I was planning to try out 3D engines for a long time, finally found time to do that. I was in lot of dilema to choose the engines which i will be spending my time with. Choose 2 of the top engines and spend 3 weeks on each of them, trying to write a basic platformer.
Picked up UDK & Unity3D.
UDK - My first choice was UDK, it was highly recomended if you are planning in to put lot of effort on game dev and looking forward to AAA development.
The Good: Visuals, Lighting, Asset/Code Management,
The Bad: Steap Learning Curve, Community
Cost: Free untill 50,000$ in profit, 25% after 50k$
1 Week with UDK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqz9P_o29hI&feature=share
Unity3D - has a mass following,
The Good: Easy to Use, Supports Multi langs(JavaScript,C#,Boo)
The Bad: Free version is very limited(no shadows, culling)
Cost: Pro version costs 1500$ a pop (+ 1500 for iOS/android/flash each)
3 Week with Unity : http://youtu.be/v-9f4pGvu7U
There are other great engines(Shiva3D, cryengine) out there which i havent tried out for now. But ill be sticking with Unity3D for a while and will be making my first 3D game with unity.
Picked up UDK & Unity3D.
UDK - My first choice was UDK, it was highly recomended if you are planning in to put lot of effort on game dev and looking forward to AAA development.
The Good: Visuals, Lighting, Asset/Code Management,
The Bad: Steap Learning Curve, Community
Cost: Free untill 50,000$ in profit, 25% after 50k$
Unity3D - has a mass following,
The Good: Easy to Use, Supports Multi langs(JavaScript,C#,Boo)
The Bad: Free version is very limited(no shadows, culling)
Cost: Pro version costs 1500$ a pop (+ 1500 for iOS/android/flash each)
3 Week with Unity : http://youtu.be/v-9f4pGvu7U
There are other great engines(Shiva3D, cryengine) out there which i havent tried out for now. But ill be sticking with Unity3D for a while and will be making my first 3D game with unity.
