Orxonox

You probably heard about Rage, the new first person shooter by id Software. It features the brand new id Tech 5 engine. Here's a video which shows some scenes from the game, explains some details of the engine and the development, as well as the history of id software (Doom, Wolfenstein, Quake).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLzQ0hudmi4

For us developers it's of course also interesting to see the developer's tools. This is what I can see from the video:

• Autodesk 3ds Max 2009 SP1 for modelling
• Touchscreen and pen for modelling
• md6 format for models in the game (Quake3 used md3)
• Code looks like C or C++
• Data (e.g. animations) defined in a language which looks like JSON or also Ogre material scripts
• Perforce revision control system

Looks like Id Tech 4 is gonna go GPL this year...