Unreal Dev Kit Tutorial Videos Teach the Ropes

by Alice O'Connor, Dec 02, 2009 9:50am PST

Related Topics – xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Unreal Engine, PC, Epic

A colossal 171-video series of Unreal Development Kit tutorials is now available on FileShack, teaching everything from the user interface and creating a simple level to making your own top-down game in Epic's free standalone edition of Unreal Engine 3.

All but one are by 3D Buzz, the folks behind the 'Mastering Unreal Technology' books and the tutorial videos included with the Special Edition of Unreal Tournament 2004.

An asset pack is on hand so you can follow along with the tutorials, and don't forget to pick up the latest version of the Unreal Development Kit if you haven't already.

The UDK offers the Unreal Engine 3 development toolkit--minus engine source code, of course--completely free for noncommercial and educational use, with commercial licenses beginning at a mere $99 followed by a 25% royalty on all revenue over $5,000.

Several mods have already received free UDK-powered standalone releases.

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So, would people say that this is the best means to teach yourself level design/building right now?

Dec 02, 2009 12:01pm PST

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So, would people say that this is the best means to teach yourself level design/building right now? : Pixelbeast
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  I would say get a good 3D app and start there. : Fred Garvin
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    I would say the UDK is better because the level designer is actually made for building levels and include... : rick
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      For UE3 games it's pretty rare to build levels in the editor. Sometimes big chunks will be done to get th... : Fred Garvin
      
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      So, the Unreal engine/editor has the ability to interpret a generic 3D layout and render it as in-game ge... : Pixelbeast
      
      For that type of thing yes, the editor will do fine. : Fred Garvin
      
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      An actual level designer will still start constructing the level by blocking stuff out in a level editor ... : Chris Remo
      
      Depends on your workflow. We build all our levels in 3DS. : Fred Garvin
      
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      no one ive worked with thus far has worked that way. it really seems like a backwards approach. : synapse19
      
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      What methods are you used to? : ease one
      
      max and maya so i can actually use the real exact environment as it progresses when doing cinematics : synapse19
      
      That's the workflow we use at Epic and recommend to our licencees. The basic gameplay area is roughed ou... : StevePolge
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      Haven't touched the UDK yet, but really enjoying Sketchup so far, thanks for recommending it. : Pixelbeast
      
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      Sketchup is seriously awesome. It makes 3D design look deceptively easy, though. : crummynz
      
      Yeah, just whipped this up for practice: http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z297/adamarius/3D/temple01... : Pixelbeast
  - run of the mill 3d apps like maya and 3d studio are not really built for level design and generally requi... : ease one
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  that depends on if you already have an understanding of level design and flow and just need to learn the ... : synapse19
  - Agreed. I am becoming a big fan of putting your level down on paper first. : Fred Garvin

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Can we get one big file with all of the tutorials?

Dec 02, 2009 11:59am PST

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Can we get one big file with all of the tutorials? : Fred Garvin
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  Oooh, you're a hard one to please Fred Garvin. I'll see what I can do for you. : Alice O'Connor
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    Thanks Alice, would be appreciated. : Fred Garvin
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      Good grief. It's a monster: http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/15926/Unreal+Development+Kit+Complete+Video+T... : Alice O'Connor
      
      Excellent! : Legolas5
      
      Thumbs way up! : Fred Garvin
      
      Thanks! Saves me the trouble of clicking lots of stuff! : Pixelbeast
      
      awesome : synapse19
      
      Did I ever tell you you're my heeeerrrrroooooo? : Vorlonesque
      
      awesome, thanks! : deviantpaul
      
      This saves me lots of time! : dpgagnon
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By: st4rdog x Show Full Post

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How dis u makes an MMORPG wit dis thing lolwhat???

Dec 02, 2009 12:26pm PST

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How dis u makes an MMORPG wit dis thing lolwhat??? : st4rdog
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  I is forming MMORPG team, i.;m team leader/craetive directire/president of gme dsigne i need the followin... : Porkasaurus
  - Sweets dude. I is modeller but dun do the UVWV unrapsing. Heres da sword I made: o===(================... : st4rdog
- I am willing to provide hundreds of unskinned high res weapon model renders that you can post on the fron... : ease one

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What a really, really cool thing to do. Way to go, Epic.

Dec 02, 2009 11:22am PST

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What a really, really cool thing to do. Way to go, Epic. : crummynz
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- I want to gently cradle Epic's balls right now. : SockMonkeh

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The 3D Buzz videos are really well done. I was following them when they came out a few years ago but got sidetracked with other things at the time. Think I'll check 'em out again.

Dec 02, 2009 1:11pm PST

The 3D Buzz videos are really well done. I was following them when they came out a few years ago but got ... : cell9song

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This is awesome and the timing could not be more perfect, as I just started to look for UDK tutorials. I want to prototype (and possibly develop) some non-FPS game pitches in my spare time and so far the hardest thing about the UDK is figuring out how to get started without using the FPS example stuff.

Dec 02, 2009 9:56am PST

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This is awesome and the timing could not be more perfect, as I just started to look for UDK tutorials. I... : qsylvr
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- If you don't have alot of coding experience I would recommend using Unity for non-fps games, much easier ... : Archangel2007

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Oh my, how are id ever going to catch up now...

Dec 02, 2009 12:18pm PST

Oh my, how are id ever going to catch up now... : abjectblitz

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By: SockMonkeh x Show Full Post

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This is amazing!

Dec 02, 2009 12:06pm PST

This is amazing! : SockMonkeh

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By: burning eye x Show Full Post

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So cool. Can't wait to check this out.

Dec 02, 2009 11:08am PST

So cool. Can't wait to check this out. : burning eye

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