This is great news, Crytek have recently (in the past half hour) announced that their CryEngine is now free to use.
Today's Humble Bundle features "20,000 files that took three years and cost millions of dollars to make".
With big news comes big bundles. Crytek just announced that they're making their acclaimed CRYENGINE free to use, and we want to start you off right. Included in this bundle are over 20,000 files that took three years and cost millions of dollars to make, and now they can be all yours. Want to sell your game? All assets included are yours to use as many times as you'd like in any commercial project and are completely royalty free!
Pay what you want for Plants & Shrubs, Trees, Environment Props, Prototyping Kit, Textures, Decals & Visual Effects, MoCap Animation Pack - Basic Military Rifle and FPS 'Paintball' Project.
Pay more than the average price to also receive an Audio Kit, Ryse Nature & Animal Pack, Vehicles Standard Edition, City Pack Standard Edition, Weapons Pack, Crytek Formula Racing - Starter Project, and Nexuiz.
Pay $13 or more for all of that plus Illfonic Survival - Starter Project, Ryse World Building Pack, Ryse Roman Pack, Vehicles High Quality, City Pack High Quality, and Characters & Animals.
Want to get a taste of what this bundle has to offer before buying it? You can get the Campfire Asset Pack for free!
Pay what you want. Collectively, these assets literally cost over $22 million dollars to make -- really, we're not kidding (even though for the sake of the original developers' pockets, we wish we were). But here at Humble Bundle, you choose the price!
Use on CRYENGINE. With a combination of engine-ready Crytek assets as well as a large collection of source assets, you'll be empowered to create, modify, build, and complement any game project that can be achieved with CRYENGINE. Download DRM-free asset packs along with the official CRYENGINE game development tools and get started immediately. Nexiuz is available on Steam. Please check out the full system requirements here prior to purchasing.
Support charity. Choose where the money goes -- between the developers, two charities (Child's Play and Extra Life), and, if you'd like, a third charity of your choice via the PayPal Giving Fund. For details on how this works, click here. If you like this bundle or like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too.
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Make sure you can actually get CryEngine *before* paying for this bundle. You might not be able to get it due to major account registration issues that are affecting a lot of people. No account = no CryEngine, which makes this purchase unusable.
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Top comments
fishmaster
15 Mar 1613#3
Gah me hearties and gash be there me fortune, I has missed my chances at the pieces of eight fer sure, garrrr and garrr again! Pass me the rum I be drownin mah sorrurrhs, gah!
fishmaster
15 Mar 164#4
Overbearin wife: Harold?!
Thumb screwed within old fool: What me lovely?
Overbearin wife: Check the garden Harold, I want everything to be nice for our Cheryls wedding in the morning.
Harold: Plants and shrubs - CHECK
Harold: Trees - CHECK
Harold: WEAPONS PACK - OH YES! Say your prayers wifey!
thesnowdog to nomnomnomnom
15 Mar 163#15
Better off going for all three of them plus Lumberyard. CryEngine (and Lumberyard too) are in the same sort of state that Unreal was in 15 years or so ago in terms of documentation and support. NOBODY at the time wanted to work with it but were forced to due to pressure from publishers. Amazon, after spending a rumoured $50-80m on a deal where they can license and alter the CryEngine engine code, are now concentrating on improving the documentation and support. If they spend as much time and money on working with Lumberyard as I think they will do I can see Lumberyard being in the same state in terms of support and documentation that the Unreal engine is in now in as little as a couple of years time.
I haven't checked the licensing or checked out whether CryEngine assets can be imported into Lumberyard but I'm sure it can be done easily enough.
The CryEngine and Lumberyard engines certainly aren't for beginners but are probably the two best looking engines in the industry at the moment. I'm planning on working on a CryEngine/Lumberyard VR game next year as a hobby. :smile:
CryEngine is adopting “pay what you want” model, allowing users access to the engine and source code without dishing out any money, the game company Crytek announced today.
The news follows last month’s unveiling of Lumberyard, the Amazon-developed game engine that’s built on a modified version of CryEngine. Lumberyard is free, following in the footsteps of Unreal and Unity before it. Until now, CryEngine was the only major holdout; now, all four well-respected engines are accessible to anyone who wants to make games.
A game engine is a set of common tools and middleware that helps facilitate game development. Crytek’s newest iteration, CryEngine V, will be optimized for virtual reality development, the company said today.
Said Crytek in a press release:
CRYENGINE V launches today with a “Pay What You Want” business model, offering developers everywhere total access to the engine’s feature-set and full engine source code for a fee of their choosing, and with no obligation to pay royalties or additional service charges. Users who decide to make a contribution for utilizing CRYENGINE V can allocate up to 70% of the sum to Crytek’s new Indie Development Fund – a grant program that will see Crytek directly supporting promising indie projects around the world.
