I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this or not but I figured I'd give it a shot ....

I've assigned myself homework this weekend: to draw a 3d "tile" and then draw a series of tiles according to a 3d dimensional array (and then to draw textures on these tiles).

Step one to draw a tile that is 1 "meter" by 1 meter by 1/2 meter high. this is the hardest part to wrap my head around, conceptually i understand the x, y, z coordinate system and understand matrix math but most of the openGl tutorials are all about drawing cubes and rotating them. since I learn by doing I was hoping someone knew of a good resource to start with or maybe provide an example.

Step two to draw these tiles in accordance to a 3-dimensional array--I've got a pretty good idea how to do this already once I can draw the tiles.

I understand programming concepts but I am an absolute Python neophyte.
Dev: python 25, pygame, numpy, numarray, twisted, pyopengl

In regard to Opengl, the tile creation is much like the spinning cube, only you're cutting one of its dimensions in half.

Also, I wouldn't force it upon myself to work with a 3d array until I knew why I needed it.

What do you mean with 3D tiles? Something like Minecraft?

<br />What do you mean with 3D tiles? Something like Minecraft?<br />

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Well specifically something like final fantasy tactics.