Unreal Development Kit Released

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Epic games has released UDK for free noncommercial and educational use.

Licensing terms are available to those who wish to sell UDK-powered games or to create commercial products for business use at www.udk.com/licensing

UDK is Unreal Engine 3 the complete professional development framework. All the tools you need to create great games, advanced visualizations and detailed 3D simulations.

The tools include many features and technological enhancements...that have yet to be seen in an Unreal Engine game. The company further pledged that it will be supporting the Unreal Development Kit with continuous upgraded builds.

Download the UDK and Watch Launch Video...

November 06, 2009
Category: Tools & Utilities

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Call of Juarez 2 Part 3 BONUS: Terrain Workflow

Part 3 BONUS covers:

Workflow Terrain

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November 04, 2009
Category: Call of Juarez 2

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Call of Juarez 2 Part 3: Creating Initial Environment

Part 3 covers:

SkyBox
Terrian Tools
Map Settings/Environment Properties

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October 31, 2009
Category: Call of Juarez 2

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Call of Juarez 2 Part 2: ChromEd Interface and Navigation

Part 2 covers:

Simple Mode/Advanced Mode
Viewport Navigation
Interface Overview

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October 30, 2009
Category: Call of Juarez 2

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Call of Juarez 2 Part 1: Tools, Support and Beginning

I have been collaborating with Techland, the developers of Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood to bring you a set of tutorials focusing on single player level design using ChromEd. Techland is fantastic to work with and I have nothing but praise to say about them.

Special thanks to Seir, Level Designer at Techland. Check out his website here.

You can find out more about the company here.

We will cover from beginning to end how to create a custom single player map using a very powerful engine, Chrome Engine 4.

Being able to create custom maps for Call of Juarez 2 requires a full game. You must have a PC version.

You can get the game from Amazon.com

Part 1 covers:

Modding Tools
Support
Custom Map File Structure
Playing Custom Maps
Beginning your first map

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October 29, 2009
Category: Call of Juarez 2

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The Release of CryEngine 3

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CryEngine 3 has been released to the developers. It is the Next Gen Ready engine. DX9/DX10. CryEngine 3 Sandbox See What You Get level editor has been re-designed and it is more powerful then ever.

I personally cannot wait to get my hands on the editor.

Leave me your thoughts in the comments or on the forums.

Watch the Videos ...

October 16, 2009
Category: Tools & Utilities

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How to Get a Job with Epic Games

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The following notes are from a presentation by Andrew Baines, a Senior Level Designer at Epic Games.

Article Includes:

- Epic Games 8 step hiring process
- Pick a field that needs you
- Passion
- Resume
- Portfolio
- Onsite interview
- Questions to anticipate

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October 06, 2009
Category: Career/Getting a Job

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Playing with Space and Light

Olafur Eliasson creates art from a palette of space, distance, color and light. The following video begins with an experiment in the nature of perception.

Olafur Eliasson's presentation "Playing with Space and Light" focuses on making the individual a part of the environment.

In our case, making the player part of the environment.

How does this apply to level design and game environments?

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October 02, 2009
Category: Game Environment Design, Architecture

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WoLD Store Re-Launch

I've redesigned the front end and relaunched the store section of World of Level Design.

The store now includes:

Featured Section

Recommended Books and DVDs

What Do They Say about WoLD

Testimonials

Head over to the Store section and take a look around.

September 29, 2009
Category: News

IGDA Montreal Halo 3 Environment Presentation

IGDA-Montreal Presentation with Vic DeLeon a Senior Environment Artist and Mike Zak a Lead Environment Artist at Bungie.

Watch the video and notes on the presentation highlighting important points.

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September 25, 2009
Category: Game Environment Design

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