What you'll learn:
- How to download, install, and setup a project in the Unreal Engine
- How to use the Side Scroller Project Template in the Unreal Engine to create a "Metroidvania" style game!
- How to implement a Paragon Character (from Unreal Engine's stock of FREE assets) as a Playable Character
- How to add acquirable Movement, White Magic, and Black Magic Skills to a Player Character
- How to add Health and Mana Systems to a project
- How to create supporting HUD and Interactive Menus using Unreal Engine's Widget Blueprints
- How to Script Interactive Gameplay elements utilizing Unreal Engine's Blueprint Scripting tools
- How to hook up Player Character Animations
In this game designcourse,I'll be guidingyou step-by-step through the construction of a custom made CHARACTERSKILLSYSTEM using the Unreal Engine:THEpremierfree to download gaming engine! (AND the SAME engine used to build "Fortnite.")
Thiscourse contains over 145+fun to followvideo lessons. Topics covered include:
How to create a 3D Sidescroller Project using the Unreal Engine
How to add (free!) asset packs from the Marketplace (Countess from the game "Paragon"by Epic Games)
How to import outside art and audio assets into Unreal
How to create interactive and animated Menus and HUD utilizing Widget Blueprints
How tocreate interactive objects using Blueprint Scripting (NOCODINGKNOWLEDGE REQUIRED!)
How to master basic concepts when Blueprint Scripting such as:
Creating Variables of various types
Creation Functions
Utilizing Events, Flow Control, and Timeline Nodes
Organizing and arranging Blueprints and Scripts
How to create 6 different Player Skills using Blueprint Scripting:
Double Jump
Back Dash
Fireball (direct attack)
Electro Shock (AOE attack)
Lens of Truth (reveals secret passageways and platforms)
Transform into Mist (allows you to pass through gates)
How to make offensive skills (like "Fireball")damage an enemy
How to retarget Skeletal Meshes and Animations
How to create and edit an Animation State Machine
And more!
With the knowledge gained in these video lessons, you will be armed with the necessaryskills tostartbuilding your OWN character skill system (WITHOUT any programming knowledge needed)!
