For information on getting your hands on the dev kit and submitting your project to the Steam Workshop, feel free to visit the ARK: Survival Evolved website. The best tools in the industry are in your hands. All the tools you need to create great games, advanced visualizations and detailed 3D simulations. The only thing that will stand in the way is time and imagination.Īfter the October 6th deadline hits the following month, on November 2nd, Alienware will choose a winner of the modding contest and the winner will be displayed on Alienware website. UDK is Unreal Engine 3 the complete professional development framework. The modding possibilities for an open-world survival game is kind of limitless. I mean, the dinosaurs are already there all it would take is having a jeep move on rails and give gamers a tour of the park while John Williams' iconic theme plays in the background. Giving the game a dark atmosphere and some neon lights along with some cool 1980's synth and you've got a Blood Dragon mod ripe and ready to go.Īnother common mod anyone could readily come up with is a Jurassic Park mod.

One of the most obvious mods would probably be a Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon mod, since the game already has dinosaurs you can ride and has some space-age weaponry.

Gaming Videos The ARK Dev Kit is a streamlined version of the Unreal Engine 4. This should be very interesting and it's a great way to kickstart the modding community for the indie game, which is scheduled to launch for the Xbox One and PS4 as soon as it nears completion on PC. Videos Get a new server up and running, tweak the settings, add some mods. Mod entries have until October 6th to finish the mod, snap a screenshot and have it uploaded to ARK: Survival Evolved's Steam Workshop. You can follow the path of Peter Molyneux and attempt to “change the world” but keep in mind that your mod still has to work when it's time to boot it up. The judging criteria for the ARK mods is also straightforward: they'll be judging the mod based on its originality and creativity as well as its graphical polish and functionality.

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