Shiva
ShiVa3D 1.9.2 is a gaming and application development suite that is designed in a powerful, comprehensive, easy to use editor. Shiva is created to be the adhesive between art, code, creative ideas, and the target hardware. The navigation system is simple to learn, and the development company has put several tutorial videos on the web for easy access. Shiva is built to export applications and games for more than twenty target platforms, including desktops like Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X; web browsers which support Flash and the Shiva custom plugin; and mobile platforms like BlackBerry, Windows Phone, iOS, and Android systems. The Shiva Editor is a software created for game and application design. It includes twenty-one modules which range from animation and terrain editors to a fully integrated code editor and material tools. First person shooters, racing games, action platformers, open world games, mobile puzzlers, and other game formats can all be designed and executed in Shiva. The Shiva Authoring Tool is a free companion application which is utilized to compile projects created by the Shiva Editor into actual usable apps. You can build your game, edit it, and publish it without needing anything except these tools. The Authoring Tool is able to run on Mac OS X and Windows. In order to build for iOS systems, Apple software and hardware are both required. Right now the company has an upgrade called Shiva 2.0 in progress. This upgrade will include updates that have been demanded by the user base, including a more flexible interface, more editor support, and customizable shaders. Every Shiva 1.9.2 license comes with a guaranteed upgrade to the Shiva 2.0 version once it's finished with beta testing.
- D space to work in
- Vast terrains generated with geo-spatial data
- Up to fifteen million triangles per frame
- Polygonal mesh support
- Paint editing in real time for geometrics
- Simple and advanced shaders
- Shadow generation in real time
- Specialized ocean shader for maritime scenery
- Comprehensive development tool that takes you from conception to publication in three easy steps
- Very easy-to-use interface
- Tools optimized for a wide range of applications and games
- Huge number of features and options for game and application creation
- Apple software and hardware is necessary if you want to develop for iOS software
- Android software is not supported
- Different editions are available at different prices, locking some features depending on your price range