Unreal Development Kit - An Introduction and Application

In this demonstration Sjoerd “Hourences” De Jong guides you through the Unreal Development Kit (UDK). Instead of giving a simple technical overview, Sjoerd uses over 10 years of personal and professional experience with Unreal Editor to create an entire exterior and interior environment from scratch. Along the way he explains many of the fundamentals about UDK and helps de-mystify many of its powerful features.

You will also learn from an Unreal Master exactly how to develop your own workflow and start making amazing environments inside UDK right now.

About the Instructor:
Sjoerd “Hourences” De Jong has been working with the Unreal Editor for over 10 years and has worked as titles such as Huxley, Warpath and UT 2004. Sjoerd recently Designed and directed the UT3 mod "The Ball" that has already won a range of awards in some of the world's largest competitions such as the ModDB MOTY and the MakeSomethingUnreal contest. Make sure to check out Sjoerd's website www.hourences.com for free unreal tutorials, books, and personal tutoring.

Apps Used:

Unreal Development Kit (UDK). You can download it free HERE.

Duration:

4 Hours

Instructor:

Sjoerd "Hourences" De Jong

DL Filesize:

1.5 GB

Project Files:

Unreal Map and 1 Unreal Package of the final level.

DVD+Download $59.95

Download Only $54.95

Streaming Only

Library Version $194.95

Video Chapters - Click Images for HighRes Version

01 General Overview
02 Towers
03 Middle
04 Grids
05 BSP
06 BSP Materials
07 Door
08 Gaps
09 Corridor
10 Large Assets
11 Lights
12 Post Processing
13 Interior
14 Water
15 Volumes
16 Birds
17 Animation
18 Sounds
19 Final

User Comments

Riki

Yes salacious_crumb, this DVD is much different from gnomon's. Sjoerd goes through making a level and you learn along the way, which is different from gnomon's overview.

August 20, 2010 - 7:52am

salacious_crumb

The video looks great, but I already own Gnomon's Intro to the Unreal Dev Kit Editor DVd. Is there anything on this that isnt on Gnomon's?

August 20, 2010 - 4:19am

Riki

We had that custom made from a good friend of mine. His site is: http://www.hartencenter.com/

May 21, 2010 - 9:23am

Anonymous

intro music... pls someone gives some information about intro music that be used:-ss :o3
!!!!!

May 21, 2010 - 4:04am

Anonymous

Sensational introduction to the UDK. I personally believe this is a must buy for beginners as he introduces you to a great work flow at a perfect pace. I picked up some amazing tips from this video and look forward to more advanced versions in the future, Fingers crossed

Well Done Guys.

May 10, 2010 - 11:32pm

metalliandy

All the assets that you see in the trailer are included either with UDK (http://www.udk.com/) or with the DVD itself
Hope that helps!

May 10, 2010 - 10:45am

Riki

He does not cover importing assets. There is a free video on it here on the site though

May 10, 2010 - 10:41am

Anonymous

question: Does this video explain importing custom assets? or are all assets shown shipped with UDK?

May 10, 2010 - 7:19am

Mordt

Got my code thank you very much.

Mordt

May 5, 2010 - 6:12am

Anonymous

Great DVD! May I ask what the music was in the beginning? Would love to listen to that while modeling and laying down assets. Cheers!

April 25, 2010 - 1:23pm

Anonymous

Top notch as always!

February 26, 2010 - 8:34am

metalliandy

All the models and textures that you see in the trailer are included either with UDK (http://www.udk.com/) or with the DVD itself, so you can get stuck in straight away! :) Hope that helps!

February 23, 2010 - 11:41am

Anonymous

Sorry for the ignorance,but i am totally new to unreal cuz i come from maya background(student).Does this dvd include the modelling of the gatekeepers(guards),the texturing of this entire scene and animating the camera as shown in the trailer? maybe i am completely wrong,i have no knowledge about UDK but i am just a newbie here and i hope u answer my queries riki ..thanks in advance

February 23, 2010 - 12:48am

Anonymous

Hi This is very Good Tutorial.
Thanks Thanks;)

February 18, 2010 - 6:05am

Anonymous

Great tutorial, even got some personal help from Hourences on email to clear up an issue...study modeling and texturing on your own and combine this knowledge with it, you won't be sorry

February 14, 2010 - 10:02pm

Riki

Thanks for the review UrbanMonk!

February 12, 2010 - 11:19am

UrbanMonk

Purchased this DVD and have been through all the content. I highly recommend this dvd to anyone. It teaches you how to construct an entire environment from beginning to end. Ive used unreal for many years now, and this was one of the better tutorials I’ve come across.
It doesn’t teach you how to create your own assets. So if you’re a beginner and are in need of a complete overall 3d modelling to In game environment, i would recommend you buy This Dvd along with eat 3d’s old damaged pillar tutorial.
However if you just want to learn Unreal UDK, get this DVD and you will be creating fully polished Nextgen environments within hours. Hourences tutorials are always golden imo.
10/10

February 10, 2010 - 8:23am

Anonymous

Does this instructional include how to model the scene? Such as towers,steps,etc?

January 31, 2010 - 1:49pm

Anonymous

very very awesome. if anyone knows what music is being used in the above intro, i'll pay DOUBLE! ^_^b

January 30, 2010 - 6:27am

Riki

Thanks Anon!!

January 29, 2010 - 11:45pm

Anonymous

Hi it's great to know that you have produce this video(i'm a fan of your blog and i learnt a lot from your amazing tutorial).i'll purchase a copy soon!

January 29, 2010 - 3:45pm

Riki

Yes, it doesn't use any other program besides UDK.

January 29, 2010 - 1:26pm

Anonymous

Would this be good for a beginner to GAME DEV and the UNREAL ENGINE specifically? I am not a beginner where 3D apps are concerned ( Modo, Blender, Realsoft 3D. Lightwave, Zbrush )

Aidan

January 29, 2010 - 9:44am