Of course they don't make sense for a scene where every light is dynamic, but few scenes are that. Lightmaps allow for more advanced lighting than anything you can do in realtime (because if you can do it in realtime then you can also do it via lighmapping and then do some more). Lightmaps aren't only for shadows, they contain the full lighting (of course you can just bake the shadows, but that is wasteful). Light maps are just a very outdated tool for shadows. Larger teams should choose Unity for a faster project, UDK for a better looking end result if they have the time to do a lot of polishing. In the blog post linked at the top, I go in depth on why we chose Unity and compare it the the UDK. We decided to try out Unity for a couple of days, and we liked it enough we decided to drop the UDK and focus entirely on Unity. (When funding a game out of pocket, the idea of finishing it then not being able to release is really scary). We considered CryEngine, but avoided it due to rumors about licensing delays and problems preventing nearly completed games from being finished.

Then we spent a good while in the UDK (Unreal Development Kit), but ran into problems and decided it wasn't a good fit. We dabbled in Source Engine for a bit, but the lack of artist tooling made us drop it. We got started working on Dark Deception as a couple guys working on their weekends, and one of the first things we had to decide was: What engine should we use?Īfter a bit of looking around, we had 4 main contenders: Valve's Source Engine, CryEngine, the Unreal Development Kit, and Unity. Feedback Friday Screenshot Saturday Soundtrack Sunday Marketing Monday WIP Wednesday Daily Discussion Quarterly Showcase Related communities 1 For questions, get in touch with mods, we're happy to help you. Free assets OK, be sure to specify license. If you need to use screenshots, that's ok so long as is illustrates your issues.ĭo not solicit employment.

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