@playmedusa It made me think about https://zeromatrix.itch.io/rpginabox but it's not really the same vibe as pico8
There is also Polybox, I think it miss a 3D modeler to really get into the fantasy console area
https://github.com/DavidColson/Polybox

@nusan Just checked their website again and this might be the closest to what I have in mind. Not quite there yet, but certainly close!

@playmedusa yeah, I often think about making something like that myself, but it's so much work... but ideally it would have all tools in the program to make a simple 3D game, so a modeler, a texture painting tool, something for sound....

@playmedusa maybe some day a 3D modeler and engine for picotron might surface, and that could be a good starting point too

@nusan indeed! I guess such a tool is difficult (if not impossible) unless you set for voxels like voxatron or rpg in a box (pure or not), or to a preset set of pieces to build from, because 3d is just too broad. So not being about modelling it should give you a tight space already set to work on, maybe, with lights, cameras, sound, input and exporting solved in a fixed way, like pico8 does for 2D...

@playmedusa for sure, making a "simple" 3D modeler, with cozy and interesting limitations, is not easy. PicoCAD is a cool attempt, and there are a lot of cool stuff done with it, but I think there is ways to do better. Ideally the constraint would also help making it look coherent as a style, even if it's simple 3D objets with pixelized textures on it

@nusan @playmedusa I like the look of Crocotile https://crocotile3d.com/

@clayote Me too! But it's not a game engine at all :D