Chair is part of Epic now, which means it is probably a decision made by Epic to develop the game on the iOS. It makes business sense, but it's just an other thing to take Epic off of making things for the PC.
UE3 Officially Goes Apple
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I wouldn't be surprised if there were people at Epic working on it. In fact, there are since Shane Caudle is responsible for the Citadel map. I'm just saying that it's not like Epic is putting a huge amount of resources into this.
Chair is owned by Epic, but they do their own projects. I have no idea if it is approved by Epic, but it doesn't take resources from the core Epic Games teams to build Project Sword.
Chair is owned by Epic, but they do their own projects. I have no idea if it is approved by Epic, but it doesn't take resources from the core Epic Games teams to build Project Sword.
But those resources, no matter how little, could have been used for an other platform. Better yet, get all of Chair working on something else instead of the iOS.
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It's not like we're losing something there. All of Chair's games have been console games, and neither Epic nor Chair ever stated that Chair was a PC shop
I don't know how to take that PC statement from Epic right now, but I do know that a few people working on an iOS version of the engine, and Chair working on a mobile "console game" is nothing new, and those people wouldn't be making a difference on Epic's other alleged PC products. If they exist, they will exit without those people. If they don't, the addition of those people wouldn't really change anything.
I installed this on my iPhone 4 today, just for sh*ts and giggles. It is a STUNNING looking demo, puts everything else I've seen on the iPhone to shame. I found the controls to be spongy/clunky (as I do most iPhone shooters), but that's something they can work on.
Bravo to Epic and Chair for this! This is exciting stuff. There are more iPhones out there to play games on than Sony and Nintendo portable units combined, and NOTHING that looks like this. This demo actually gets me jazzed for Project Sword. I think it's going to be a phenomenal success!
Bravo to Epic and Chair for this! This is exciting stuff. There are more iPhones out there to play games on than Sony and Nintendo portable units combined, and NOTHING that looks like this. This demo actually gets me jazzed for Project Sword. I think it's going to be a phenomenal success!
So basically, if anyone ELSE wants to bring an Unreal Engine game to Android, Epic will be cool with it, but they aren't going "waste" their time on it unless there is direct money involved. Yeah, I know they are a business, but considering that Android OS based phones are collectively outselling iPhones would give Epic some sort of impetus to at least acknowledge this and make a grand gesture in much the same manner as this move by Chair. I suppose time will tell, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
No there aren't, not even remotely close. There are 65 million iPhones out there and only 24 million iPhones that can run the game.
There are 135 million Nintendo DS and 60 million PSPs out there.
Thanks Pete
Lots of hard work put into it; huge kudos to Shane "Arcane Temple" Caudle and Josh Adams.
I really read that more as: We currently have UE3 more or less running on Tegra based Android systems, but right now most of our attention goes towards iOS. But if there is market demand for UE3 on Android we will put more effort into it.
Real pretty, best graphics I've seen on any iOS piece yet. The outdoor areas get a little choppy on ipad but not too bad, as long as you aren't expecting "hardcore" UT deathmatch type performance. On iphone it seems smoother still, and my oh my does it make that retina display thing shine.
GJ Epic
P.S. when I go into the church I hear a police siren wailing. LOL what is that about
GJ Epic
P.S. when I go into the church I hear a police siren wailing. LOL what is that about
The way I see it is that there are no decent games on Android, nor are any real developers working on any games for it. Too bad Google doesn't strike some sort of arrangement with Epic to bring Unreal Engine games to the platform. Kinda sucks seeing other mobile platforms get all the good game stuff. But meh, games is the only lacking area I have on my Droid.
There aren't that many Tegra based Android phones at the moment, so I suppose I can see why Epic hasn't invested yet, but I hope it does happen.
I did not know that. I have never seen it listed in the Market, but I will search for it now.There's a Doom/Quake port with full network support. What other games do you need?