{"id":340,"date":"2009-01-19T20:55:05","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T00:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skins.abtec.org\/?p=340"},"modified":"2016-03-27T19:28:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T19:28:40","slug":"a-brief-intro-to-unreal-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skins.abtec.org\/skins1.0\/a-brief-intro-to-unreal-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Intro to Unreal Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/www.unrealtechnology.com<\/a><\/div>\n
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1st, 2nd and 3rd generation Unreal rendering capabilities<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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What is it?<\/span><\/p>\n

The Unreal Engine<\/strong> is a popular game engine developed by Epic Games. It first appeared in the 1998 first-person shooter game Unreal<\/em>, it has been the basis of many games since, including: …<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00c2\u00b7<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Unreal Tournament<\/span><\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00b7<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Turok<\/span><\/em>, Mass Effect<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00b7<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield<\/span><\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00b7<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas<\/span><\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00b7<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>America’s Army<\/span><\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00b7<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Red Steel<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00b7<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Gears of War<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00c2\u00b7<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>BioShock<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00c2\u00b7<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00b7<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Mirror’s Edge<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Although primarily developed for first-person shooters, it has been successfully used in a variety of genres, including stealth (Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell<\/em>), MMORPG (Vanguard: Saga of Heroes<\/em> and Lineage II<\/em>) as well as RPGs (Mass Effect<\/em> and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Stone)<\/em>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This game engine comes FREE<\/strong> for use by independent artists alongside purchase of the “Unreal” games and Xbox’s “Gears of War”. However, professionally publishing and profiting off an Unreal based game would require the purchase of a license. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With its core written in the C++ programming language, the Unreal Engine is easily manageable and convenient. It supports a multitude of platforms including <\/span><\/span>Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS and Mac OS X<\/span> on personal computers and many video game consoles including the <\/span><\/span>Dreamcast, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation 3 <\/span>though the latest version of the Unreal Engine, UE3, doesn’t work on previous generation platforms. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Choose which version you use carefully!<\/span><\/p>\n