Panda3D looks awesome as a Python powered 3D game engine. I can imagine this, tied with a Quickly template, and their awesome docs and awesome manual could be a compelling platform for game development on Ubuntu.
An example of Panda3D in action.
Unfortunately, it is not available in the repositories. Anyone interested in packaging it?
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