With the engine, the procedural node-based Houdini workflow can be transferred to Unity, Unreal Engine 4, Maya or Cinema 4D and used to build digital assets. This means that even smaller teams can produce AAA-quality results more quickly.
The Houdini Engine Indie is compatible with all Houdini plug-ins (Unity, UE4, Autodesk Maya and 3ds Max as well as Maxon’s Cinema 4D). This allows game developers to load Houdini digital assets created in Houdini Indie or downloaded from the Unity Asset Store or the Orbolt 3D Smart Asset Store into the tool of choice.
Availability & Price
You can download the Houdini Engine Indie here after logging in via social media accounts, there is a limit of 3 licences per studio. To qualify for the limited commercial licences, an indie developer must earn less than 100K US dollars per year. The general Houdini Engine costs 499 US dollars per year.
Houdini Indie
With Houdini Indie, you can also develop your own tools in the Houdini interface, which can then be used as assets in Unity and Unreal Engine 4. Houdini Indie is available for 199 US dollars per year.
Attached is a free download of an article from the current DP 02 : 16 by Helge Maus on using the Houdini Engine with Cinema 4D and Maya. You can find more tutorials by DP author Helge Maus at http://www.pixeltrain.de.