The latest evolution of CRYENGINE also introduces CRYENGINE Marketplace. The Marketplace will enable developers to access individual assets from Crytek’s own library, as well as thousands of materials, sounds, and 3D objects created by the CRYENGINE community and other trusted vendors.
CryEngine is adopting “pay what you want” model, allowing users access to the engine and source code without dishing out any money, the game company Crytek announced today.
The news follows last month’s unveiling of Lumberyard, the Amazon-developed game engine that’s built on a modified version of CryEngine. Lumberyard is free, following in the footsteps of Unreal and Unity before it. Until now, CryEngine was the only major holdout; now, all four well-respected engines are accessible to anyone who wants to make games.
A game engine is a set of common tools and middleware that helps facilitate game development. Crytek’s newest iteration, CryEngine V, will be optimized for virtual reality development, the company said today.
Said Crytek in a press release:
CRYENGINE V launches today with a “Pay What You Want” business model, offering developers everywhere total access to the engine’s feature-set and full engine source code for a fee of their choosing, and with no obligation to pay royalties or additional service charges. Users who decide to make a contribution for utilizing CRYENGINE V can allocate up to 70% of the sum to Crytek’s new Indie Development Fund – a grant program that will see Crytek directly supporting promising indie projects around the world.
The latest evolution of CRYENGINE also introduces CRYENGINE Marketplace. The Marketplace will enable developers to access individual assets from Crytek’s own library, as well as thousands of materials, sounds, and 3D objects created by the CRYENGINE community and other trusted vendors.
FantasyDeals
15 Mar 162#2
Gah, Must've missed this one! :disappointed: This is a cracker! Spot on there, yo.
fishmaster
15 Mar 1613#3
Gah me hearties and gash be there me fortune, I has missed my chances at the pieces of eight fer sure, garrrr and garrr again! Pass me the rum I be drownin mah sorrurrhs, gah!
fishmaster
15 Mar 164#4
Overbearin wife: Harold?!
Thumb screwed within old fool: What me lovely?
Overbearin wife: Check the garden Harold, I want everything to be nice for our Cheryls wedding in the morning.
Harold: Plants and shrubs - CHECK
Harold: Trees - CHECK
Harold: WEAPONS PACK - OH YES! Say your prayers wifey!
nomnomnomnom
15 Mar 16#5
Meh. Go with Unreal or Unity if you're deciding on an games engine. Better training materials and a much bigger community for both.
thesnowdog to nomnomnomnom
15 Mar 163#15
Better off going for all three of them plus Lumberyard. CryEngine (and Lumberyard too) are in the same sort of state that Unreal was in 15 years or so ago in terms of documentation and support. NOBODY at the time wanted to work with it but were forced to due to pressure from publishers. Amazon, after spending a rumoured $50-80m on a deal where they can license and alter the CryEngine engine code, are now concentrating on improving the documentation and support. If they spend as much time and money on working with Lumberyard as I think they will do I can see Lumberyard being in the same state in terms of support and documentation that the Unreal engine is in now in as little as a couple of years time.
I haven't checked the licensing or checked out whether CryEngine assets can be imported into Lumberyard but I'm sure it can be done easily enough.
The CryEngine and Lumberyard engines certainly aren't for beginners but are probably the two best looking engines in the industry at the moment. I'm planning on working on a CryEngine/Lumberyard VR game next year as a hobby. :smile:
reddragon105
15 Mar 162#6
I'm probably not talented enough to do anything with this but it's a good offer!
fishmaster to reddragon105
15 Mar 16#8
You just haven't spent enough time on it. Spend the time reap the rewards.
slayermatt
15 Mar 16#7
Nexuiz on BTA? Glad to see they've finally managed to bring the servers back! Nice looking bundle if you're looking to play about with the cryengine.
937666
15 Mar 161#9
Should be posted in freebies?
BuzzDuraband to 937666
15 Mar 161#10
It's not free (well, the first tier can be) anything upwards is charged.
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Opening post
Today's Humble Bundle features "20,000 files that took three years and cost millions of dollars to make".
With big news comes big bundles. Crytek just announced that they're making their acclaimed CRYENGINE free to use, and we want to start you off right. Included in this bundle are over 20,000 files that took three years and cost millions of dollars to make, and now they can be all yours. Want to sell your game? All assets included are yours to use as many times as you'd like in any commercial project and are completely royalty free!
Pay what you want for Plants & Shrubs, Trees, Environment Props, Prototyping Kit, Textures, Decals & Visual Effects, MoCap Animation Pack - Basic Military Rifle and FPS 'Paintball' Project.
Pay more than the average price to also receive an Audio Kit, Ryse Nature & Animal Pack, Vehicles Standard Edition, City Pack Standard Edition, Weapons Pack, Crytek Formula Racing - Starter Project, and Nexuiz.
Pay $13 or more for all of that plus Illfonic Survival - Starter Project, Ryse World Building Pack, Ryse Roman Pack, Vehicles High Quality, City Pack High Quality, and Characters & Animals.
