CryEngine out for 9$ a month

[AlexM]

Right on the  heels of the Epic announcement apparently Crytek is doing the same thing and providing access to their engine as a monthly service.

 

Oddly enough the free version will continue to exist and there doesn't seem to be any details on how they get paid if you release something commercial. More information will be release on that in the near future.

 

http://www.crytek.com/news/crytek-announces-its-cryengine-as-a-service-program-for-990-usd-per-month

[blackdog]

«CRYENGINE® is also free for non-commercial use; if you are distributing your game or application for free (and not charging for your work in producing it, whether directly or indirectly), no additional license is required

[...]

We hope that your work will lead to a product you can commercialise. If this is the case, before you can sell your work or your game, you must seek a development license for CRYENGINE®.»

~

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Edited March 21, 2014 by blackdog

[AlexM]

Oh yeah I maent they didn't have a publicly laid out general license plan like Unreal's 5% deal.

[PogoP]

I'll just leave this here:

 

[AlexM]

I'll just leave this here:

 

 

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Edited March 21, 2014 by AlexM

[PogoP]

Oh sorry, wasn't replying to you, was just saying how awesome Unreal 4 is

[AlexM]

Oh gotcha. I thought you maybe thought it was a repeat thread 

[PogoP]

Have Crytek actually said what their new version of the engine brings to the table? Unreal is a complete overhaul, I wonder what Crytek have in mind. I know they did a lot of work on their engine to make it more physically based, not sure if that's gonna be released in the free SDK though.

[AlexM]

That article is all I can find so I think it's just iterative updates. What they do mention is "Physically Based Shading, Geometry Cache and  Image Based Lighting"

 

 

The biggest complaint I heard in the past was it required some sort of connectivity that prevented some developers from working on the game when the server went down. 

[Em']

The login was removed some months ago, maybe a year... But yeah, they announced the PBR support for the free SDK, probably for a whole new version of the SDK.

[AtsEst]

On Steam.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/220980/

[-HP-]

 

«CRYENGINE® is also free for non-commercial use; if you are distributing your game or application for free (and not charging for your work in producing it, whether directly or indirectly), no additional license is required

[...]

We hope that your work will lead to a product you can commercialise. If this is the case, before you can sell your work or your game, you must seek a development license for CRYENGINE®.»

~

Showcase

SDK showcase

 

 

I think it's awesome that they're using custom content on their trailers, win win situation really!

[e-freak]

i'm really happy that we have the whole steam integration now. gonna try and invest some time to get some workshop stuff out on this

[Taylor Swift]

i want to buy this and make maps but 9 $ A MONTH COMEONE u dont ask for the source sdk that mucht

Edited May 29, 2014 by Nz-Nexus

[e-freak]

its closer to UE4 in comparison than to the SourceSDK. UE4 is 20$ a month but you can keep using your current version when you stop the subscription, and pay 5% royalties iinm. CryEngine is 10$ but no royalties, but you have to stay subscribed to be able to keep using it. Honestly, if I'd use Unreal at the moment, I'd stay subscribed as well, because both engines benefit greatly from their respective updates - in that regard, I think 10$ is a fair offer if you are interested in creating games and spend time with the tools on a regular basis.