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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

Character BP Overview

Blueprints are simply a visual way of programming which gives us an accessible way of building the logic behind the mechanics of our game. This feature is one of the main features of Unreal Engine that makes it an ideal tool for those new to game development.

In this chapter, we will take a quick look at the BP_FirstPersonCharacter and go through the basics of the character blueprint namely the components, the viewport and the construction script.

Note
In Unreal Engine conventions, we use the abbreviation BP to say Blueprint especially when naming various blueprints in our game.

When you open the BP_FirstPersonCharacter, you will see three tabs on the top: Event Graph, Viewport and Construction Script:

Event Graph is where we define and set up various events. We will look at what events are in the next chapter.
In the Viewport, you will see how the blueprint actor looks. Here you can adjust various components’ location, rotation and scale visually.
Construction Script is similar to the Event Graph in that here we add certain logic. The difference is that the Construction Script runs before we start the game and is usually used to set up variables and functions that we need in place before we run the game.

Everything was clear?

Section 2. Chapter 1

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

Character BP Overview

In this chapter, we will take a quick look at the BP_FirstPersonCharacter and go through the basics of the character blueprint namely the components, the viewport and the construction script.

Note
In Unreal Engine conventions, we use the abbreviation BP to say Blueprint especially when naming various blueprints in our game.

When you open the BP_FirstPersonCharacter, you will see three tabs on the top: Event Graph, Viewport and Construction Script:

Event Graph is where we define and set up various events. We will look at what events are in the next chapter.
In the Viewport, you will see how the blueprint actor looks. Here you can adjust various components’ location, rotation and scale visually.
Construction Script is similar to the Event Graph in that here we add certain logic. The difference is that the Construction Script runs before we start the game and is usually used to set up variables and functions that we need in place before we run the game.

Everything was clear?

Section 2. Chapter 1