1. THE UNREAL TECHNOLOGY
THE UNREAL DEVELOPMENT KIT

2. Xbox, PS3, PC Game Engine
Physically Unreal Engine

3. WHY TO USE UDK?
You don't have to start from scratch
Just tweak the engine behavior
Stuff will be finished fast

4. WHAT'S UDK?
A system that assets your
characters, weapons,
sounds, props, etc. Into a
visual interactive form.

5. Engine Components
Graphics Engine
Sound Engine
Physics Engine
Input Manager
Network Infrastructure

6. HOW DOES IT WORK?
CORE

7. Initialize Sending info
components to core
Ready for Game loop
user Input starts
Game Game Game
Initialization Launch Play
Load maps
Assets routing

8. CREATING WORLDS
Game Assets
All data the Unreal Engine uses is stored in packages
that contain the game assets
Maps
Textures and Materials
Static Meshes
Skeletal Meshes

9. GAME DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
Huge, hard process Get the idea
Should be iterative Story treatment
Should accept sacrifice Scheduling
Tight team

10. NON­VISUAL SIDE
You can write Unreal Script
It's Like Java and C++
Engine Physics are written in it

11. Start your first level

12. Build a game that has morales
Respect the human brain