<s>
Soya3D	B-Application
is	O
a	O
high-level	O
Python	B-Language
module	O
for	O
creating	O
3D	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soya	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
multi-platform	O
game	O
engine	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
known	O
to	O
run	O
under	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
enable	O
amateur	O
developers	O
to	O
create	O
sophisticated	O
3D	O
games	O
entirely	O
in	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soya3D	B-Application
aims	O
to	O
provide	O
all	O
that	O
is	O
needed	O
to	O
support	O
a	O
modern	O
3D	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rendering	O
,	O
sound	O
,	O
input	O
,	O
physical	O
simulation	O
,	O
and	O
networking	O
are	O
all	O
provided	O
via	O
simple	O
Python	B-Language
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computationally	O
demanding	O
components	O
of	O
Soya	O
are	O
written	O
with	O
Pyrex	B-Application
,	O
which	O
helps	O
it	O
to	O
stay	O
competitive	O
in	O
performance	O
against	O
more	O
conventional	O
game	O
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
also	O
relies	O
heavily	O
upon	O
open-source	O
libraries	O
such	O
as	O
Cal3D	O
,	O
OpenAL	B-Application
,	O
ODE	B-Application
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soya	O
was	O
originally	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
3D	O
game	O
system	O
called	O
Opale.Soya	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
12	O
,	O
2004	O
:	O
Version	O
0.9	O
released	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
exporters	O
for	O
3D	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Max	I-Language
and	O
Maya	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2006	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
dissatisfaction	O
with	O
Lamy	O
's	O
leadership	O
approach	O
and	O
technical	O
decisions	O
,	O
some	O
developers	O
launched	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
Soya3D	B-Application
called	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PySoy	B-Application
Beta-2	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
2008	O
and	O
development	O
remains	O
active	O
with	O
further	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
