What is Unreal Engine 4?

Unreal Engine 4

What is it?

Unreal Engine is a 3D platform that first emerged in 1998. It was created to enhance real time immersive experiences for gaming. Epic Games are the developers of this software.

Unreal Engine is a 3D platform that first emerged in 1998. It was created to enhance real time immersive experiences for gaming. Epic Games are the developers of this software.

Can you guess which games use Unreal?

Hover on the game images below to see which ones were created by Unreal. 

Fortnite

Unreal Engine

Call of Duty Warzone

IW Game Engine

Temple Run

Unity Game Engine

Mortal Kombat

Unreal Engine

Getting Started

Download the software

You will need to download the Unreal Engine 4 for the purpose of this course. (We don’t recommend using Unreal 5 yet….there are still too many bugs). 

You can use the video below as reference if you are struggling with the written instructions.

Watch the video for instructions

Let's recap the instructions

  1. Go to www.unrealengine.com. Click “Download”
  2. Select “Publishing license” – and download now.
  3. The “save as” dialog will appear, select the download location and save.
  4. Once the download is complete, run the installer.
  5. Click on the install button when the Epic games Launcher Setup dialog box appears.
  6. After the setup program installs the Epic Games Launcher on your machine you can log in by
    using your Epic Games account.
  7. If you have an Epic Games account, skip to the next section or sign up for a new account.

Great job! Hopefully you have downloaded Unreal Engine 4 without any trouble. 

If you are having issues, click the help button to the >>> right. 

And remember if your device specs weren’t strong enough, this may be why. We have another course starting soon where you will only need an internet connection. To enquire, click the button below:Â