Indie developer Tooley1998 has shared some screenshots from his upcoming Minecraft-styled voxel game in Unreal Engine 5. Tooley1998 has added support for UE5’s Lumen, and these screenshots showcase this new lighting system.
Although we don’t know much about this game (it doesn’t even have a title yet), it looks surprisingly similar to Minecraft. If you hadn’t told me that this was a new game, I’d definitely assume that it’s a mod for Mojang’s title.
Minecraft is powered by the Lightweight Java Game Library and in 2020, it got an amazing fully path-traced RTX update. And while this indie game cannot match Minecraft’s Path Tracing, it can come really close to it thanks to Lumen.
Let’s also not forget that this game is from a single developer, and from an entire team. Because for Minecraft RTX, Mojang worked closely with Microsoft and NVIDIA. So yeah, the fact that a single developer can come close to those results is already a big accomplishment.
There is currently no ETA on when this Minecraft-like game in Unreal Engine 5 will come out. Naturally, though, we’ll be sure to keep you posted.
Speaking of Unreal Engine 5, the first commercial game (outside of Fortnite) that used it was Layers of Fear. Later this Summer, we’ll be also getting Remnant 2 and Immortals of Aveum. We can then expect Jusant and Lords of the Fallen to come out later this year.
From what we’ve seen so far, Remnant 2 and Jusant won’t be pushing the boundaries of PC graphics. In other words, they’ll be similar to Layers of Fear. On the other hand, Immortals of Aveum will be the first game that may give us a glimpse at what UE5 can offer. And as for Lords of the Fallen, that game looks amazing.
Enjoy the following screenshots and stay tuned for more!
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