Unreal Engine 3 on Iphone

JordanW

We showed off our project sword at the apple event today:

http://kotaku.com/5627603/project-sword-is-epics-first-unreal-engine-iphone-game

and you can download a castle walk around demo on the app store, its called Epic Citadel.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/epic-citadel/id388888815

Xoliul

Man, those screens look sweet. Any chance for more/better ones than that Kotaku article?

And I really wish Epic would do Unreal engine for Android, as I just ordered my Android phone today. Not gonna happen probably though

gsokol

Pimp!

I'm downloading the app now...I can't wait to see how Ued looks in action. Thanks for the heads up on this!

Project sword looks badass too. This made my day

Purplepaint

Wow thats awesome

Jeremy Lindstrom

Hrmmm fail..


Epic Citadel was not installed on the iphone because it is not compatible with this iphone.. wtf

jakelear

Very very excited about this!

Is there any word if there will be a specific UDK for iPhone? This, alongside Carmack's work with the Rage demo is going to really raise the bar for iOS gaming.

00Zero

is this for iOS4 only? i downloaded for my 3gs and it keeps throwing me back to my homescreen after it displays the unreal logo

jakelear

I'm running it on a 3gs but I have upgraded to ios4 software.

It looks incredible, so great. And runs smooth.

I really can't believe my eyes.

JordanW

from the itunes page:

Requirements:Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch (3rd generation), and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.1.0 or later.

Jeremy Lindstrom

yup boooo i got a 3g..

Lee3dee

amazing demo! Played with it on a few iphone4/3GS at the office. looks stunning! Hope the export tools from UDK will be made available to everyone

Shame no android version

gsokol

Damn, looks great on my iphone3gs, even better on iphone 4. I'm guessing none of the lighting is realtime right?

*crosses fingers hoping there will someday be an editor for the general public to use*

Jeff Parrott

Wow.

UDK on OSX now please!

[HP]

Very impressive for a handheld.

Flava-Fly

Going to download it and see what all the fuss is about, very excited to see unreal on iphone

ZacD

is there some youtube video of it yet for us iphone-less people?

Kurry

Just checked it, wow... very impressive

ZacD

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtcLSXKk5To[/ame]

dtschultz

This looks great (especially for the iphone)! I love the lighting on that interior shot.

Edit: Can you share how many people worked on this? How long was development?

Tom Ellis

Bloody hell... I just downloaded it.

This is about 100x more impressive than anything else I've seen on the iPhone yet, and I'd already been impressed by some of other games. How can you push the boundaries so much further! It's like, it's not even just 'a bit' better than some other graphically good iPhone games, it's massively better.

Very excited to see where this goes!

MRico

Thanks for the vid ZacD!

Man...that is freaking incredible!

adam

I'm with Mr. 22 - It's the most impressive bit of game tech I've seen on the iPhone. Sure, its a game engine and I shouldn't be this impressed, but I wasn't expecting it to look that good and at that resolution.

vcool

Impressive.

Progg

We were showing this around the office... looks fantastic on the phone. I think we all had a moment of.. "wow really?"

adam

I appreciate that the controls move to where I put my thumbs.

Zack Fowler

Very impressive!

e-freak

Hasn't the Unreal Engine got iPhone Emulators for ever? I really like seeing it in action!

Lamont

I'd be happy if I didn't have a 2nd Gen iPod touch... or Apple released hardware in a way that didn't lock people out from future developments. Lovely strategy though, just throw it away to upgrade.

I want/need to get an iPad, but rumors of another version are abound...

Frump

I really want to download this but I don't have access to the Wi-fi here and I can't download over 20mb on 3g. fffffff

xvampire

fricken sexy man !

Sandbag

impressive, but I'm curious of a few things. How much of the resources are left in that demo for gameplay? What was up with the camera control? It felt like I was rotating a stick in 10 inches of mud when I tried to move around with the imaginary 'right thumbstick.'

Is that due to a capped frame rate or just wonky controls? It felt like it might have been locked around 15fps. I'm also curious what resolution it runs at, and if it runs at different resolutions on the 4 and 3gs (since they have different native/max screen resolutions).

I also wonder what resolution the textures were at, I dont have an iPhone (was playing the demo on a co-worker's) and I've been curious how different sizes look at the native size and resolution of the phone.

