Unreal Engine 4 for adventure games

[Layabout]

So for years after falling off the radar, I still love this community. You guys rock and I have a lot of legitimate friends from here.

I subscribed to UE4 a few months ago, as I still like to play around with game concepts (although terrible at completing thing).

In about 8 hours of messing around, I made a rather good (in my opinion) of replicating the gameplay feel of grim fandango (with a few modern aspects).

Ui system is totally incomplete. A basic inventory system and item pick up mechanics is next on the agenda. Point and click interface as opposed to "tank" controls should be easy enough to implement quickly.

Video here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KBaduuBrp-E

[Stupot]

That looks pretty neat, man. Especially the blue cup :-)

I believe Obduction is being made with Unreal Engine 4.

[m0ds]

Nice video Ryan. That's cool bra, its like L.A. Noire Is the blue cup innocent or guilty? 8 hours. sheesh!

[Darth Mandarb]

Oh man I wish I could share what I'm working on at the moment...

Needless to say; this looks great!

Good to "see" you too man

[Gribbler]

So, Indiana Jones and the Blue Cup Curse?

I wish I could do someting like this.

[Chicky]

Wow, all in 8 hours? The camera moves and character animation really tie it together. Would love to see a little game with a couple of rooms and some moody dialogue. Keep us updated Layabout, good to see you posting!

Also quite excited to hear what Darth is working on

[Eric]

It's a testament to your system that I tried to click on the mug when it lit up.

[proximity]

That looks amazing ! Big blue cup invades Unreal community

[Layabout]

That looks pretty neat, man. Especially the blue cup :-)

I believe Obduction is being made with Unreal Engine 4.

Thanks! Obduction certainly is using UE4. I was never a huge fan of Myst, however it does look very nice.

Oh man I wish I could share what I'm working on at the moment...

Needless to say; this looks great!

Good to "see" you too man

Now you've got my curiosity Darth.

Wow, all in 8 hours? The camera moves and character animation really tie it together. Would love to see a little game with a couple of rooms and some moody dialogue. Keep us updated Layabout, good to see you posting!

Also quite excited to hear what Darth is working on

Yup. 8 hours with a few coffee breaks in between and some fighting with getting the control scheme to work.

I'm glad you like the camera moves, however I can't take credit for the character animation (they are included in the starter content), however I did model and animate the fan (it's a little rough around the edges but it did the job to add a bit of interest to an otherwise bland scene. I do plan to make a few other templates for camera styles. Static Cameras are straightforward, but a dolly camera would be good for street locations.

It's a testament to your system that I tried to click on the mug when it lit up.

Glad you liked my quick and dirty UI example. I'd probably be more inclined to do something a bit more telltale-ish, but it is just a material, so it can be changed in an instant.

It's all using the Unreal Blueprint visual scripting - no text code at all.

[xil]

The look and style is awesome.

I have looked into a ton of engines and have used things like Unity and Stencyl but haven't had a look at UE4.

The one main feature that annoys me about unity is the no dynamic shadows in the free (I'm not shelling out $$$$ to do some proof of concepts).

Does UE4 have good exporting options? Phones, tablets etc?

[Layabout]

Thanks

UE4 exports to PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PS4, Android & iOS.

It's $19USD to subscribe & that gets you the full engine and source code. Royalties to Epic are 5% of the sale price. You can unsubscribe at any time and keep the engine & code - what I have been doing is only getting the latest version every 3 or so months.

Unity does have advantages in its extensive marketplace, that the base version is free. Unity has more options for scripting, Unreal gives you the choice of Blueprints or C++. I so far have not found anything that I could not do via Blueprints, however code would obviously be more efficient.