EMPLOYMENT OF UNREAL DEVELOPMENT KIT IN VISUAL APPLICATIONS

V tej diplomski nalogi bomo pregledali orodje Unreal Development Kit, ki služi kot orodje za razvoj vizualnih aplikacij (računalniške igre, animacije in simulacije) in spoznali njegove zmožnosti. Ogledali si bomo osnove uporabe orodij, ki so vsebovana v Unreal Development Kit. To spoznavanje bo zajemalo: urejevalnik Unreal Editor, urejevalnik materialov Material Editor, orodje za posebne učinke Unreal Cascade, vizualni skriptni sistem Unreal Kismet, skritpni jezik UnrealScript in upravljanje z drugimi multimedijskimi vsebinami (zvoki in animirane sekvence). Opisano bomo predstavili na primeru 3D tretjeosebne pustolovske igre Elemental, ki smo jo razvili z orodjem Unreal Development Kit za okolje Windows.This thesis describes Unreal Development Kit, a tool for developing visual applications (computer games, computer animation and simulations)and the abillities of this tool. We examine the basic usage of numerous tools which are contained in Unreal Development Kit. We describe: Unreal Editor, Material Editor, Unreal Cascade special effects editor, visual scripting system Unreal Kismet, scripting language Unreal Script and managing other content (music and sequences). The practical appplication will be presented through an example third-person adventure game Elemental which was created with Unreal Development Kit