1. Crash Course in
Game Development
Mohammad Shaker
Founder, Designer and Developer, Strong Emotions
Wikilogia Talk, April 2015
Games, Types and Game Engines
2. Who Am I?!
2008-13
Grad, Artificial Intelligence. F.I.T.E of Damascus, Syria
2010-now
Instructor: Programming and Graphics Languages
2013-now
Researcher: Procedural Content Generation, ITU Copenhagen
2014-15
MSc. in Human-Computer Interaction and Ubiquitous Systems, UJF, France
2014-now
Founder, Designer and Developer, Strong Emotions
37. Unreal Engine
Unity
• Free!
• Royalty [5% on everything]!
• Whole engine for free!
• C++!
• Blueprint: no need to code!
• Whole engine + profiler!
• Graphics is awesome!
• Easy to use [just after a bit]!
• Free!
• Paid [1,500$ or 75$/month] !
• Free vs Paid: Sub vs Whole!
• C#, JS, Boo!
• -!
• No profiler in Free version!
• Graphic is good/very good!
• Easy to use!
• More than 50% of mobile (that rely on
3rd party engine)!
38. Unreal Engine
Unity
• Free!
• Royalty [5% on everything]!
• Whole engine for free!
• C++!
• Blueprint: no need to code!
• Whole engine + profiler!
• Graphics is awesome!
• Easy to use [just after a bit]!
• Free!
• Paid [1,500$ or 75$/month] !
• Free vs Paid: Sub vs Whole!
• C#, JS, Boo!
• -!
• No profiler in Free version!
• Graphic is good/very good!
• Easy to use!
• More than 50% of mobile (that rely on
3rd party engine)!
39. Unreal Engine
Unity
• Free!
• Royalty [5% on everything]!
• Whole engine for free!
• C++!
• Blueprint: no need to code!
• Whole engine + profiler!
• Graphics is awesome!
• Easy to use [just after a bit]!
• Free!
• Paid [1,500$ or 75$/month] !
• Free vs Paid: Sub vs Whole!
• C#, JS, Boo!
• -!
• No profiler in Free version!
• Graphic is good/very good!
• Easy to use!
• More than 50% of mobile (that rely on
3rd party engine)!
40. Unreal Engine
Unity
• Free!
• Royalty [5% on everything]!
• Whole engine for free!
• C++!
• Blueprint: no need to code!
• Whole engine + profiler!
• Graphics is awesome!
• Easy to use [just after a bit]!
• Free!
• Paid [1,500$ or 75$/month] !
• Free vs Paid: Sub vs Whole!
• C#, JS, Boo!
• -!
• No profiler in Free version!
• Graphic is good/very good!
• Easy to use!
• More than 50% of mobile (that rely on
3rd party engine)!
41. Unreal Engine
Unity
• Free!
• Royalty [5% on everything]!
• Whole engine for free!
• C++!
• Blueprint: no need to code!
• Whole engine + profiler!
• Graphics is awesome!
• Easy to use [just after a bit]!
• Free!
• Paid [1,500$ or 75$/month] !
• Free vs Paid: Sub vs Whole!
• C#, JS, Boo!
• -!
• No profiler in Free version!
• Graphic is good/very good!
• Easy to use!
• More than 50% of mobile (that rely on
3rd party engine)!
43. Unreal Engine
Unity
• Free!
• Royalty [5% on everything]!
• Whole engine for free!
• C++!
• Blueprint: no need to code!
• Whole engine + profiler!
• Graphics is awesome!
• Easy to use [just after a bit]!
• Free!
• Paid [1,500$ or 75$/month] !
• Free vs Paid: Sub vs Whole!
• C#, JS, Boo!
• -!
• No profiler in Free version!
• Graphic is good/very good!
• Easy to use!
• More than 50% of mobile (that rely on
3rd party engine)!
44. Unreal Engine
Unity
• Free!
• Royalty [5% on everything]!
• Whole engine for free!
• C++!
• Blueprint: no need to code!
• Whole engine + profiler!
• Graphics is awesome!
• Easy to use [just after a bit]!
• Free!
• Paid [1,500$ or 75$/month] !
• Free vs Paid: Sub vs Whole!
• C#, JS, Boo!
• -!
• No profiler in Free version!
• Graphic is very good!
• Easy to use!
• More than 50% of mobile (that rely on
3rd party engine)!
45. Unreal Engine
Unity
• Free!
• Royalty [5% on everything]!
• Whole engine for free!
• C++!
• Blueprint: no need to code!
• Whole engine + profiler!
• Graphics is awesome!
• Easy to use [just after a bit]!
• Free!
• Paid [1,500$ or 75$/month] !
• Free vs Paid: Sub vs Whole!
• C#, JS, Boo!
• -!
• No profiler in Free version!
• Graphic is very good!
• Easy to use!
• More than 50% of mobile (that rely on
3rd party engine)!
46. Unreal Engine
Unity
• Free!
• Royalty [5% on everything]!
• Whole engine for free!
• C++!
• Blueprint: no need to code!
• Whole engine + profiler!
• Graphics is awesome!
• Easy to use [just after a bit]!
• Free!
• Paid [1,500$ or 75$/month] !
• Free vs Paid: Sub vs Whole!
• C#, JS, Boo!
• -!
• No profiler in Free version!
• Graphic is very good!
• Easy to use!
• > 50% of mobile (that rely on 3rd party
engine)!