1. THE UNREAL TECHNOLOGY
THE UNREAL DEVELOPMENT KIT

2. Xbox, PS3, PC
Physically
Game Engine
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. Graphics Engine
Sound Engine
Physics Engine
Input Manager
Network Infrastructure
Engine Components

6. HOW DOES IT WORK?
CORE

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

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
Huge, hard process
Should be iterative
Should accept sacrifice
ITERATION
Get the idea
Story treatment
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