Summary  
This chapter demonstrates how to replace placeholder meshes with downloaded assets by adjusting their transforms and collision settings, and how to add reference-validation logic in Blueprints to prevent null-reference errors.

General domain of usage  
Game development

Managing and integrating assets from the **Unreal Engine Marketplace** efficiently is crucial for maintaining an organized and performant project. The **Unreal Engine Marketplace** provides a vast array of assets, both **free and paid**, to enhance your projects.

To access the marketplace in **Unreal Engine 5**, you'll use **Fab**, Epic Games' **unified digital asset marketplace**. **Fab** consolidates resources from the **Unreal Engine Marketplace**, **Sketchfab Store**, **Quixel**, and **ArtStation Marketplace**, providing a comprehensive platform for acquiring digital assets like **environments**, **animations**, and more.

In this course, you'll create a thrilling FPS game where you face waves of enemies in an arena. Your goal is to eliminate all enemies in each wave within a set time. Survive three intense waves, and you'll be greeted with a victory screen offering the option to restart or exit. Watch your health bar if it hits zero or time runs out, it's game over. This course will equip you with essential game development skills, resulting in a dynamic and engaging FPS game. Ready for the challenge? Start your game dev journey now!

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

Unreal Engine FPS Game

Marketplace and Replacing Assets

Unreal Engine FPS Game

Marketplace and Replacing Assets