Setting up our game to be played by others
Unreal Engine 4 offers a wide variety of platforms that you can choose from to build your game, and this list will continue to expand as newer versions of the engine are released and new technologies emerge. Currently, you can deploy your game on Windows PC, Mac OS X, iOS, Android, Linux, SteamOS, and HTML 5. This engine also supports creation of content that utilizes the various emerging virtual reality platforms, such as Oculus Rift. If you are a registered console developer with the appropriate development kit, you will be pleased to know that Unreal Engine 4 also supports creating games for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Each platform has its own unique requirements and best practices associated with it. Mobile games and web (HTML5) games in particular have higher optimization requirements in order to get games to perform well on those platforms.
Creating a distributable form of your game for one of these platforms involves a process called...