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Unreal Engine FPS Game

1. Unreal Engine Introduction

In this section you will learn how to install Unreal Engine and navigate in its UI.

Introduction

Download and install Epic Games

Download and install Unreal Engine

Create new project

Basics of the Unreal Engine Editor UI

2. The Character Blueprint

In this section we will continue with looking into the blueprints. Blueprints are at the heart of everything that happens in Unreal Engine and are what we will be working on mostly in this course.

Character BP Overview

Creating Health Variable + Functions to increase or decrease it

Weapon BP Overview

Projectile BP Overview and adjustments

3. Enemy Blueprints

What is a first-person shooter without some enemies? In this section we will set up the enemy blueprints.

Create Enemy BP

Create Enemy Movement

Enemy Projectile BP & Fire Projectile

4. Level Design and Aesthetics

Level design is one of the most important parts of any game. A good level not only creates a suitable environment but also considers the timing of events in creating an enjoyable experience. Coupled with that, a good level tells a story without using words.

Blocking out the level

Setting up the enemy spawn points

Marketplace and Replacing Assets

5. User Interface and Sound Effects

Widgets, UMGs, and UI; they are all basically the same thing really. In this section, we will take a look at how to make menus and HUDs using widgets. We also take a look at how to add SFX to our widgets and blueprints.

Main Menu

HUD and Gameover Widget

Pause Menu

Implement sound into widget BPs

6. Gameplay Logic

We are almost done with our game at this point! In this section we are going to set up a system to increase the difficulty of the game as we proceed! Lastly, we are going to set up the winning and gameover logic for our game.

Set Up Tiers

Winning Logic

Gameover Logic

7. Packaging for Windows

Packaging for Windows is very easy in Unreal Engine. In this final and short section, we adjust the final bits, and then package our game!

Project Settings and Preparation for Packaging

Final Touches and Packaging

Pause Menu

In this chapter, we will create a simple pause menu, give it some functionalities, and using the BP_FirstPersonCharacter blueprint, we set up the instructions that will allow us to pause the game! The general process is similar to what we have done previously in that we make a new widget and add the desired functionalities to it. What is different here is that we add an event in the WBP_PauseMenu, and BP_FirstPersonCharacter that will pause or resume the game once the resume button or the P key is pressed.

Note
We are using the P button on the keyboard to pause the game because while we are in the Unreal Engine Editor, the Escape button will exit the game and therefore we need to have another key for pausing the game for now.

The general steps in creating a pause menu consist of creating a widget, placing some buttons in the canvas panel and programming the instructions for each button.

For the Resume button, you need to use Set Game Paused, as well as setting the Input mode of the PlayerController Game Mode Only and set Show Mouse Cursor to False.

At the end, use Remove From Parent node to remove the pause menu widget from the screen/viewport.

You will then need to go to your BP_FirstPersonCharacter, and look for the keyboard key that you want to use for pause in this case, we are using the P key. Select the event that is created, and make sure to check the Execute When Paused checkbox to be able to use P to unpause the game. It is also important to set the input mode to Game and UI when you are pausing the game, otherwise pressing P will not unpause the game. Follow the video for the step-by-step instructions.

Everything was clear?

Section 5. Chapter 3

Course Content

Unreal Engine FPS Game

1. Unreal Engine Introduction

Introduction Download and install Epic Games Download and install Unreal Engine Create new project Basics of the Unreal Engine Editor UI

2. The Character Blueprint

Character BP Overview Creating Health Variable + Functions to increase or decrease it Weapon BP Overview Projectile BP Overview and adjustments

3. Enemy Blueprints

Create Enemy BP Create Enemy Movement Enemy Projectile BP & Fire Projectile

4. Level Design and Aesthetics

Blocking out the level Setting up the enemy spawn points Marketplace and Replacing Assets

5. User Interface and Sound Effects

Main Menu HUD and Gameover Widget Pause Menu Implement sound into widget BPs

6. Gameplay Logic

Set Up Tiers Winning Logic Gameover Logic

7. Packaging for Windows

Project Settings and Preparation for Packaging Final Touches and Packaging

Unreal Engine FPS Game

Pause Menu

Note
We are using the P button on the keyboard to pause the game because while we are in the Unreal Engine Editor, the Escape button will exit the game and therefore we need to have another key for pausing the game for now.

The general steps in creating a pause menu consist of creating a widget, placing some buttons in the canvas panel and programming the instructions for each button.

For the Resume button, you need to use Set Game Paused, as well as setting the Input mode of the PlayerController Game Mode Only and set Show Mouse Cursor to False.

At the end, use Remove From Parent node to remove the pause menu widget from the screen/viewport.

Everything was clear?

Section 5. Chapter 3