News and Community Spotlight | July 28, 2022

NEWS

Unreal Challenge: Better Light Than Never—winners announced!

The results for our first Unreal Challenge are in! Participants had a month to create and light a scene, focusing primarily on lighting, composition, and atmosphere–and boy did you all deliver. We saw over 400 phenomenal entries between the individual and student submissions. Check out the finalists and watch the Unreal Challenge: Better Light Than Never sizzle reel!

Incoming 2022 Epic MegaJam!

The 2022 Epic MegaJam is almost upon us. Save the date and prepare to enjoy our annual celebration of the spirit of collaboration in the game development industry. The seven-day event will kick off on August 25, 2022, at 3:00 PM EDT. The event page and Official Rules will go live on August 8!

Words, camera, action: Creating an AI music video with Unreal Engine 5

What if you could create an Akira-inspired cyberpunk film–using nothing but text?
From generating scripts to painting portraits, artificial intelligence is swiftly unlocking our creative potential. Learn how the Sagans team used AI and Unreal Engine to create an entire Akira-inspired music video.

Evil Dead: The Game leverages its film and TV roots to great success

It isn’t an easy feat to turn a franchise into a co-op player-versus-player experience that is packed with references to the source material–but that’s what developer Saber Interactive did.

The team pulled everything from characters and enemies to lighting and visual tone from the notable films and TV shows of The Evil Dead. We caught up with Creative 3D Art Director Jules Faivre to talk about how the team breathed life into this asymmetric multiplayer game packed with visual variety and how Unreal Engine 5 will benefit the project in the future

Shin Ultra Fight morphs 70s-style monster suits with real-time tools

How do you recreate the charm of Ultra Fight’s low-fi monster fights using fast and modern real-time workflows? Find out how Studio Bros leveraged Unreal Engine to shoot the sequences and put a 2022 twist on the quirky 70s series.

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHTS

Ghost in the Attic

Featuring this light-tacular entry to the Unreal Challenge: Better Light Than Never by Senior CG Artist Erik Geslin.
Erik took inspiration from 1970’s post-apocalyptic action films and those created in the last decade to create this stunning yet eerie scene using real-time raytracing.

MATCHO

Fight in action-packed arenas like never before and explore intricate areas with breathtaking visuals and an insane arsenal of abilities, including the freedom of parkour movement in this full-featured story-driven puzzle FPS by FiolaSoft Studio.

Start your epic journey in MATCHO as Max and his friends to tackles a mysterious alien invasion that could lead to curing his illness and saving the Earth.

RoBo: The Allectric Idventurer

Are you looking for your next adventure? Scarlet Genesis Studios has you covered with their colorful action-adventure puzzle platformer, RoBo: The Allectric Idventurer.

Ted’s daughter’s life and the entire Human race are on the line when a deadly virus threat is announced; he turns on the machine, transferring all humans’ souls into their favorite toys. Plug into RoBo and join Robin on her electric adventure through her memories and the Solar City to save the Human race from the hands of Steve and his steampunk gang.

Embrace your inner energy and have an impact on the world.

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