Good day everyone today my post will be a game related post. I will be writing about a game engine : Unreal engine. While growing up i played lots of games and most times I wondered how this games where even created, even though the graphics of the games we played then and now are quite different but still we need to applaud all the game developers out there.
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https://github.com/EpicGames/Signup
What is Unreal Engine
The Unreal Engine is a game engine that was developed by Epic Games, it was developed in 1998 . It was more focused on the first- person shooter but they have worked with other games genre too since then.
Unreal Engine has lots of tools 🛠that can be used in creating different types of games you may think of. The whole team made sure the game engine is not rigid but flexible so as to be able to meet up with challenging tasks. The performance of Unreal Engine is amazing i must say.
You create content with real-time while using unreal engine , It supports all kind of gadgets such as PC, VR , AR and even mobile devices. If you are looking for a game engine that will give you the best and single you own game out of the others then you should familiarize yourself with this game engine.
Create an account
Creating an account for the first time is easy as you can see in the image above that is all the information you need to have to open an account with Unreal Engine. And you can follow this link to the official website Unreal Engine
The above picture is an image of my account, the website interface is great, there are lots of contents to go through and know more about the website.
Features of Unreal Engine
Quality film & Effects
Unreal engine gives users the opportunity to adjust anything that has to do with the quality settings and game effects, remember i said earlier that the team made everything flexible so as to accept changes at anytime.
Build without coding
You can build objects and adjust the game interface without laying your hands on any line of code, you can also play with the controls and modify everything that has to do with the visuals of the game.
Top notch multiplayer work
We all enjoy multiplayer games , i will say this is what keep most game alive. Playing alongside real players not just a thing programmed by a computer. Unreal engine helps to create the best for multiplayer games.
Virtual Reality motion control
The feature of manipulating objects in a game is another difficult task in game creation, but with unreal engine you can create an amazing VR framework.
Audio Engine
Game sounds/ soundtrack is another great feature that keeps the game alive. As for me personally i love games with intriguing game sounds . With unreal engine you can create a great game sound for your game and make your consumers yearn for more.
What’s new?
Every organization or institution out there that render services to their clients are not always static i.e there is always room for improvement, upgrade and changes to whatsoever they are giving out to their clients. Unreal Engine is no different they upgrade regularly so as to give their clients the best.
The new upgrade Unreal Engine 4.21 which is the latest offers so many new things which i will be listing below, they worked on increasing the performance so as to make the work on the website fast and easy. Some of the newly added features are:
The niagara effects is very easy to use
Worked on building/ enhancing the multiplayer experiences which was not added in the previous update.
The speed for creating content on the website has been increased also.
Enhanced development process for mobile games.
Community forum
It is one thing to create a platform with all what the users need and it is another to create a connection between users and Admins. Unreal engine is not left out in the aspect of receiving feedbacks from users, this isnthe only way they can know the minds of the users and also know where to make any change if need be.
There are various forums on the website where users can go to so as to gather information and aslo share information with the admins and other users, they have the Announcement and release forums where informations concerning news updates are released. Also they have the Marketplace where you promote your work .
Alot to mention, this are necessary measures taken to gather informations so as to improve the website for the betterment of everyone using it.
Nvidia program
Still in the spirit of providing the best for consumers and clients using the Unreal Engine platform, there has been a collaboration between the nvidia team and unreal engine all focused in creating quality and fantastic content. There have been various testimonies of those who created contents using this feature.
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Intel + Unreal Engine
The team is considerate looking at how they partner with other big companies to bring out the best. The partnership with Intel is to increase business opportunities and also strategies, so that all game content creators can also advertise their contents and earn something.
In conclusion
Giving out the best is one thing we should always work towards doing, remember we all have to pay a price to get something . It does not necessarily mean paying cash but as long as people spend time trying to get something done they actually paid for it because time is money 💰... this is the more reason why i will recommend Unreal Engine for game developers and builders , there is alot to learn in the platform .