 Kennigit Canada. November 06 2009 03:51. Posts 11715 | Profile Blog |
This is so fantastic
http://www.udk.com/index.html
Basically you can get all the Unreal Engine 3 development tools to use for hobbiest/educational purposes. If you want to go commercial i think you can do a profit sharing deal with Epic too.
Anyone. Everyone. You. Unreal Engine 3 has been used by game developers, researchers, television studios, machinima directors, artists and students. If you have an idea that needs to be brought to life in a game engine, UDK is for you.
Gonna tinker around with it soon hopefully  . |
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 b3h47pte United States. November 06 2009 03:57. Posts 875 | Profile Blog |
| THIS IS SICK. Thanks so much for sharing...i'm tempted to see what i can do with it.. |
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 SnowFantasy United States. November 06 2009 04:16. Posts 2446 | Profile Blog |
Was this the thing Day[9] was talking about on his livestream? o.o
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 Southlight United Kingdom. November 06 2009 04:26. Posts 1289 | Profile Blog |
Looks like it's because Unity did it last week:
http://www.thetanooki.com/2009/10/29/indie-developers-rejoice-unity-is-free/
This breaks down a major hurdle facing some developers – especially those who get into the development game at a very young age. Gamasutra interviewed Unity’s CEO David Helgason at Unite, revealing that compared to Unity Pro (which was and still is a $1500 package), Unity Indie never significantly impacted revenue. That, combined with a desire to ‘democratize’ their software, led to dropping the $200 cost of entry.
If UDK didn't act, Unity would have become the standard engine for amateur coders, which would in turn affect the future of UDK. Interesting domino reaction ^^ |
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| Eti307 Canada. November 06 2009 08:56. Posts 2652 | Profile |
Ok this is incredible.
I'm going to play with this soon! |
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 Nytefish United Kingdom. November 06 2009 09:13. Posts 1839 | Profile Blog |
On November 06 2009 04:26 Southlight wrote:Looks like it's because Unity did it last week: http://www.thetanooki.com/2009/10/29/indie-developers-rejoice-unity-is-free/
Show nested quote +This breaks down a major hurdle facing some developers – especially those who get into the development game at a very young age. Gamasutra interviewed Unity’s CEO David Helgason at Unite, revealing that compared to Unity Pro (which was and still is a $1500 package), Unity Indie never significantly impacted revenue. That, combined with a desire to ‘democratize’ their software, led to dropping the $200 cost of entry.
If UDK didn't act, Unity would have become the standard engine for amateur coders, which would in turn affect the future of UDK. Interesting domino reaction ^^
Ah it's great when this kind of stuff happens. Like when gmail was released and all the other email sites stopped being stingy and gave users larger storage space. |
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 Boblion Andorra. November 06 2009 09:35. Posts 3568 | Profile Blog |
| Dx remake pleaz :D Last edit: 2009-11-06 09:36:10 |
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| anotak United States. November 06 2009 10:52. Posts 1363 | Profile Blog |
On November 06 2009 08:50 Jovan wrote:
I hope this pushes other engine developers (namely Id Software) to release a full toolkit long before full source code!
Id generally doesn't make engines for general use anymore is their policy... There was an interview with carmack where he gave several good reasons for this. |
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| Bosu United States. November 06 2009 11:06. Posts 997 | Profile Blog |
| Anybody know about how much Epic licenses the Unreal 3 engine for to other developers? |
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| Kennigit Canada. November 06 2009 12:59. Posts 11715 | Profile Blog |
| I would imagine it depends on the title and the developer. I.e Rainbow 6 Vegas used UE3 and im sure they have a vastly different cost than some 5 man job. I've seen figures in the hundreds of thousands though. |
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 -fj. United States. November 06 2009 13:29. Posts 127 | Profile Blog |
| Wow, even though I'm a Unity user through and through I might have to download this so I can jack off to speed tree o_o |
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 Bill307  Canada. November 06 2009 15:49. Posts 8575 | Profile Blog |
| I heard there was a company that made a commercial game for ~$750,000, and about half of that cost was just licensing UE3. Last edit: 2009-11-06 15:49:45 |
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 Athos United States. November 06 2009 17:15. Posts 1518 | Profile Blog |
| I've been messing with it for the last 15 minutes, and I can already see this is an amazing and incredible development tool. I'm having fun just building stuff, but yeah you really have a ton of options/preferences. |
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 Psyonic_Reaver United States. November 06 2009 19:08. Posts 1243 | Profile Blog |
Is this what you guys used, or something similar maybe, to do the Probe for the TSL?
It keeps crashing when I try to install it. TT.Last edit: 2009-11-06 21:06:41 |
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| Eti307 Canada. November 06 2009 19:20. Posts 2652 | Profile |
On November 06 2009 15:49 Bill307 wrote:
I heard there was a company that made a commercial game for ~$750,000, and about half of that cost was just licensing UE3.
yes, I think it's something like 50-100k per license (each developer must get one). At least it was around that price 2years ago |
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| Bill307 Canada. November 08 2009 00:54. Posts 8575 | Profile Blog |
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=25955
Apparently there's a new commercial license for the engine, too:
However, creators will still need to obtain an official licensing agreement to develop a commercial project using UE3; according to the new licensing terms, Epic receives twenty-five percent of revenue after the first $5,000 is made, with a per-seat yearly fee also potentially applying if the project is solely used internally.
Edit: just noticed this on the UDK documentation page:
Will my UDK program run on Mac, iPhone, PS3 or Xbox 360?
As of right now, UDK is a Windows-only program. Please see our licensing page if you would like to discuss using UDK for cross-platform use.
Which in turn leads to:
If you have any questions about licensing UDK or require custom license terms, source code licenses, or use on consoles please email udklicensing@epicgames.com for more information.
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. Can't wait to play with it.
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