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Epic Zen Garden Built With Unreal Engine 4 Now Available For iOS Devices

Epic Games has announced that Epic Zen Garden built with Unreal Engine 4 is now available for iOS devices. Gamers can head over to the App Store to download the game for free. Are you ready to learn more? Read on.


From the Press Release
Coinciding with today’s launch of iOS 8, Epic Games has released Epic Zen Garden, a beautiful graphical environment built with Unreal Engine 4, as a free download in the App Store.

The app, which was showcased during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, was created to demonstrate the power of the engine using Apple’s new Metal API and gives a look at the future of mobile gaming. With an unmatched level of graphical fidelity and an accessible toolset, Unreal Engine 4 is designed for developers fueling the next generation of game development.

Epic Zen Garden features vibrant, interactive scenes filled with peaceful activities to help find true tranquility. Simply tap to navigate this serene oasis brimming with unmatched detail on mobile. Swipe the Sakura tree to make thousands of cherry blossoms swirl in the air, graze the koi pond to summon leagues of fish, rake the sand with your finger to create subtle designs, and touch the well to bring throngs of butterflies out of hiding. The environment and details are all rendered beautifully thanks to Metal’s exponential increases in efficiency.

To learn more, visit the official Epic Zen Garden App page or Unreal Engine 4 website. 



Coinciding with yesterday’s launch of iOS 8, Epic Games released Epic Zen Garden, an interactive environment featuring unrivaled graphical detail on mobile built with Unreal Engine 4 to demonstrate the power of Apple’s new Metal API as a free download in the App Store. Epic Zen Garden supports A7 devices and up.

Epic will discuss lots of other happenings on today’s Twitch stream, including new Marketplace releases, which feature many asset packs, the long-awaited Platformer sample game and Allegorithmic’s Atlantis scene which demonstrates their Substance plugin for UE4. Tune in for events news, community spotlights, live demos and more!

September 19 marks six months since Epic Games launched UE4 and opened up the engine to the developers everywhere with its accessible subscription model and GitHub source code community. Since launch, Unreal Engine 4 has seen thousands of upgrades and enhancements, including added support for SteamOS, Linux and many middleware technologies, the preview release of the new Unreal Motion Graphics UI system, the launch of the Unreal Engine Marketplace and much more. The engine is now also provided for free to schools and universities educating the next generation of artists, programmers and designers making games, VR experiences, simulations and visualizations.

Everyone is invited to today’s livestream which kicks off at 11am PT / 2pm ET at www.twitch.tv/unrealengine.

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