Developing Success in Mobile with Unreal Engine 4 | David Stelzer

DEVELOPING SUCCESS

VS

WHY YOU SHOULD BE USING UE4

• Epic Games makes games; Unity does not

• Unreal Engine past vs. present

• UE4 is a complete toolset; less reliant on Marketplace

• Blueprints

• C++ vs. C#

WHY YOU SHOULD BE USING UE4

• Flexibility

• Full source code

• Free to develop

• Custom licensing

Epic Games Makes Games

Unreal Engine’s Early Days

• AAA was the standard target

• Best for high end PC and console production

• Not for web, mobile or VR (they didn’t exist)

• Made for shooters

• Complex

• Expensive

Today’s Unreal Engine

• Multi-platform – PC, console, web, VR/AR, mobile and

more.

• Multi-genre framework and free sample content and

templates to get you started from your first use.

• Easy to learn and easy to master.

• Customizable and flexible with source code.

• Free and custom licensing options with no per seat

license fees for games.

• An enterprise leader with companies in automotive,

entertainment, architectural visualization and more.

UE4 is a Complete Toolset

• Unreal comes complete with everything you need to

build and ship.

• You can build without paying for additional plug-ins or

extras; but you can customize as needed.

• Built in:

• Editors for UI, materials, animations, particles

• Scripting system, state machines

• Starter content

• Much, much more!

Blueprints – Visual Scripting in UE4

Blueprints – Visual Scripting in UE4

• Allows coders to deal with big issues and artists to

implement their visions

• Unifies all sub-systems with one common visual

coding language

• Blueprints can be “nativized”; converted to C++

and machine code for best performance

• Robo Recall was made almost entirely with

Blueprints

The Magic of UE4 and C++

• C++ is integrated with the Unreal

Editor.

• Classes created in C++ can be sub-

classed and/or instantiated in the

Editor.

• Artists and designers can extend in

Blueprints, which will auto convert to

C++.

• Code at a high level: UE4 handles the

hard stuff and removes many of the

pain points of C++.

The Stylized 2D Platformer

The Flexibility of UE4

AAA Games in the Palm of Your Hand

Moving Mobile Forward

AAA Games in the Palm of Your Hand

Moving Mobile Forward

AAA Graphics on Mobile

MOVING MOBILE FORWARD

#EpicFriday

A Community Committed to Quality

VR Made with Blueprints

The Flexibility of UE4

Full Source Code – Free of Charge

• Distributed via GitHub for free

licensees and via Perforce for

custom licensees.

• GitHub branch synchs every 20

minutes, so it is up to date.

• Keep your modifications to source

or issue a pull request to Epic.

• Epic will vet the changes and

publish them to all UE4 developers

(and even put your name in the

credits!).

It’s Free to Develop on UE4

• Sign the EULA and download

UE4 to get started.

• Community based support

via AnswerHub.

• Additional code available for

PS4, Xbox One and Switch for

registered developers.

• You pay nothing until you

start making money.

Custom Licensing is Also Available

• Meant for serious developers that will ship games.

• More in depth support.

• UDN gives you answers quickly from the engineers that

made the features you have questions about.

• Allows for more flexibility on royalties.

David Stelzer – david.stelzer@epicgames.com