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Blockbench

Modern, open source 3D model editor.

Top 11 Open-Source Alternatives to Blockbench

Inkscape Avoyd Wings 3D Unity Aseprite Godot Engine GDevelop GIMP Pixelorama Bforartists

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Blockbench are Inkscape, Avoyd, and Wings 3D. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Inkscape is a free, open source professional vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Graphic Design Software #Digital Drawing And Painting #Art Tools 484 social mentions

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    Avoyd is a voxel editor and path traced renderer able to handle large models, and a six degrees of freedom movement Game with editable terrain
    Pricing:
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $14.5 / One-off (Commercial Use - Full Feature - Free Updates - Beta Access)

    #3D #Game Development #Digital Drawing And Painting

  3. Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #Digital Drawing And Painting #3D Modeling

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    The multiplatform game creation tools for everyone.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 197 social mentions

  5. Aseprite is an art program dedicated to the creation of pixel art.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Art Tools #Digital Drawing And Painting #Graphic Design Software 1 social mentions

  6. Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 447 social mentions

  7. GDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 75 social mentions

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    GIMP is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Photo Editing #Graphic Design Software #Digital Drawing And Painting 59 social mentions

  9. Free and open source sprite editor and animator, ideal for pixel art.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Art Tools #Digital Drawing And Painting #Graphic Design Software 22 social mentions

  10. Bforartists is a fork of Blender.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #3D Modeling #Digital Drawing And Painting 1 social mentions

  11. C++ game engine focusing on modern rendering techniques.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 1 social mentions

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  1. User avatar
    Lori
    · 7 months ago
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    My issue with Blockbench is the lack of good tutorials for people that know nothing about modeling or making addons. They usually start with "Today I will teach you how to use Blockbench," and then immediately jump into making entities. You don't teach a baby to run track and jump hurdles when they don't even know how to walk yet. The obvious -or at least obvious to me- place to start is with making a simple block. Cover simple things like what is a texture or what is a template. How to put a pre-made texture on a single face or on all faces. Stick to the most basic concepts first. Texturing a dog made of multiple blocks is much more complicated than putting a texture on one face of a single block. For a noob like me, complex items are confusing when all I'm looking to do is make new blocks to build with. I get that content creators love to show off what they can do, but tutorials are not the place for that. Blocks might seem boring but they are the basis for Minecraft. Take the time to teach people about blocks and then move on to more advanced items after they've gotten comfortable with the basics.