Unreal Engine is a complete suite of creation tools for game developers to design and build games, simulations, and visualizations. It provides a real-time 3D engine along with visual scripting tools to accelerate development for 2D and 3D projects across multiple platforms.
Unreal Engine is a complete suite of creation tools designed for anyone working with real-time 3D. It provides a real-time 3D engine along with visual scripting tools to accelerate development across multiple platforms including consoles, mobile, PC, and VR. Originally developed for first-person shooters, Unreal Engine has expanded to many other genres over two decades of continued evolution.
Key features include photorealistic rendering, physical-based materials, particle simulation for visual effects, animation blueprint scripting system, source control integration, C++ programming and debugging tools, integrated VR editor and optimizations for multiple VR headsets, mobile device previews, extensive documentation and sample content. There is access to the C++ source code and blueprint scripting system for customizations.
Epic provides the engine via a custom license with full C++ source code access, allowing complete modification and usage for commercial products. There are no license, subscription or royalty fees but a 5% gross revenue fee when projects have gross revenues over $1 million annually.
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