ScoobyDoofus

Yeah. Wish I was setup to download this and play...I'm on my Mom's computer since mine isnt online ATM.

I think this and the Rage Iphone demo I saw were the most impressive things, graphically, I've seen on the Iphone platform.

gsokol

'm also curious what resolution it runs at, and if it runs at different resolutions on the 4 and 3gs (since they have different native/max screen resolutions).

Definitely a difference in resolution. I have a 3gs and one of my coworkers has the 4, and there is a very noticeable difference.

willy-wilson

UDK update... and epic just flys past everyone else... Ide use it!

Shogun3d

Epic Games has now just tapped into a ridiculously huge market.

ZacD

They better make a new licensing system for the iphone cause unity is free.

moose

Sandbag: try dragging the screen!

it also runs at 3 resolutions for the 3 devices, 1024x768 (ipad), 960x640 (iphone4), and 320x240 (3gs)

OpethRockr55

Good lord. I'd doubt my computer would even be able to run that. That's absolutely gorgeous.

paulsvoboda

I was completely blown away with this. Beautiful beautiful stuff. The inside area with the statue is amazing. Colour me very impressed.

Thegodzero

Looks sexy, but i have yet to meet iphone controls for a first person game that i liked.

arshlevon

Looks stunning on my iPad,very impressed. Are all of ue3 features available on the ios or is a stripped down version? The controls are pretty nice too. I just started ios development, and this is very exciting.

gsokol

- Free tools. Epic’s Unreal Development Kit (UDK), available for free download at www.udk.com/download, ships with the same tools and technologies used to create “Epic Citadel.” Anyone can create games with UDK.

I dont know if thats just a way to promote Ued3/UDK, or them saying that we could have access to the mobile capabilities..but I really, really hope its the second one.

bbob

I want to burn them, burn them on the stake to watch their witches hearts bubble..

Target_Renegade

Very interesting, i wonder how Epic will deal with the actual deployment of an .app. At the moment its OSX only, as any .app developed, needs the provisioning files, certificates and the .app uploader all on a Mac.

Zpanzer

ZacD wrote: »

They better make a new licensing system for the iphone cause unity is free.

Unity ain't free for the iPhone.

MALicivs

adam wrote: »

I appreciate that the controls move to where I put my thumbs.

I don't lol, they tend to get stuck in the corner of the screen

Davision3D

Target_Renegade wrote: »

Very interesting, i wonder how Epic will deal with the actual deployment of an .app. At the moment its OSX only, as any .app developed, needs the provisioning files, certificates and the .app uploader all on a Mac.

Thats very interesting! Maybe apple finally opens up the iphone developement for PC/windows! I mean it looks like apple is really supporting epic here so there could be a good chance for it.

Tech looks amazing, they even cramped normal maps in it, i wonder how all these textures even fit in that ram and it looks quite a lot of polys too, would love to see some wireframe shots.

Lamont

Target_Renegade wrote: »

Very interesting, i wonder how Epic will deal with the actual deployment of an .app. At the moment its OSX only, as any .app developed, needs the provisioning files, certificates and the .app uploader all on a Mac.

Same way it has been now: Make the app on PC (or Linux), and use the Mac to submit.

Obviously they did it because it's on the iThings.

haiddasalami

Lamont wrote: »

I'd be happy if I didn't have a 2nd Gen iPod touch... or Apple released hardware in a way that didn't lock people out from future developments. Lovely strategy though, just throw it away to upgrade.

I want/need to get an iPad, but rumors of another version are abound...

I just got an email to preorder some new Ipads and new ipods. I laughed...This is seriously some nice stuff running on the iphone. Can't wait to see what comes out of this.

Alberto Rdrgz

Holy SHIT! it even has lightmass?!

Sandbag

Thanks for the screen resolution info moose and gsokol; when I read that winPhone7 will support two screen resolutions on one device (primarily for better performance - low res for 3d games and higher res for 2d/less graphics intensive games) I was really curious if epic had decided to employ something similar to open up space for all the crazy stuff they're running.

So if they're pulling it all off at full resolution that's pretty gnarly...

I also didn't get a chance to get to the stone walkway leading to a castle that I saw in a youtube video, the person in the video just stared at the ground the whole time they walked up it, is there an ocean vista or anything similar there?