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I’m very happy to annouce that Virtools Fundamentals can be purchased on Amazon. Yes, that means free shipping for those in USA :)

The books retail price remains the same on Amazon and here - however, if you want to purchase more than 5 books, please contact us and we will arrange a better price.

Thanks again for the support.
Shaun.

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Well it’s finally here… a big thanks to everyone for waiting.

If you click on the Buy Online button above (or click here) you can directly purchase Virtools Fundamentals with much less pain than our previous T/T system. We take the major Credit Cards plus PayPal.
-Important: If you have your own Freight Company, please don’t forget to fill in the form details accordingly!-

To celebrate, we have a 5% Early Bird Discount - and if you get 10 or more copies, you’ll get a further 10% discount. We’ll end the Early Bird sale after a month (end of October, ‘07) - the Volume Discount is permanent.

For Companies or Institutes who want more than 20 books, email me directly (I’m here) as we have special discounts for you.

Since a few people have been asking, the RRP of Virtools Fundamentals is US$49.95. And yes, we do supply free eval copies to training centers and institutes (you’ll need to send us course details and other info).

Finally, thanks again to everyone for their support. Considering our non-existent marketing, the book has been selling very well and the feedback has been nothing short of amazing. We plan to make it available on Amazon in future, but there’s a lot of work to do from our side before this happens, so please don’t hold your breath :)

Best regards
Shaun

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We made Virtools Fundamentals specifically for newcomers to the world of real-time 3D and Virtools’ unique Building-Block style of development. If you’ve just found Virtools and are as excited as we were to get started, then this book is made for you (yes, we mean it!).

It features 11 chapters that take you through installing Virtools and getting it working with your other 3D applications (we use Autodesk 3ds Max) all the way to building a full prototype game, running in the browser, from the ground up.

Virtools is a unique 3D development environment, in that you don’t need to be a hardcore coder to get amazing results. The building-block (or schematic programming) system takes a bit of getting used to, so we focus on getting you proficient in the basics early on. Many graphic artists and game designers use Virtools to prototype new ideas quickly and we’re confident that once you’ve completed the tutorials we provide you’ll be very comfortable exploring your own ideas.

There are over 430 pages of full color screen-shots and every lesson is written in a tutorial style aimed at getting a small piece of the final game completed. We also include a shiny new DVD with a full-featured trial of Virtools 4.0 (the latest version) plus all of the assets and scenes used in each tutorial.
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Our partners, whom without their help and expertise this book would not have been possible.

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