Faster
Time-to-Market -- In a competitive market where speed is
critical, don't waste time reinventing the core technology. With HeroEngine
your team is more productive. Build faster and more accurately.
Reduce
Risk -- Take technology risk off the table. Choose a technology
that is working for some of the biggest name companies in the business!
Lower
Cost -- Licensing HeroEngine is not only faster than building
it yourself, it costs less too! Flexible licensing
plans exist to fit almost any project.
Integrated
Project Management -- HeroEngine makes it easy to keep track
of progress and delegate tasks within the system. Use the HeroEngine
Notes whiteboard tool to mark up and annotate an area. Send a note
to all parties involved and instantly link them to the area that needs
attention and tell them exactly what you want them to complete.
Real-time
Worldwide Distribution Results -- Using HeroEngine notes,
you can delegate to your team all around the globe and see the results
instantly.
Rapid
Prototyping and Playtesting -- As soon as a project is implemented,
you can playtest and make immediate improvements while it's still
fresh.
Fluid
Pipeline from Creation to Game -- Create and import instantly.
No nightly-builds, no asset merges, no "PAK" files to generate.
What you drop in the repository is immediately available to everyone.
Real-Time Asset Revision -- Assets
update throughout the game as soon as you make changes. Organize assets
in libraries. Group them together for even more flexibility.
Intelligent
3D Objects -- Technical artists can wire in grid and rotation
systems as they are created, to make world building even easier.
Powerful
Heightmap Tools -- Sculpt and texture, hide seams, carve
holes, all collaboratively and in real-time.
Robust
Ground Clutter Options -- Paint dynamic ground clutter, billboards,
3D models, etc. Each channel of clutter is fully and dynamically adjustable.
Intelligent
Asset Library and Snapping Guides -- Build towns
and dungeons from a library of components that know how to intelligently
snap together.
Dynamic
Sound and Light -- Exert complete control over light
sources, color schemes, and audio.
Implement
and Test Systems Instantly -- Build and test instantly in
real-time. Catch scripting errors immediately and work more efficiently.
Switch instantly from world building, to game mechanics, to scripting,
to actual play testing.
Custom
GUI Tools -- Both game and tool user interfaces can be crafted
directly in HeroBlade and are available and live immediately. Use the
HeroEngine GUI system, Scaleform GFx (for Flash-based GUIs) or a hybrid
of both.
Complete
Customizability -- Use and extend the MMO Foundation Framework
Tools or build your own.
Quality
Support Fast -- Access to the engineers that built the engine,
and the people who use it everyday to build such titles as Hero's Journey®.
Plug-In
Architecture -- A dynamic plug-in architecture, on both the
client and server, let you add scriptable components easily without
shutting down either the client or server!
Source
Code Available -- So you can extend the engine.
World-Class
Scripting Language -- HeroScript provides fast performance
and MMO-specific framework in an easy-to-learn yet powerful scripting
system.
Hero's
Journey® Reference -- Access
the full Hero's Journey® game as a reference to get up
to speed fast.
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