoon that has a longer handle better than a spoon that has a shorter one? No they are just used for different tasks and the same goes for 3D tools.

I’m going to agree and disagree with this all at the same time :), as an extreme example eclipse or notepad ++ can make games and engines in which N++ is just a tool. But I’m pretty sure we can all agree using UE4 is much quicker than making a game in notepad.

There are some 3D modelling suites that have half tacked tools, sub par .FBX pipelines and issues with common game items like smoothing groups and some apps layouts are extremely convoluted. But I’ll agree that today most 3D modelling apps are just different ways of skinning a cat and it comes down to personal preference.

So in summary, it’s all about time and individuals.