Exactly. There's not really any requirements for 3D development over any other development. All you need is a compiler that'll hit the platform you're developi

Exactly. There's not really any requirements for 3D development over any other development. All you need is a compiler that'll hit the platform you're developing for. Right now I'm just using vim and gcc (under Ubuntu), for Android dev, and it works great. If you want to target consoles, you'll need the correct platform SDKs from the manufacturers. Lots of people I've worked with used VS for console dev, but I tended to stick with vim because I preferred it, and at the end of the day it's all just code going into a compiler.