What the entire kit includes is the Unreal Engine 3 engine itself, and its editor, the Content Browser that makes searching and using game assets a breeze, UnrealScript, an OOP-based programming language, Unreal Cascade, an advanced editor for particle physics and environmental effects, and even support for NVIDIA’s PhysX, should you want to take advantage of it. It’s also a great thing for hobbyists, or mod-builders, who do intend to release their product for free.
This should help give developers exactly the experience they need with such a mainstream engine, and hopefully land them a good job. Depending on the number of game developers, the prices given could be manageable even if a modest fee for the game was made, but there are far too many angles to look at things from, to say the least.Įven though this kit is to be used for non-commercial / educational use, its release is a huge win for game developers who have wanted to experiment and learn the tools but were previously unable to. For commercial software, you’ll need to refer to Epic’s licensing page. Although Epic is kind enough to release its robust tools for free, publishing games developed with the tools is restricted to non-profit games or applications. That’s right… the same tools that were used to develop such games as Batman: Arkham Asylum, BioShock, Borderlands, Gears of War, Mass Effect and of course, Unreal Tournament 3, can now be had to anyone looking to utilize the tools to either learn, or develop their own non-profit game.
In what should please up-and-coming game developers everywhere, Epic today announced the release of the “Unreal Development Kit”, a full-blown toolset based around Unreal Engine 3, for free.
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