Ark: Survival Evolved players with a creative bent will be pleased to hear that a "simplified Unreal 4" mod kit has been released. A brand new workshop site has opened up on the Ark main site that gives a few tutorials on how to get started and how to get mods on Steam for other players.
Q: What can I create with the ARK Dev Kit?
A: While the ARK Dev Kit does not provide access to the ARK C++ game source code, it does contain all of our editable source art for the game, as well as our editable maps and blueprint classes. Thanks to the power of Unreal Engine 4's Blueprint system, even without C++ you can modify and extend quite a lot of the game functionality, including new items, weapons, AI Behavior Trees, structures, and all kinds of gameplay classes & game logic. You can focus on creating a beautiful new environment for the game, or extend the core game classes via Blueprint to add a whole new game mode and new mechanics. Over time we'll detail how to create more complex game modes here on the Forum, and provide more examples on how to do so!
Check out the Ark: Survival Evolved Workshop page for more information.
