gameSpace - 3D game tools

A level in gameSpace (left), being edited in 3DGS WED to add particle effects into the level (middle), and finally displayed in a 'game' created in 3DGS.

With the gameSpace Level Exporter from Greenbriar Studio, you can literally open up whole new worlds! Create the landscapes, buildings or other environments that your game players will explore and inhabit. Below is a quick summary of what the Level Exporter offers - click each point for more details.

Use the gameSpace modeling tools that you are familiar with to create geometry^*1
Ability to handle large levels and export them in pieces, so oversize levels can be easily created and then used in game engines
Export^*2to all packages that support standard MAP / WAD format, such as Torque, 3D Game Studio A6, Blitz Basic, Dark Basic, Quake and Halflife
Import WAD files made in 3D Game Studio A6, Dark Basic, Quake, Halflife or any app that supports the WAD2 or WAD3 format
WAD files have mipmapped textures

gameSpace is the only dedicated 3D content creation solution designed for the indie game developer and game mod enthusiast.

Now you can direct the power of gameSpace into level creation. Construct floors, walls, ceilings and more, using every feature in gameSpace to make it easier and faster to build your level than it is in other level editors. You will still need to keep in mind the restrictions of your destination format, and then the Level Exporter can then split your level into game-compatible blocks. No other level or map creation utility is this flexible!

Sample level being created in gameSpace

Creating Your Level
The beauty of the Level Exporter is that you can use the flexible gameSpace modeling tools to create the geometry of your level, for instance you can use arrays to speed the positioning of pillars in a room.

Most game editors require you to make everything out of lots of simple blocks, which leaves you battling the production process rather than focusing on bringing your design to life in the game world. With the tools in gameSpace, and the Level Exporter helping convert your geometry into bsp-valid pieces, this frees you to think of more of layout and design.

You are also not limited to small levels! The Level Exporter will split up the level you create into smaller pieces automatically, so you can create a level as big or as small as your ideas call for!

Exporting
The gameSpace Level Exporter is designed to export to many game engines and game development packages. However, not all packages support the same options for MAP and WAD files, so for maximum compatibility, the Level Exporter gives you access to a full range of options for the specific features of MAP and WAD that will be used, accessed through easy intuitive menu options.

The Level Exporter has specific support for 3D Game Studio, Blitz Basic, Torque and Dark BASIC, and having access to these output options ensures wider compatibility with other packages that use MAP and WAD files.

Export options, to ensure compatibility

Note that game 'entities' such as switches, paths for enemy AI to follow, pressure points, teleport points, triggers, and so forth, still need to be set up in your game editor or game development tool. However, the tedious step of constructing the level geometry will already have been made simpler thanks to gameSpace!

Importing
You can also import WAD files made in any app that supports the WAD2 or WAD3 format, giving you access to lots of pre-made textures designed and prepared specifically for games, ideal whether you want to create new levels or integrate them with existing levels in a particular game.

Exported WAD, showing the different resolution mipmaps with the main texture.

Mipmapping
WAD files can have mipmapped textures. These are a set of three extra textures at 1/2, 1/4, and 1/8 the size of the base texture, and are used in game engines for displaying objects at a distance. This could take a lot of time and effort to set up for your level - but the Level Exporter does all the hard work for you!

When you export to WAD format, all the textures automatically have this 4 texture set created.

Greenbriar Studio
The gameSpace Level Exporter is brought to you by Greenbriar Studio, makers of Tools for Lightwave, Cinema 4D, trueSpace, gameSpace, Maya, Carrara and DAZ|Studio.

Order the Level Exporter and turn your copy of gameSpace into a level editor, making it your one stop program for creating characters, weapons, levels and more! The price is just $49, and is downloadable, so you can begin making levels right away - click below now!

^*1 Game engines all vary in their geometry requirements. gameSpace Level Exporter by Greenbriar Studio is designed to make the creation of levels easier and more efficient for various game engines. The user still must make sure that the levels created in gameSpace and exported with the Level Exporter meet the geometry requirements of the game engine. GameSpace can create geometry that is too advanced for some game engines.

^*2 Converting from MAP to final level may require compilation in tools such as WED, Hammer, etc, which either accompany the game or game engine software, or which are available freely.