December 4, 2024

The latest events and highlights from the new Epic for Indies space

In case you missed it, we expanded the Epic Developer Community by launching Epic for Indies in October; a dedicated space for small teams to find one another, get the latest news, engage with industry partners, and discover learning resources.

Whether you’re building with Unreal Engine or another engine, everyone is welcome!

Get started on the Epic Developer Community and join the new Epic for Indies Discord for regularly scheduled live events:

Weekly Events

Epic Office Hours

This is where you can get face time with us directly. In these sessions, we'll have Epic staff from Unreal Engine, the Epic Games Store, Epic Online Services, and our other tools and services present to answer your questions. Meet us on the Epic for Indies Discord every Wednesday under the Epic Office Hours stage channel from 3 PM to 4 PM (ET).

Inside Unreal Livestream

A weekly show where we learn, explore, and celebrate everything Unreal. Join us live to get insight on differing weekly topics and participate in a live Q&A—or watch the VoD available afterward. You can join the streams at both the Unreal Engine Twitch and Youtube channels every Thursday at 2 PM (ET).

Monthly events

Pitch It!

In these sessions, we put together a small panel of folks to listen to your pitches, giving everyone a space to practice and get the jitters out—as well as receive some feedback on ways to tweak and improve how you present your game. We succeed when you succeed and a good pitch is the foundation of good marketing!

Let's Plays

We'll group up and watch as a selection of folks play through portions of their game—whether it be completed or a demo—to have some fun and appreciate the hard work you've put into your project. There could be bits of feedback, but the main goal is just to spend some time with you, our community, and kick back!

One-time events

Occasionally, we host one-time events with partners and developers. Keep an eye out on the Discord ⁠announcements channel, listed events, or the Epic for Indies Event Calendar on the Epic Developer Community.

Check out the latest indie stories and resources

UE5-powered video game ‘Spaceman Memories’.

Check out Spaceman Memories—a high-definition JRPG based in a fictional Japan that solo developer NerdyPunkDev started in Unity before migrating to Unreal Engine 5.

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a monster from UE5-powered video game ‘The Axis Unseen’.

Find out how industry veteran Nate Purkeypile combined his love of heavy metal with a passion for horror to create an ambitious monster-hunting game in Unreal Engine 5, using features including Nanite, Lumen, and World Partition.

Take a look

a toy soldier wielding superglue in UE5-powered video game ‘Green Hawk Platoon’.

In Green Hawk Platoon, toy soldiers wage war for control of the kitchen, bedroom, and back yard. Discover how UE5 features including Lumen, Control Rig, Niagara, and more helped RetroPixel Digital deliver epic battles on a miniature scale.

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Read this handy step-by-step guide by Epic Technical Designer Sam Bass that will take you through the process of creating a video game from scratch. In Chapter One, he dives into pre-production: the foundations of game development.

a fight scene from UE5-powered video game ‘Clash: Artifacts of Chaos’.

Explore how ACE Team achieved the unique art style in Clash: Artifacts of Chaos in this forum post on the Epic Developer Community, with a look at why they opted for a cross-hatching approach more often associated with traditional drawing, illustration, and comic books.

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a knight kneeling in UE5-powered action-adventure video game ‘Bogdan’s Cross’.

Get a peek behind the curtain of Bogdan’s Cross, an action-adventure game set during the tumultuous era of the Crusades that’s being developed singlehandedly by Federico Moreno Breser.

Dive in