Travel to the Wild West with a free Unreal Engine 5 tech demo

Recently, more and more independent developers as well as large teams are developing their future games. chooses Unreal Engine 5. The increase in the number of games that will use this technology in the coming years is also facilitated by the release of various tools and guides that serve to familiarize and then test the features of this engine.

This category includes, for example, the Old West Learning project published by Epic Games, which offers a Wild West environment with multiple objects. On this basis, developers can work and implement various advanced technologies. It has attracted attention in recent days newly released tech demowhich is built on the basis of this tutorial.

The playable demo is called Old West Northwood and its author tested the technical capabilities of Unreal Engine 5 on it. You can see the result in the sample attached below, or download it for free here. The work with lighting effects and reflections deserves attention, which is clearly visible at the end of the demonstration, where the character uses a portable lantern.