Intro to Unreal Engine Game Development

Start learning the foundations of game development by exploring Unreal Engine!

Known for its ability to render high-fidelity graphics, Unreal Engine is one of the most popular engines available for video games, films, and more.

Through this course, you’ll dive into the very basics and learn how to successfully navigate the platform. You’ll also discover key features such as manipulating game objects, creating levels, and constructing critical game logic.

No matter what kind of games you want to build, these Unreal Engine fundamentals will ensure that you’re ready to start.

You will learn how to: Install and navigate Unreal Engine Rotate, scale, and move objects Deal with basic lights and physics Understand what Blueprints are Create game logic with visual scripting Set up a basic player

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Expand your knowledge of the Blueprints Visual Scripting system for Unreal Engine!

Through this course, you’ll build three separate mini-projects: clickable balloons that expand and pop, spawnable stacking blocks, and a third-person player controller. You’ll discover a variety of essential techniques, including how to detect and deal with user input, use coding principles like loops, and much more.

Regardless of where your next projects take you, these Unreal Engine skills will ensure you’re ready with core foundations needed to build many kinds of games.

You will learn how to: ● Change object size via script ● Spawn and destroy actors ● Detect mouse and keyboard input ● Work with loops, conditionals, and more ● Move players according to camera direction ● Expand projects with more complexity

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Learn arcade mechanics, plane movement, and more for Unreal Engine games!

Using only the Blueprints Visual Scripting System, you’ll explore how to build an arcade-style game where players must guide a plane through rings laid out in an obstacle course. You’ll develop key skills in tracking scores, working with different styles of movement, removing objects, and much more.

Whether you want to create a realistic flight simulator or something else, this course will help you further your techniques in how you approach different kinds of game subjects.

You will learn how to: ● Set up arcade-appropriate inputs ● Program pitch, roll, and yaw for plane movement ● Control plane acceleration ● Build a ring-based obstacle course ● Track scoring with appropriate UI ● Create 3D environments with Quixel models

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Master stories and simple game interactions in Unreal Engine by building a walking simulator!

In this course, you’ll construct a walking simulator featuring a first-person camera and a high-fidelity environment built using photoscanned 3D models. You’ll also explore creating a robust interaction system that can not only be applied to different kinds of objects, but quickly expanded.

No matter the project, these skills for building walking simulators will provide you with new ways to express yourself creatively.

You will learn how to: ● Implement player movement for first-person ● Construct levels using Quixel models ● Craft and animate open-able doors ● Build toggleable text overlays for stories ● Create an interactable fire with light source ● Make interaction applicable to multiple objects

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Start building your own 3D games with the popular Unreal Engine by beginning with a platformer project. You will learn not only how to create a level complete with enemies and collectibles, but also gain a fundamental understanding of the Unreal Engine Blueprints Visual Scripting System to create various game mechanics. At the end, you will possess newfound skills for game development, and be able to expand your platformer into more complex projects or other genres.

You will learn how to: ● Set up a moveable player ● Construct a platformer level with models ● Implement gems that can be collected ● Create moving enemies and obstacles ● Control game win and end conditions ● Utilize a UI system

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Master the fundamentals for RTS games in Unreal Engine!

You’ll explore foundational strategy game mechanics, such as unit movement, that are common to multiple kinds of RTS games. Along the way, you’ll construct a small unit combat-based game while practicing core functionality for Unreal Engine and the Blueprints Visual Scripting system.

Whether you want to build a space epic, historical battle simulator, or something else, these core techniques will ensure you’re ready to tackle any sort of RTS with expandable base mechanics.

You will learn how to: ● Make units selectable and moveable ● Implement simple combat and enemy AI ● Use the Nav Mesh for auto-navigation ● Provide combat & selection feedback ● Create RTS-appropriate cameras ● Improve prototype-level aesthetics

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Dive into action game creation by building a first-person shooter with the powerful Unreal Engine. Using Unreal Engine’s Blueprints Visual Scripting system, you will master a variety of FPS mechanics – all while building a simple FPS game complete with animated enemies. By the end, you will have learned integral game development skills that can be applied to a wide variety of other action-oriented game genres.

You will learn how to: ● Create a first-person camera and player ● Implement bullets and shooting ● Set up animated enemies that chase the player ● Develop logic for damaging characters ● Build a UI with ammo and health information ● Add pickups for players to collect

Explore the popular Unreal Engine for 3D games by creating an arcade-style game. Through this course, you will use Unreal Engine Blueprints to create a road-crossing game where the player needs to avoid getting hit and collect coins. In so doing, you will gain valuable skills for manipulating player and enemy movement while learning to implement level assets to create challenging obstacles for a variety of game projects.

You will learn how to: ● Set up a player with grid-like movement ● Use models and tiles to construct a level ● Create moving obstacles that can reappear ● Implement collectible coins ● Develop end game and collision logic ● Utilize Unreal Engine’s UI system for scores and more

Expand your skills with Unreal Engine’s Blueprints Visual Scripting system to set up an action RPG. With a heavy focus on Animation Blueprints, you will learn to control player and enemy movement, cause damage at specific animation points, and more – all without needing to code from scratch. These skills will not only allow you to create exciting, action gameplay, but also provide vital foundations for incorporating more animation into your game projects.

You will learn how to: ● Set up player and enemy Blueprints ● Create a camera that can orbit around the player ● Implement complex animation transitions ● Control attack and damage systems ● Build a UI system to track health ● Sculpt terrain using available tools

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Learn to utilize movement and collection mechanics in Unreal Engine to create your own challenging puzzles. Through this course, you will design a puzzle game using the Blueprints Visual Scripting system where the player can collect followers, avoid obstacles, and aim to reach the goal. You will explore a variety of ways in which objects, players, and enemies can be moved, and also expand your knowledge for lighting your levels – providing you with essential skills for many future game projects.

You will learn how to: ● Implement turn-based movement ● Develop obstacles to move in reaction to players ● Create objects who can follow the player once collected ● Manipulate lighting for aesthetic design ● Control gameplay flow with an end goal ● Set up levels to create challenging puzzles

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