Epic's Unreal Engine 4 'Flappy Bird' homage 'Tappy Chicken' now available for free (update: video!)

Epic Games can crow all it wants about how easy its next-gen development toolset is to use, but until we actually see results, those words are pretty hollow. That changes today with the release of Tappy Chicken, the first Unreal Engine 4 game released for Android, HTML5 browsers and iOS. Yeah, it's a far cry from the fiery demon we've come to associate with anything UE4-related (and it looks more than a little bit like another flying fowl), but the key here is that Epic says it's the work of exactly one person using a sort of simplified scripting system called Blueprints. What's more, the developer isn't even a coder -- he's an artist by the name of Shane Caudle. Caudle designed the game-play loop for the procedurally-generated game in an evening and spent around a week on the menus and squashing bugs. Epic says that it could even be ported to consoles pretty easily. The reason for the free game? To show how easy it is to mod and add-on with UE4 even by someone who doesn't know a lick of typical programming languages like C

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Search engine Google iOS Gets the conversation language search for more efficient

Google has updated just its search on iOS application and here he has the vote of much more useful search function. With Google search is the version 4.0 using the voice conversation - extra in addition to the simple queries to ask: "What is the weather?" Once you know that it morning sunny, maximum 95 will be, you can Google questions, 'what about this weekend?' and find out more. As Google voice Assistant is in competition with Apple's Siri and Cortana from Microsoft, sophisticated features more, are certainly important as the adapted to the context.

Best voice search is only part of the equation; the app update brings more advanced, meaning that you see things products by your favorite among other news sources also instant Google integration. You also have information about your upcoming travel routes, such as a list of the best beaches in San Diego from a boarding school recently by E-mail. Oh, and the app update offers a special Easter egg for cricket fans: you will now see cards for sport in Google instant. Download the latest version of Google search about the source link below. 0 comments to share

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