Question about game engines.

[envenger]

Hi guys...

Well, I alone with some of my friends decided to make a game. I worked with warcraft-3 world editor for some time.

Now, we are planning to use some other game engine to make games just for fun. Well, my question is are there any free to use game engines? We want to make a 3rd person hack and slash type game.

I guess it might be really hard to make something good. But at-least, we want to give it a try.

 

[Adiktuz]

You can try Game Maker Lite, Unreal Development Kit also has a free version, same as Unity 3D...

Though take note that you will need programming skills and maybe model creation skills if you want to work on a 3D game... especially if you don't want to pay for your resources...

 

[envenger]

You can try Game Maker Lite, Unreal Development Kit also has a free version, same as Unity 3D...

Though take note that you will need programming skills and maybe model creation skills if you want to work on a 3D game... especially if you don't want to pay for your resources...

Ya, i am good at programming and I have 2-3 friends who are good at model making.

What would be difference in Unreal development kit free and paid? Can all these engine be enables for lan play and online play?

 

[Adiktuz]

One basic difference is how you release your game... I think games made in UDK Free license, cannot be sold... And I think it also has an impact to how many times the UDK can be installed and used for real-time collaboration...

anyway, they have a description and comparison of the licenses on their site the last time I checked...

and you will also need a powerful computer btw... Making/editing the game inside the engine takes much much more power and resources than running the game...

IDK for LAN/Online... but one thing is for sure, if you want to do online play then you would also need a server...

 

[envenger]

Planning to go with udk engine. Cause both of its free and pro editions have same features.

What about gamemaker light and its pro version?

 

[Adiktuz]

not sure about GM... I only used the Lite version... but I think, it's better to just use UDK...

 

[Statharas]

I'd go with either Unity or UDK

 

[Adiktuz]

I really suggest UDK... I just stopped trying it because my comp can't handle it... XD

 

[Metalbear]

GM is a better choise if you plan to make ONLY 2D games!!!

 

[Kanadaj]

Stick to Unity imho... It's free license is waaay better than UDK, not to mention it needs less performance afaik.

But, to be perfectly honest, I don't like these engines that much - I rather just take a graphics engine and create everything else myself, since it's easier to follow for me.

 

[envenger]

Hey thanks guys for your replies. I have started work already. And I finally choose UDK as my game engine.

 

[Dr Super Good]

For RTS games you could use the engine that powers 0A.D.

Yes it is not very good but it is heavily worked on fully open source.

 

[TriggerHappy]

I'm surprised nobody mentioned CryEngine 3.

 

[Nestharus]

Yea, CryEngine 3 is by far the most powerful game engine.

T3D/T2D are completely free to use and open source and support the most technologies. They are the most rapidly advancing of all of the game engines.

 

[sluk]

Unity is free and is good

 

[Dr Super Good]

Unity is free and is good

It is not free, read the licence. It is free to develop with but not free if used commercially.

 

[Deleted member 219079]

The future of DirectX is questionable. Knowing how MS has pushed Windows Store and Universal Apps, they could easily restrict your options on commercial DirectX development. I recommend to stay away from it.

OpenGL is the way to go like I said in the other thread.

 

[GhostWolf]

Thank you for necroposting a 3 years old thread.

 

[Deleted member 219079]

Yea sluk way to go.

Anyway the objective answer is OpenGL. This thread can be locked now.

 

[GhostWolf]

OpenGL is not a game engine. If you have to necropost, at least do it correctly.

 

[sluk]

Unity - Store

but do you guys know something about Unity cause i have a problem

 

[Deleted member 219079]

but do you guys know something about Unity cause i have a problem

What this guy said:

OpenGL is a game engine. If you have to necropost, at least use OpenGL.

 

[sluk]

? i need help with unity not with OpenGL

 

[Deleted member 219079]

Well I don't think you've described us your problem yet.

 

[sluk]

i cant get my char use his animations...

 

[GhostWolf]

Open a dedicated thread, don't randomly necropost.