Stepping on Unreal Engine for the First Time
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Do you wanna learn Unreal Engine 4?
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Hi there! Welcome to this short guide on how to get yourself started on learning Unreal Engine 4, atleast the basics.
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Game development is really a different field than software development. While softwares are made as a solution to a problem, a game is made for a different reality (A world of it's own).
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Is Game development worth it in Sri Lanka? - Definitely! The Trend for game development will always increase with the trend for games. Even in countries like Sri lanka, game development will always be a step forward!
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Now that's out of our way, Let's start with where you can get the basics of Unreal Engine.
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Below is a set of content you can use to learn Unreal Engine 4 :
Unreal Engine Documentation -
UE4's greatest help source is their documentation freely written out by the developers themselves.
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You can read through them to get an understanding on :
- How Specific Nodes Work
- How UE4 defines on parameters (i.e that graphic levels used)
- Methods on how to achieve a goal
- Design Issues
- Coding Language (Blueprint Scripting)
- Learning Export Settings (Specially other platforms, like, Android)
- And Much more updated content!
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I recommend you to go through the documents whenever you get stuck at a how a node works and in your daily design or coding.
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UE4 Docs are the easiest to learn newly too as it helps on getting started around the engine!
Official Unreal Engine Youtube Tutorials -
LINK : https://www.youtube.com/user/UnrealDevelopmentKit/playlists
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You can use the youtube tutorials as they are really easy how to understand and follow along. The only small drawbacks is that due to the newer updates, some nodes/techniques may differ effecting its work.
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UE4 Youtube Tutorials have many sections as follows :
- Introduction to UE4
- Introduction to Blueprints
- Introduction to Cinematics
- Introduction to 3rdPerson GamePlay
- Blueprint Multiplayer Game
- C++ Battery Collector Game
- Introduction to Cascade
- Introduction to Level Creation
- Introduction to Materials
- Introduction to Physics
- Paper2D Game
- UMG UI Inventory
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Personally following that, I do recommend you do those courses as they are really good to get your hands dirty into coding!!
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Let me hook up some links of how I used from what I currently learned from those above courses
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That plus counting!
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You can really learn alot using these!
Other Youtube and Google Sources -
There are so much of other video series on Youtube and Google that will definitely help you get your hands on something cool! As for starts, let me recommend you two channels that I follow for contents!
- For Unreal Engine Work and Game Development - Virtus Learning Hub
- For C++ and Game Engine Development - TheCherno
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These two above are really good at what they do and I totally recommend to check them out. You can always follow them on social media apps to connect with them more!
As Always Thank you for Reading this post and Hope you guys learn atleast something new!
Thank you again and Hope to see you all on future posts,
Cheers!
Last Updated Date - 10-Jan-2019
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Thanks bro. keep it up. we can make a game in feature ..
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This is one of the most interested topics i wanted to learn. And thanks for sharing this.
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thanks bro... :hearts:
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@root haha you're welcome!
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@lahirunc You're welcome! Hope you learn Game dev! Cheers!
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@dev_lak You're welcome!
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Lankadevelopers can contribute to develop a game in future. we can do it bro.
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@ciaompe exactly brother....
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@ciaompe Ade yes! We can definitely. Make sure to take me if ya'll are gonna someday ;)
