The Player Character

Almost all of the functionality that we want for our Character is given to us by default when using the Side Scroller game project template in Unreal Engine 4.

Note

At the time of writing, we are using Unreal Engine version 4.24.2; using another version of the engine could result in some differences in the editor, the tools, and how your logic will work later on, so please keep this in mind.

For now, let's begin creating our project in the following exercise.

Exercise 10.01: Creating the Side-Scroller Project and Using the Character Movement Component

In this exercise, you will be setting up Unreal Engine 4 with the Side Scroller template. This exercise will help you get started with our game.

The following steps will help you complete the exercise:

1. First, open the Epic Games Launcher, navigate to the Unreal Engine tab at the bottom of the options on the left-hand side, and select the Library option at the top.
2. Next, you will...