- Introduction

- 10,000 hours programming

- Advice for young programmers

- Video games in the 80s and 90s

- Epic Games origin story

- Indie game development

- Unreal Engine

- Technical details of Unreal Engine

- Constructive solid geometry

- Dynamic lighting

- Volumetric fog

- John Carmack

- Evolution of Unreal Engine

- Unreal Engine 5

- Creating realistic humans

- Lumen global illumination

- Movies

- Simulating reality

- Metaverse

- Fortnite

- Scaling

- Game economies

- Standardizing the Metaverse

- Verse programming language

- Concurrency

- Unreal Engine 6

- Indie game developers

- Apple

- Epic Games Store

- Future of gaming

- Greatest games ever made

- GTA 6 and Rockstar Games

- Hope for the future

Tim Sweeney is a legendary video game programmer, founder and CEO of Epic Games that created the Unreal Engine, Fortnite, Gears of War, Unreal Tournament, and many other groundbreaking and influential video games.
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OUTLINE:
(00:00) - Introduction
(08:25) - 10,000 hours programming
(11:42) - Advice for young programmers
(19:54) - Video games in the 80s and 90s
(22:02) - Epic Games origin story
(34:40) - Indie game development
(40:34) - Unreal Engine
(1:06:30) - Technical details of Unreal Engine
(1:11:23) - Constructive solid geometry
(1:17:21) - Dynamic lighting
(1:21:51) - Volumetric fog
(1:25:19) - John Carmack
(1:27:05) - Evolution of Unreal Engine
(1:33:21) - Unreal Engine 5
(1:44:32) - Creating realistic humans
(1:53:41) - Lumen global illumination
(1:58:11) - Movies
(2:12:53) - Simulating reality
(2:25:08) - Metaverse
(2:27:44) - Fortnite
(2:31:40) - Scaling
(2:47:04) - Game economies
(2:48:33) - Standardizing the Metaverse
(2:56:46) - Verse programming language
(3:18:19) - Concurrency
(3:25:56) - Unreal Engine 6
(3:30:34) - Indie game developers
(3:33:32) - Apple
(3:48:12) - Epic Games Store
(4:11:03) - Future of gaming
(4:17:03) - Greatest games ever made
(4:22:39) - GTA 6 and Rockstar Games
(4:25:58) - Hope for the future

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Tim Sweeney is a legendary video game programmer, founder and CEO of Epic Games that created the Unreal Engine, Fortnite, Gears of War, Unreal Tournament, and many other groundbreaking and influential video games.

Tim Sweeney is a legendary video game programmer, founder and CEO of Epic Games that created the Unreal Engine, Fortnite, Gears of War, Unreal Tournament, and many other groundbreaking and influential video games. 
Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep467-sc 
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CONTACT LEX: 
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EPISODE LINKS: 
Tim's X: https://x.com/timsweeneyepic 
Epic Games: https://epicgames.com/ 
 
SPONSORS: 
To support this podcast, check out our sponsors &amp; get discounts: 
Notion: Note-taking and team collaboration. 
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AG1: All-in-one daily nutrition drink. 
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LMNT: Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix. 
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OUTLINE: 
(00:00) - Introduction 
(08:25) - 10,000 hours programming 
(11:42) - Advice for young programmers 
(19:54) - Video games in the 80s and 90s 
(22:02) - Epic Games origin story 
(34:40) - Indie game development 
(40:34) - Unreal Engine 
(1:06:30) - Technical details of Unreal Engine 
(1:11:23) - Constructive solid geometry 
(1:17:21) - Dynamic lighting 
(1:21:51) - Volumetric fog 
(1:25:19) - John Carmack 
(1:27:05) - Evolution of Unreal Engine 
(1:33:21) - Unreal Engine 5 
(1:44:32) - Creating realistic humans 
(1:53:41) - Lumen global illumination 
(1:58:11) - Movies 
(2:12:53) - Simulating reality 
(2:25:08) - Metaverse 
(2:27:44) - Fortnite 
(2:31:40) - Scaling 
(2:47:04) - Game economies 
(2:48:33) - Standardizing the Metaverse 
(2:56:46) - Verse programming language 
(3:18:19) - Concurrency 
(3:25:56) - Unreal Engine 6 
(3:30:34) - Indie game developers 
(3:33:32) - Apple 
(3:48:12) - Epic Games Store 
(4:11:03) - Future of gaming 
(4:17:03) - Greatest games ever made 
(4:22:39) - GTA 6 and Rockstar Games 
(4:25:58) - Hope for the future 
 
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#467 – Tim Sweeney: Fortnite, Unreal Engine, and the Future of Gaming