Shengheng Yan

Unreal Engine 5:

Thanks for Crimson from his video YOU’RE LEARNING UNREAL ENGINE 5 WRONG. The idea of learning unreal engine is to treat it as different subjects as school curriculum.

Here is the subject you need to know before creating a game:

Asset Creation

independent game developers often download and use pre-made art assets to build their games.

• 3D Modeling: using 3D-modeling software like: Blender, Maya, or 3ds Max, UE5 Plugin(beta) to create model of characters, environments, and so on.
• Texturing and Materials: Develop textures and materials using tools like Substance Painter or Photoshop, and import them into UE5.
• Animation Animate characters and objects, using UE5’s built-in animation tools or importing animations from external software.
• Sounds: Not in my plan.

Programing

• Blueprint:
  prototype and implement gameplay mechanics
• C++ programing: For more complex functionalities
• AI and Behavior: Develop AI behaviors using Behavior Trees and other AI tools available in UE5.

Hello World

Turn on/off a flashlight

First of all, I think It is better to start with a tiny project(demo). This youtube tutorial is very good because it only has half hour. The Author Gorka Games show you how to step by step to build a small function turn on/off a flashlight in Third Person Game. Blueprint For Beginners in Unreal Engine 5 | 2023 - Learn in 30 Mins!.

Summary

1. [Open the Blueprint script]
   Content Drawer -> Content -> ThirdPerson -> Blueprints -> BP_ThirdPersonCharacter(Double click)
2. [Add a cube to pretend it is a flash light and make it move as character move] Components->Add->Cube->Details->Sockets-> Parent Socket -> (select) hand_r
3. [Add a light to the flashlight]
   Components->Add->SpotLight-> (Drag under the Cube)
4. [When press the Key F, turn on/off the flash light]
   My Blueprint -> GRAPHS -> Event Graph -> (program)

The 2. step is difficult to texualize. and this is also what I hate about blueprint. It is difficult to make note.

Compare Blueprint to real programming language

Secondly, I like to link new concepts to the things I already know. The question is how to use if-else statement, loop, and function in blueprint? How to print everything? Cason Quisenberry in his video Need to Know Nodes in Unreal 5 Blueprints present a good detail of the blueprint.

Summary

• if-else

• loop

• function

From tiny game to small game

It’s time to make a small playable game, including simply game play. Check this How to Make Your First Game in Unreal Engine 5 in 2023 - Full Course from Gorka Games.

The Video is 1 hour and 40 minutes. It would be wise, you split it and watch them in different times. The tutorial design a simple shooting game which player holding a shotgun to shot the enemy in a simple platform.

Add a cube and move it move with blueprint and c++. Unreal Engine Official Blueprints - Tutorials