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Any aspiring game devs out there?

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    Unreal Engine is now free[^]. I've played a bit with Unity, and always thought UE looked better and had more low-level capabilities (that bit might just be illusion, though), but I didn't want to pay $20/month for a hobby that I dabble in for a couple hours every other week.

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      Unreal Engine is now free[^]. I've played a bit with Unity, and always thought UE looked better and had more low-level capabilities (that bit might just be illusion, though), but I didn't want to pay $20/month for a hobby that I dabble in for a couple hours every other week.

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      Drat. The download button does not work for me. Probably some browser or compatibility stuff.

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        Unreal Engine is now free[^]. I've played a bit with Unity, and always thought UE looked better and had more low-level capabilities (that bit might just be illusion, though), but I didn't want to pay $20/month for a hobby that I dabble in for a couple hours every other week.

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        Pualee
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        I used to drool over that stuff... now I have a family ;) That rabbit hole is too deep for me.

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          Unreal Engine is now free[^]. I've played a bit with Unity, and always thought UE looked better and had more low-level capabilities (that bit might just be illusion, though), but I didn't want to pay $20/month for a hobby that I dabble in for a couple hours every other week.

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          JMK NI
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          I spent far too long trying to click on the Download link at the top of that article, before realising it was an image!

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            Unreal Engine is now free[^]. I've played a bit with Unity, and always thought UE looked better and had more low-level capabilities (that bit might just be illusion, though), but I didn't want to pay $20/month for a hobby that I dabble in for a couple hours every other week.

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            Nicholas Marty
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            Nice! I played a bit around with Unity last year. Gonna have to check this one out this year :D

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              Unreal Engine is now free[^]. I've played a bit with Unity, and always thought UE looked better and had more low-level capabilities (that bit might just be illusion, though), but I didn't want to pay $20/month for a hobby that I dabble in for a couple hours every other week.

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              molesworth
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              Don't do it!!! :omg: I spent half my career in games, and finally broke free about four years ago. Now I have free time, no stress, and a great job... (Actually, I still play about with game ideas in my spare time, but I wouldn't recommend it as a career :-) )

              Days spent at sea are not deducted from one's alloted span - Phoenician proverb

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                Unreal Engine is now free[^]. I've played a bit with Unity, and always thought UE looked better and had more low-level capabilities (that bit might just be illusion, though), but I didn't want to pay $20/month for a hobby that I dabble in for a couple hours every other week.

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                Rage
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                Have a look at my sig, and give it another reality ! :rolleyes:

                Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                  Unreal Engine is now free[^]. I've played a bit with Unity, and always thought UE looked better and had more low-level capabilities (that bit might just be illusion, though), but I didn't want to pay $20/month for a hobby that I dabble in for a couple hours every other week.

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                  Steve Naidamast
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                  I have always wanted to develop a hexagon-mapped war-game but never had the time. I have done quite a bit of research over the years but just couldn't get a grasp of the graphics knowledge required until XNA came along. However, Microsoft dropped XNA to return to DirectX development. Nonetheless, I am dabbling again with a new community release of XNA (4.4 for VS 2013) and the FlatRedBall game engine for 2D graphics. Maybe I'll get a little further this time around...

                  Steve Naidamast Black Falcon Software, Inc. blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com

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                    Unreal Engine is now free[^]. I've played a bit with Unity, and always thought UE looked better and had more low-level capabilities (that bit might just be illusion, though), but I didn't want to pay $20/month for a hobby that I dabble in for a couple hours every other week.

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                    I agree that the monthly surcharge for a hobby was too steep. I played a lot with the old 2226 engine over the last few months, and found it very cool. As a programmer, I found the language-level support for the state system to be a very interesting bit of design, and pretty much unique (I couldn't find another language that had an equivalent). Earlier this month I set it aside and decided to switch to Unity3d because it was well documented (that ancient 2226 engine is still severely lacking in docs), modern, integrates with blender, and is free. When I get done learning Unity3d, I may have to switch back and see how they've improved it :)

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                      Don't do it!!! :omg: I spent half my career in games, and finally broke free about four years ago. Now I have free time, no stress, and a great job... (Actually, I still play about with game ideas in my spare time, but I wouldn't recommend it as a career :-) )

                      Days spent at sea are not deducted from one's alloted span - Phoenician proverb

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                      Orlin Georgiev
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                      True that!

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