The C4 Engine exemplifies clean architectural design and the highest coding standards, making it an ideal educational tool. Students using the C4 Engine will learn good object-oriented design practices and will be exposed to real-world game programming techniques.

We offer an educational site license that permits an unlimited number of students and faculty to use C4. This license never expires, so you receive every future update to the engine that we release.

Note: The Academic Edition is intended for use by universities and other educational institutions having a large number of users. The proper edition for individual students not attending a licensed school is the Standard Edition.

Universities who use the C4 Engine

The following list names the major universities that are using the C4 Engine in connection with games-oriented software engineering curricula or for special research projects.

Important facts about the Academic Edition

The educational site license for C4 has a one-time fee of $2500 (US) for an unlimited number of users. For small numbers of students, a license is available for $250 per person (minimum 4).

The following list highlights the important points of the C4 Engine Educational License.

• You are permitted an unlimited number of engine users at your educational institution.
• Students are allowed to publish their games and/or enter them into contests. However, see the Professional Edition for information about publisher funding.
• We give you a discount code that can be passed on to students who wish to purchase their own licenses to C4 after graduating. This discount code entitles them to a 50% price reduction.
• You receive updates to the engine forever.

Contact us for more information

Please inquire at info@terathon.com for ordering instructions. We accept purchase orders.