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That is something\nhas been associated with Unreal for some time now. From ray-tracing to\nreal-time technology, destruction systems and physics, unreal has demonstrated\nits “Epic” capabilities.",[296,300,301],{},"The photorealism is one of the driving factors of Unreal Engine and it is the\nreason for it being used outside of gaming industry as well. Architecture,\nproduct design and filmmaking as well. It was used in the Star Wars TV series,\nThe Mandalorian and The Lion King(2019).",[296,303,304],{},"Unreal Engine now supports a wide variety of platforms: Windows, PlayStation\n4+, Xbox One, Mac OS X, iOS, Android, AR, VR, Linux, SteamOS and HTML5. With\nmore than 7.5 million developers using Unreal -- according to Epic CEO Tim\nSweeney at GDC 2019 -- it is one of the most popular game engines.",[296,306,307],{},"Well, with my brief time with Unreal Engine, I think the following are some of\nthe best it can offer.",[309,310,312],"h2",{"id":311},"_1-unreal-engine-is-free","1. Unreal Engine is Free",[296,314,315],{},"Development as well as releasing products with Unreal Engine is free. Well\nalmost. Initially, you had to pay a 5% royalty to Epic Games, but only when\nthe product passes $3000 per quarter. But along with the announcement of\nUnreal Engine 5, the company removed all royalties on the first $1 million in\nrevenue of the product. You are to report your earnings to Unreal with a form\nthey provide.",[296,317,318],{},"Even still, this is amazing for small companies and studios as well as for the\nstudents who are interested in a cutting-edge game engine.",[309,320,322],{"id":321},"_2-blueprints","2. Blueprints",[296,324,325],{},[326,327],"img",{"alt":328,"src":329},"blueprint","\u002Fassets\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002F180520\u002Fblueprint.jpg",[296,331,332],{},"Unreal Engine's visual scripting system, Blueprint, is the main reason the\nengine is a great tool for prototyping and iteration. You drag-and-drop nodes\nand add wires to connect them and add logic in Blueprint. This node-based\ninterface allows designers who don't have a technical background to explore\ntheir ideas without needing to know how to code.",[309,334,336],{"id":335},"_3-broad-toolset","3. Broad Toolset",[296,338,339],{},[326,340],{"alt":341,"src":342},"ueeditor","\u002Fassets\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002F180520\u002Fueeditor.jpg",[296,344,345],{},"Unreal Engine's ease of use is also supported by a wide range of features and\ntools, within an intuitive editor that is accessible to many disciplines. It\nprovides solutions for pretty much every macro task we will need to address.\nCinematics, scene layout, visual scripting, particle system, animation\nnetwork, light-mapping, performance and memory tracking tools for\noptimisation, etc… are some of the examples.",[309,347,349],{"id":348},"_4-ability-to-handle-wide-variety-of-projects","4. Ability to handle wide variety of projects",[296,351,352],{},"Flexibility is one of the driving factors of Unreal Engine. It can handle a\nwide variety of projects with ease. Including the fact that it serves a wide\nvariety of industries it also can handle various genres of games –\naction-adventure, open-world, side-scrollers, racing, etc… The Epic team has\nalso made efforts for 2D games, but, to my humble opinion, not as extensively\nas its competitors.",[309,354,356],{"id":355},"_5-access-to-source-code","5. Access to source code",[296,358,359],{},"Epic games gives you access to the entire C++ source code of the Unreal\nEngine. You can download the code from GitHub, tweak it and the best part is,\nyou don’t have to pay for it as well. The ability to access the source code of\nthe engine and modify it to specific needs did drive some companies to choose\nUnreal as their game engine. 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It does give its competitors a lot more than a run for their money.",[296,366,367],{},"Disclaimer : The views and opinions expressed in the article belong solely to the\nauthor, and not necessarily to the author's employer, organisation, committee\nor other group or individual.",{"title":369,"searchDepth":370,"depth":370,"links":371},"",2,[372,373,374,375,376],{"id":311,"depth":370,"text":312},{"id":321,"depth":370,"text":322},{"id":335,"depth":370,"text":336},{"id":348,"depth":370,"text":349},{"id":355,"depth":370,"text":356,"children":377},[378],{"id":363,"depth":379,"text":364},3,"2020-05-18","Article about benefits of using Unreal Engine.","md","\u002Fassets\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002F180520\u002FunrealTitle.jpg",{},4,true,{"title":246,"description":381},"AEXwyAcHlFm_fhOlAfD8ZRQrdH1n6_gFb9WmmCZdkrQ",[390,393],{"path":275,"title":274,"description":391,"date":392},"Which areas can benefit from the use of Mixed Reality.","2020-05-25",{"path":251,"title":250,"description":394,"date":395},"An article featuring the top features of Unity 3D that makes it stand out from the crowd.","2020-05-11",1790439210331]