Unreal Engine 4: The Complete Beginner's Course

What do blockbuster games like Gears of War, Mass Effect, Borderlands, and BioShock have in common? Of course, they are hugely popular with an excellent reception from critics and gamers alike. However, a common aspect of these games, which also is a secret behind their tremendous success, is the cutting-edge Unreal Engine. It is using this engine that you'll begin your game development journey.
You start by learning how to get Unreal Engine 4 up and running and understanding the basic concepts of game development. With the basics mastered, you will learn the skills you need to craft beautiful environments to stage your games in. Later, learning how to script logic for your games will help you define game rules and behaviors, keep track of data such as health and inventory, and create playable characters. Using the UMG Editor, you will learn how to create user interfaces, so you can add menus, load screens, and HUDs to your game. And finally, you will learn how audio works within the Engine so that you can add music, dialogue, and sound effects to your game.
Completing this course will give you the skills necessary to translate your ideas into playable games; games that use environments and logic crafted by you, powered by the cutting-edge Unreal Engine 4.

Type
video
Category
publication date
2018-06-25
what you will learn

Learn how to get Unreal Engine 4 up and running on your system
Discover how to craft beautiful environments so that you can stage your games in them
Learn how to script logic for your games so that you can define game rules and behaviors
Learn how to create a playable character and create inputs to control that character
Understand and implement the key concepts of action games: collisions and damage
Discover how to use the UMG Editor to create user interfaces
Learn how to add menus, load screens, and HUDs to your game using the UMG Editor
Learn how to add music, dialogue, and sound effects to your game
Learn how to package and export the demo game you create in this course so that it can be played outside the Editor

duration
611
key features
Learn game development from scratch with just basic computer skills, no prior programming experience required * Learn how to craft realistic-looking environments to stage your games * Script logic to define gameplay without needing to know how to code
approach
This course will take you through the fundamentals that go into building games using UE4, before moving on to more advanced topics that help take your games to the next level. At the end of each section, you will go through the process of making a working game, from start-to-finish.
audience
This video game development course is for absolute beginners who are interested in making games and learning how to design a game from scratch using UE4. No prior programming experience is needed to learn from this course. Every lecture in this course is compatible with version 4.24 of the Unreal Engine.

System Requirements:
Recommended: Desktop PC with Windows 7 (or later) 64-bit or a Mac with Mac OS X 10.9.2 or later
Recommended: 8 GB RAM
Recommended: Quad-core Intel or AMD processor
Recommended: DirectX 11 compatible video card
Note: Unreal Engine 4 will run on desktops and laptops with specifications below these, but performance may be impacted.
meta description
Go from a complete beginner to building an engaging video game that leverages the power of Unreal Engine 4
short description
Unreal Engine 4: The Complete Beginner's Course teaches you the fundamentals of video game development using Unreal Engine 4. Whether you have prior programming knowledge or not, this course will help you leverage the cutting-edge 3D game design software in developing the video games you always wanted.
subtitle
Learn how to develop a video game from scratch using Unreal Engine 4
keywords
Unreal Engine, UE4, Unreal Engine 4, C++, programming, game development, games, 3D games, 2D games, gamer, snapping, interface, player, material, blueprint
Product ISBN
9781789537086