3DS MAX interface

This is 3ds Max's user interface it is simple it is organised into 3 tab sections on the right has the creation tab and motion tab these tabs are made to handle the model creation and lighting
the top bar is the tool bar these are for being able to navigate and adjust around the interface

UDK

today we were using unreal engine as a 3D game engine and this is the process we did 

we started by choosing a time of day I had chosen to use a night scene for this 

unreal has a weird way to navigate though the environment it pan hold right click to zoom you use the mouse wheel and to rotate hold left click this is something if you will be using this engine you will need to be able to get used to the navigation system  

I then played the level from current location after building the scene you can go around the area to as you are a character in 1st person view

we then built a brush and made an addition with thisbrush 

we played from there to see if it worked 

we then made subtractions to this block to make doors for the building

we then built the lighting so we can run the game 

we used the content browser to add textures to the building

                                   
                                     

I added a texture that was intended to create a futuristic jail

we built it again to be able to run the game 

this is what it looked like after 

                                     

construct 2D engine making a game

this is my characters idle animation

here is my character running animation

Here is the final version of the game

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/277130212/html%20v2/index.html

I started my game by creating a background and sprites 

I created a text function and a score instance

I then set it up in the corner
I created the graphics for the game

 

I then imported the sprites to be able used for the level and set up the layout now the layout is done it is time to code the game 

1st bit of code I made was to make the players spawn point was the same and make the blocks move to the right 5 pixels per tick 

The sceond part was making the player animation be the idle animation when its not moving 

then make it so the run animation goes when he is moving 

I made the scoring add 10 score per tick that the character is on screen

here I made it so when the character jumps onto the enemy head it will kill the enemy

Here I had added A alternative movement system of w. is up a is left .d is right

this is when I added the power ups so when you had collided with the character the power up will active and the power up will destroy itself

I made the second power up to work like a time slow effect 

and the 1st to add 1000 to the points

lastly I had made a end screen and a reply buttton so the was no need to keep refreshing 

I had done this by making a second layout and a 3rd for into and I made sprites so when clicked take to a different layout

Game engine report

What is a game engine?Games engines are software that have been created to be able to build and run games.most game engines try to make it as easier for the designers to be able to create games.

Unity:

Simplicity

Unity is a simple game engine by simple I mean its user friendly it has a wide variety as to what it will allow you to make a high quality game can be made by a beginner as much as an expert can.

3-D and 2-D

Unity is a good engine for 3-D games as well as a 2-D engine this ability to be able to make games for both of these versions of a game or you can do both 2-D with 3-D assets

As a game engine this is very effective because this gives you the freedom to be able to create any kind of game.



Rigid body

Rigid bodies are a built in function that turns an object into a solid object and applies physics to the object that affects the objects positioning in the game such as gravity and mass that will affect the rate in which it falls at. This rigid body also allows the engine to detect the collisions with objects for example let’s say I had a sphere and a wall if I put a rigid body on the ball and a collision mesh I can make the sphere bounce back after it hits the wall

Coding

One thing that make unity stand out so much is the fact that its coding languages that are built in to the game engine these are c++/c#, JavaScript, boo this is a wide variety to what kind of script that can be used soon

As these coding languages are quite different so more people will be able to do the essential requirements to make the game that they want to be able to make

Multi-platform

unity is different from most game engines when it comes to changing platform the engine has a built in code that changes it from 1 console to another or even mobile depending if the platform can handle the game

Unity supports the following platforms IOS, Android, windows, blackberry, windows phone, browser, apple, Linux, ps3, Xbox 360 and  WiiU hopefully in the near future there will be even more platforms such as ps4, xbox1.

Limitations

One of the main limitations is that it relies on its community to be able to get script for the game for example if you don't know how to programme the game you would need to rely on the unity community to be able to create the game
another on a similar note is the debug system if multiple errors occur it will say one thing will be the error but when that is fixed another bug will occur this will happen again and again until the code has gained extra lines.

Unreal game engine: 


Pre-scripted code
A large advantage to U.D.K is that it has multiple built in codes this means that the chances of needing to do coding is less likely however if you do need to do coding there is code to be able to do the functions in the
engine already. so you will be able to click and add a code to an object for example lets say if I want to make an ai shoot every 30 seconds I can select the ai and programme it to do so every 30 seconds.

built-in  assets meshes and scenes 
in a similar to the pre-scripted code the game engine also has built in objects and assets this is good because the game doesn't need to be place holders all the time because there is objects accessible at any time

limitations
Unreal game engine is an engine that can only create games in 3D this is a limitation that make unreal a little less popular however its reputation as a 3D game engine is well known .

It also does't have access to many coding languages in place of the standard coding program it allows you to use the built in code

It requires a large amount of people to work on the one game for example a standard game can take up to 2 years to make a game that works correctly

Conclusion
  In the future I will be more likely to use unity the reason behind this is unity has a more options when it comes to what can be used  to be able to create the game however most of the assets have to be made before hand unless you  make place holders. UDK has some benefits as well such as everything required is already in the game however because it will need many people to create a game the chances of me using it in the future is low. 

rendered city shots

this is the 1st renders of the city

In this angle the main purpose is to show the height of the buildings 

this is the 2nd more zoomed out render of the city

in this shot the main importance of this to show the cars and the layout 

3rd is the city middle

here to suggest the city used to be on the ground until ripped from the earth (contextual reason)

texture demo (barrel)

We started with