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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

Weapon BP Overview

In this chapter, we take a look at the BP_Pickup_Rifle and explain how the pick-up mechanics work and what happens when we shoot with the rifle.

BP_Pickup_Rifle has a SphereCollision component once a player overlaps with this invisible sphere, an event called On Begin Overlap fires off which first checks the overlapping actor and makes sure that it is a BP_FirstPersonCharacter, then saves a copy of that and checks if the player already has a weapon in their hands. If they do not, then it adds a component called BP_Weapon_Component to the FirstPersonCharacter.

The BP_Weapon_Component is then attached to the hands of the player and then BP_Pickup_Rifle destroys itself.
The BP_WeaponComponent handles the logic of spawning a projectile (Bp_FirstPersonProjectile), playing a sound of gunfire and an animation (for the arms).

Everything was clear?

Section 2. 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

Weapon BP Overview

In this chapter, we take a look at the BP_Pickup_Rifle and explain how the pick-up mechanics work and what happens when we shoot with the rifle.

The BP_Weapon_Component is then attached to the hands of the player and then BP_Pickup_Rifle destroys itself.
The BP_WeaponComponent handles the logic of spawning a projectile (Bp_FirstPersonProjectile), playing a sound of gunfire and an animation (for the arms).

Everything was clear?

Section 2. Chapter 3