Thanks for the kind words everyone!
I decided to turn into a positive and 's a*** super sneak peak ***of what to expect (My screenshotting abilities totally suck).
seriously wouldn’t have been possible without all of you and the wonderful people at Epic!
NOTE: Sorry about the image sizes, if a mod can re-size them, that’d be swell!
To pre-answer some questions:
Yes, 100% free. We’re talking almost a full tutorial a day, the books will be there too as well as video guides. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL - We’re not only going to be teaching about doing cool things in Unreal Engine 4 and learning how to create specific games in Unreal Engine 4, but we’ll also be diving into fundamentals of video-game design and doing break-downs of established games, explaining what works and what doesn’t and what you can use in your own projects (With links to write-ups on the site on how to achieve it)
For example at GDC ( year?) Levine talked about Narrative legos in which we’d recap, explain why it’s good for your next game design, what it could be used for as well as a guide into implementing an example into an Unreal Engine 4 project.
We’d also go through things like level design, packaging your projects and getting them to Microsoft / Sony / Steam, Creating side-stories for your games, Character development, Why X game is awesome, How to develop a sequel to your project to be even bigger and better without going overboard .etc
Yes, it’s all free. 100% funded by myself and my beautiful girlfriend Scarlett, just for you guys 'n gals and everyone who wants to learn how to create their dream video-games and/or refine their skills for their next project.
I hope you all enjoy. When the site launches (TBA, I’ve got three books and a game to make as well!), the content will be added almost daily!
I bet some of you are thinking: Why not use the Wiki? And is my answer for you:
A lot of people who are using other engines don’t use the Wiki and other people are turned off by the idea of using a Wiki for information. It’s sad but it’s life - No matter how much Epic are putting their love into the Wiki ;)], A lot of information will still go unnoticed by a lot of people. I mean there’s so many tutorials on the Wiki at the moment that are just getting unread. The amount of times people have asked for help in the and the wiki has had the answer (Pretty much) on the homepage!
site will store all the content I create for Unreal Engine 4 developers as well as people interested in developing video-games, subliminally nudging them that Unreal Engine 4 is the way to go. I’ve tried my hardest to make the website look as interactive as possible and “Bad-***” so people who don’t know that a lot of Unreal Engine 4 can still learn and still feel like all the information they need is at their fingertips.
Also, as I’ll also be covering all aspects of Game Design (As well as implementing it into Unreal Engine 4!) so I felt that being a separate entity to the wiki would help people who are looking for that specific thing.
But I don’t mind putting a lot (if not all) of the tutorials on the Wiki if so requested!
So yeah, enough rambling, is what “So You Want To Make Video-Games?” was born to become. Every piece of the website will eventually be turned into a book, translated into as many languages as possible and shipped to schools and libraries ALL OVER THE WORLD. Again, totally free.
All of is out of mine (And Scarlett’s Pocket!) so I really do hope you lovely people enjoy what’s to come!
EDIT:
The new site should actually be live soon, Just waiting 'till payday to get the domain and once that’s done we can go live! I don’t normally ask for donations, but I’ll ask now! If anybody wants the site to go live ASAP AND wants their name engraved virtually forever as one of the founders of the site, then head over to donation link and once done, email me your name and email (To confirm it was you!)
Just to confirm, I will be purchasing the domain and some server space to files for the FREE Game Development with Unreal Engine 4 around January the 1st (Which is when I get paid from the previous book sales!), however if anybody in the community is feeling generous and wants to help out the world with Unreal Engine 4 and Game Development, they can donate to the site so I can purchase the domain sooner and the server space and as soon as the domain has been purchased, the site can go live! Technically, With YOUR help the site could go up TOMORROW!
As I said I don’t normally ask for donations (I feel quite bad for doing so), but in the end it’s an option of getting the content out there sooner with YOUR help! And as previously stated, as a thank-you, you name will be virtually engraved on the site forever and your name will be placed in the special thanks of all future books.
Sadly, I can’t offer anything else for donating as the site is 100% free (From the tutorials to the write-ups to the free content!) but you’ll also get my eternal thanks - And I’m sure everyone who benefits from the site will be greatful too!
's the donation link once again: CLICK ME.
Thanks everyone, you all rock!
Stay awesome everybody!
- S