Spike 15: Unreal Engine Familiarisation
CORE SPIKE Context: The Unreal Engine is a powerful and free tool that all game developers will benefit from knowing. Through the visual scripting of blueprints, many tasks will be able to be implemented in a shorter time period.
Knowledge/Skill Gap: A developer should know their options when it comes to programming a game. No engine is right for every situation. With game development being such a costly and lengthy process, it's important to use the right tools from the start.
Tasks: -
- A list of 3 games created in the Unreal engine and whether you think this was the correct choice for this game. Give pros, cons and any other reasoning behind your decision.
- Write a short report explaining how to measure performance in the Unreal Engine. After this, record and report the performance difference between 100 dynamic lights as opposed to 100 baked lights. Include in this report why the performance difference exists.
Recommendations:
- When searching for Unreal games to write about, include the word "popular" to get a more noteworthy list rather than every Unreal game ever