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[[-project.rattus-]]

Didn't epic make the UDK, and thus the license completely free, and developers have to pay royalties only if they sell their product?

 

[worluk]

Err, generally, what you can do with the license only depends on the license you got. There is no general "if you have an engine license, you can only make one game" or "you can make as many as you like".

Feel free to check the licensing for several engines here: http://www.devmaster.net/engines/

 

[Murphy]

Didn't epic make the UDK, and thus the license completely free, and developers have to pay royalties only if they sell their product?

More or less, yes. An UDK license isn't the same as an UE3 license though.

 

[Flogger23m]

Didn't epic make the UDK, and thus the license completely free, and developers have to pay royalties only if they sell their product?

I believe the fees increase a lot more depending on how many copies you sell.

 

[Murphy]

The first $50,000 are free (aside from the $99 commercial license) and after that you have to pay 25% in royalties. I don't think they increase again.

If you have a license for UE3 you don't pay royalties, so this may be cheaper for you if you expect the game to sell well enough, plus as a licensee of UE3 you get full access to the source code and you can modify the engine to your needs!