Unreal Engine FPS Game

Unreal Engine FPS Game

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1. Unreal Engine Introduction

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

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.

HUD and Gameover Widget

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

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

Course Content

Unreal Engine FPS Game

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

Set Up Tiers

The way that we want the difficulty of the game to change is by making the enemies stronger little by little. For this purpose, we are going to count the number of enemies that have been spawned and create three tiers of gameplay. Each tier will set the variable DamageTaken in our BP_FirstPersonCharacter to a new value which is higher than the previous one.

We take care of this type of logic in a blueprint called FirstPersonGameMode. This blueprint automatically runs as soon as we run the game, and therefore is the ideal blueprint for programming this type of logic.

In general, the GameMode is going to count the enemies, and once the total number of spawned enemies passes a certain threshold, it will set the DamageTaken to a new value.

Additionally, once we have reached the ceiling of our last tier, the GameMode communicates to the spawners that they cannot spawn new enemies. Then the GameMode blueprint will look for the enemies that are alive and with the help of the EnemySpawner blueprint, we count down this number; once it hits zero.

If there are no enemies left, the player has won the game. For now, we will just use a Print String to make sure that everything is working, but in the next chapter, we will complete this process by creating the Winning widget and adding it to the viewport.

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Section 6. Chapter 1

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