Want to get a taste of what this bundle has to offer before buying it? You can get the Campfire Asset Pack for free!
Pay what you want. Collectively, these assets literally cost over $22 million dollars to make -- really, we're not kidding (even though for the sake of the original developers' pockets, we wish we were). But here at Humble Bundle, you choose the price!
Use on CRYENGINE. With a combination of engine-ready Crytek assets as well as a large collection of source assets, you'll be empowered to create, modify, build, and complement any game project that can be achieved with CRYENGINE. Download DRM-free asset packs along with the official CRYENGINE game development tools and get started immediately. Nexiuz is available on Steam. Please check out the full system requirements here prior to purchasing.
Support charity. Choose where the money goes -- between the developers, two charities (Child's Play and Extra Life), and, if you'd like, a third charity of your choice via the PayPal Giving Fund. For details on how this works, click here. If you like this bundle or like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too.
---
Make sure you can actually get CryEngine *before* paying for this bundle. You might not be able to get it due to major account registration issues that are affecting a lot of people. No account = no CryEngine, which makes this purchase unusable.
- dxx
Top comments
Thumb screwed within old fool: What me lovely?
Overbearin wife: Check the garden Harold, I want everything to be nice for our Cheryls wedding in the morning.
Harold: Plants and shrubs - CHECK
Harold: Trees - CHECK
Harold: WEAPONS PACK - OH YES! Say your prayers wifey!
I haven't checked the licensing or checked out whether CryEngine assets can be imported into Lumberyard but I'm sure it can be done easily enough.
The CryEngine and Lumberyard engines certainly aren't for beginners but are probably the two best looking engines in the industry at the moment. I'm planning on working on a CryEngine/Lumberyard VR game next year as a hobby. :smile:
Kotaku
CryEngine is adopting “pay what you want” model, allowing users access to the engine and source code without dishing out any money, the game company Crytek announced today.
The news follows last month’s unveiling of Lumberyard, the Amazon-developed game engine that’s built on a modified version of CryEngine. Lumberyard is free, following in the footsteps of Unreal and Unity before it. Until now, CryEngine was the only major holdout; now, all four well-respected engines are accessible to anyone who wants to make games.
A game engine is a set of common tools and middleware that helps facilitate game development. Crytek’s newest iteration, CryEngine V, will be optimized for virtual reality development, the company said today.
Said Crytek in a press release:
CRYENGINE V launches today with a “Pay What You Want” business model, offering developers everywhere total access to the engine’s feature-set and full engine source code for a fee of their choosing, and with no obligation to pay royalties or additional service charges. Users who decide to make a contribution for utilizing CRYENGINE V can allocate up to 70% of the sum to Crytek’s new Indie Development Fund – a grant program that will see Crytek directly supporting promising indie projects around the world.
The latest evolution of CRYENGINE also introduces CRYENGINE Marketplace. The Marketplace will enable developers to access individual assets from Crytek’s own library, as well as thousands of materials, sounds, and 3D objects created by the CRYENGINE community and other trusted vendors.
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Kotaku
CryEngine is adopting “pay what you want” model, allowing users access to the engine and source code without dishing out any money, the game company Crytek announced today.
The news follows last month’s unveiling of Lumberyard, the Amazon-developed game engine that’s built on a modified version of CryEngine. Lumberyard is free, following in the footsteps of Unreal and Unity before it. Until now, CryEngine was the only major holdout; now, all four well-respected engines are accessible to anyone who wants to make games.
A game engine is a set of common tools and middleware that helps facilitate game development. Crytek’s newest iteration, CryEngine V, will be optimized for virtual reality development, the company said today.
Said Crytek in a press release:
CRYENGINE V launches today with a “Pay What You Want” business model, offering developers everywhere total access to the engine’s feature-set and full engine source code for a fee of their choosing, and with no obligation to pay royalties or additional service charges. Users who decide to make a contribution for utilizing CRYENGINE V can allocate up to 70% of the sum to Crytek’s new Indie Development Fund – a grant program that will see Crytek directly supporting promising indie projects around the world.
The latest evolution of CRYENGINE also introduces CRYENGINE Marketplace. The Marketplace will enable developers to access individual assets from Crytek’s own library, as well as thousands of materials, sounds, and 3D objects created by the CRYENGINE community and other trusted vendors.
Thumb screwed within old fool: What me lovely?
Overbearin wife: Check the garden Harold, I want everything to be nice for our Cheryls wedding in the morning.
Harold: Plants and shrubs - CHECK
Harold: Trees - CHECK
Harold: WEAPONS PACK - OH YES! Say your prayers wifey!
I haven't checked the licensing or checked out whether CryEngine assets can be imported into Lumberyard but I'm sure it can be done easily enough.
The CryEngine and Lumberyard engines certainly aren't for beginners but are probably the two best looking engines in the industry at the moment. I'm planning on working on a CryEngine/Lumberyard VR game next year as a hobby. :smile: