@KhroMcKrakken

1 year ago

I started in Unreal as a 3D Artist, and I'm more of an artist than a programmer. I remember you've said the same. When I've tried Unity, I struggled, because you do need to have a bit more of a programmer's mindset imo. If you're more logical than artsy, you will have an easier time with Unity. If you're more artsy, Unreal will be easier to understand. And despite what you say here, Unreal does look better out of the box. You can create amazing AAA looking graphics with Unreal out of the box without actually trying, especially now with nanite and lumen. And if you want to make an open world, Unreal already has out of the box open world levels with occlusion culling. Plus Epic works with Quixel to have a free megascans asset library for Unreal users (super useful) as well as offering Quixel Mixer for free for Unreal users (if you choose to use it, I don't but it's there). Does that mean Unreal is always better graphically? Absolutely not. Unity can 100% match Unreal's graphics, but you have to work a lot harder to get there. And the free monthly Unreal marketplace assets.... I have so many... Even if you stay with Unity, you should start collecting those free assets, just in case. Obviously there are way more Unity programmers than Unreal, but I'm sure that'll change soon. The devs I've spoken to who've switched to Unreal from Unity have said that if you already know how to make a game, it won't be too difficult to translate that to Blueprints. The most confusing hurdle from what I understand is the difference in naming conventions. Like GameObject vs Actors, PreFabs vs Blueprints, or Raycast vs Line Trace. But again, I started in Unreal. It's where I'm comfortable. And a lot of people stick with Unity for the same reason, it's where they're comfortable. I gotta say though that I do get excited at the idea of you learning Unreal and extending the FTGD program to include it. I do recommend though to stop seeing Unreal as a AAA game builder. It's not. It's made to be easy to use for devs of all levels to do more with less effort. I recommend after you finish your current game, when you get a bit of time for yourself, to play around with Unreal just see the differences. Make a tiny bite sized game. Understand where you might have challenges if you ever decide to switch to it. And if Unity remains where you're comfortable, then don't ever worry about switching. You'll make Unity work for you.

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