What are the best beginner game engines for making an FPS game?

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-- Unreal Engine 4	-	C++, Blueprints (Visual Scripting)	Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
-- FPS Creator Reloaded	-	–	–

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Unreal Engine 4

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Lots of resources to learn from

Epic provides multiple official video tutorials, lots of free example projects and content, an extensive wiki and regular streams showing how to use latest features. See More

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Slow

Compared to other engines, UE4 seems to perform various actions considerably slower. Actions like starting the engine, opening the editor, opening a project, rebuilding shaders, updating references, calculating lightmaps, saving projects, etc take long enough to get irritating and end up wasting precious development time. See More

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Dynamic global illumination with voxel cone tracing decreases the computational power needed

Voxel cone tracing is a similar algorithm to ray tracing, but uses thick rays instead of pixel thin rays to be able vastly decrease the amount of computational power needed. See More

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No drawcall batching, performance is very bad on mobile

There's no dynamic batching support to minimize drawcalls. There's InstancedStaticmesh concept in UE4, but it's 3d only, functionally limited and requires hardware support which rules out most mobile devices. See More

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A visual scripting system for non-coders enables quick prototyping

Blueprints are authoring tools designed for non programmers so designers and other team members can help tweak and prototype. UE4's Blueprint scripts resemble flowcharts where each box represents a function or value, with connections between them representing program flow. This provides a better at-a-glance indication of game logic than a simple list of events, and makes complex behaviors easier to accomplish and games a lot faster to prototype. See More

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Very high build size

A blank project will build in to a minimum of 200 MB. See More

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Developers have full control of the engine and source code

UE4 gives full access to the C++ source code allowing editing and upgrading anything in the system. See More

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Free development license, including source code

The engine, including full access to source code, is licensed to developers for 5% royalty on resulting revenue if it exceeds $3000 per quarter. See More

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Languages:C++, Blueprints (Visual Scripting)

Dev platforms:Windows, Mac OS X, Linux

Desktop targets:Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, SteamOS, HTML5

Mobile targets:iOS, Android

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FPS Creator Reloaded

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Feature priorities are chosen by the community

The Game Creators team frequent the forums and ask the community for feeback and suggestions both there and via an open poll on the website. They have a great history of reading suggestions, viewing screenshots, and generally working with the community. See More

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Currently in beta

FPSCR is currently a beta product with features potentially important to a specific project still in the roadmap. Obviously this is expected of a beta product, and new features are constantly being added, but should be taken into consideration when choosing a game engine for a game right now. To see what's currently implemented, being implemented and in the roadmap go here. See More

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Designed for ease of use

Simplicity and accessibility are the core design goals of FPS Creator Reloaded. See More

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Can only do outdoor games currently

No customizable buildings, doors, elevators, switches.. can't make holes in terrain, caves, underground structures. The outdoor is limited too: can't do rivers, caves, no atmospheric effects like wind, snow, rain, snowstorm, windstorm, sandstorm, rainstorm. only one basic water plane. See More

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Continuous development and updates

News and improvements are released on a monthly schedule. Interaction between The Game Creators and project backers is excellent. See More

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Active and helpful community

Users share ideas, help, and advice through the official forums. The community also provides a wealth of free assets, and the FPS Creator Store sees constant additions. See More

What are the best beginner game engines for making an FPS game?

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Unreal Engine 4

My Recommendation for Unreal Engine 4

My Recommendation for Unreal Engine 4

Lots of resources to learn from

Slow

Dynamic global illumination with voxel cone tracing decreases the computational power needed

No drawcall batching, performance is very bad on mobile

A visual scripting system for non-coders enables quick prototyping

Very high build size

Developers have full control of the engine and source code

Free development license, including source code

FPS Creator Reloaded

My Recommendation for FPS Creator Reloaded

My Recommendation for FPS Creator Reloaded

Feature priorities are chosen by the community

Currently in beta

Designed for ease of use

Can only do outdoor games currently

Continuous development and updates

Active and helpful community

Easy to use your own custom assets

Awesome tech support

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