C++ is the most effective and widely used programming language for creating video games. It’s also the language Unreal Engine, arguably the most popular game engine in the world, uses too. However, there are some differences between the traditional C++ programming software developers use and C++ that is used in Unreal Engine to create video games. The concepts are the same, just the syntax is slightly different. In this post we’ll cover in depth the differences between C++ for software development and C++ for Unreal Engine game development. Before we start, make sure that you download U ..read more

Materials are assets that define the surface properties of objects in your game or simply they define how a game object looks like in your game.  Materials are used to determine the appearance of objects, such as their color, texture, transparency, and other visual characteristics.  Materials can be applied to individual objects or to whole surfaces, such as a wall or a floor.  They are an important aspect of game development and play a crucial role in creating visually stunning environments and objects in Unreal Engine. In this post we are going to take a look at materials in ..read more

In this tutorial you’ll create a zombie horde shooter game with Unreal Engine 5 using blueprints. The game is simple but is packed with tons of behind the scenes features that will allow you to understand the “why” behind the “how” a game is created in Unreal Engine 5. Here’s a short preview of the game that we’ll create: Download The Assets And Complete Project For This Tutorial Download The Assets You can download the assets and the complete project for this tutorial by clicking on the button above. In the downloaded files you’ll find assets to follow with this tutorial and the complet ..read more

Every object created in a game will take up memory. And when the game stops using that object it needs to be destroyed and removed from the game. This is done with something that’s called Garbage Collection or GC for short. Now, in pure C++ you do your own memory allocations for the objects you create, you hold the refrence to them, and you’re responsible for Garbage Collecting that object when you stop using it. And this is one of the main reasons why people are afraid of C++ and why they think it’s hard to learn it, especially for Unreal Engine where you use a ton of objects in your g ..read more

No matter what type of game you are creating you will need a system that will save and load the data about the progress in your game. In this post we are going to take a look at how can we create save/load system with Blueprints and C++. Important Information Before We Start This tutorial is not for complete beginners. To follow this tutorial you will have to know your way around Unreal Engine, Blueprints and C++. It is not required that you are an expert in Blueprints and C++, but it is required that you know the basics, and you are comfortable creating simple games using Blueprints and ..read more

As the title of the post suggests we are going to create a character movement system in Unreal Engine. I am going to show you how to create the movement system using blueprints as well as C++, so depending on your project if you are using only blueprints or only C++ or even a mix between the two, you will have everything you need to create the movement of your game character. Download The Complete Project For This Tutorial Download The Assets You can download the finished project for this tutorial by clicking on the Download assets button above.   It is not mandatory that you downloa ..read more

In part 3 of this tutorial series we created the LevelSpawner class and we spawned the level in the game using procedural level generation.   In this part of the tutorial we are going to destroy the player actor when he collides with the obstacles and we are going to restart the level when that happens, and with that we will finish our game.   Creating The Wall Spike Class Inside the C++ Classes ->SideRunner, Right Click -> New C++ Class. Click on the Show All Classes checkbox and filter for spike and select the Spike class as the parent class then click Next: Give the ..read more

No matter what type of game you are creating you will need a system that will save and load the data about the progress in your game. In this post we are going to take a look at how can we create save/load system with Blueprints and C++. Important Information Before We Start This tutorial is not for complete beginners. To follow this tutorial you will have to know your way around Unreal Engine, Blueprints and C++. It is not required that you are an expert in Blueprints and C++, but it is required that you know the basics, and you are comfortable creating simple games using Blueprints and ..read more

As the title of the post suggests we are going to create a character movement system in Unreal Engine. I am going to show you how to create the movement system using blueprints as well as C++, so depending on your project if you are using only blueprints or only C++ or even a mix between the two, you will have everything you need to create the movement of your game character. Download The Complete Project For This Tutorial Download The Assets You can download the finished project for this tutorial by clicking on the Download assets button above.   It is not mandatory that you downloa ..read more

Lights are one of the most important part of any game. With lights you can create a different athmosphere and make your games look stunning. Unreal Engine has the most advanced lighting system out of all game engines. Here are just a few examples of what you can do with Unreal Engine’s light system: In this post we’re going to go over the light system, explain how to use it along with different types of light we can use and we will implement all that a game scene which will allow you to become a master light expert. For the example assets we’ll use City of Brass: Environments which you ..read more