As video games as well as simulations become even more realistic, so are the characters that need to populate these platforms. This leaves a notably heavier workload for both artists and developers that have to fill the game making it more playable and populated. However, Epic Games has just recently announced the existence of a new tool that will actually take all of the said work out of needing to create certain realistic digital humans for the population inside the game.
Epic Games: MetaHuman Creator
Epic Games might be quite known as of the moment for being the very developer that is reportedly behind "Fortnite" as well as its recent fight with Apple over the company's cut of their App Store sales. However, it is actually also the very same company producing a number of the best game development tools in the world today as part of the company's Unreal Engine. The brand new tool is also something to watch out for.
According to an article by PCMag, the said tool is called the MetaHuman Creator and it actually promises to be able to create a certain bespoke photorealistic digital human that is both fully rigged as well as complete with both hair and even clothing in just a number of minutes. This was introduced on Unreal Engine's official website.
Demo: How to design a video game character
Unreal Engine also uploaded a demo video to YouTube showing the said characters that actually look as close to real as things could possibly get while using the hardware of today, and yet, they also aren't handcrafted as well. As Epic Games explains, users can actually directly manipulate the given facial features, adjust the skin complexion, and even select from the present body type, clothes, hairstyle, and a whole lot more.
Users can even edit their very own character's teeth! For game developers, this particular tool would be able to save them a whole lot of months of work as well as a significant amount of money. For Epic Games, this is just another reason for game developers to decide to consider using the Unreal Engine on top of its very own competitors. Basically, this would be another reason for game developers to decide to use Unreal Engine as opposed to other games development platforms.
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Game character design template by Unreal Engine
MetaHuman is now expected to be offered as a particular cloud-streaming app that is responsible for producing characters that can also be imported directly into the said Unreal Engine with only a click of a button. As of the moment, everything is just a sneak peak and game developers are given the opportunity to download some of the sample characters that they can use or play with. However, this particular game development changing tool won't be available until later this 2021 according to Epic Games.
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Written by Urian Buenconsejo
