Summary

In this chapter, we have discussed what Unreal Engine 5 is and how to get it set up with a useful development environment. We also defined some of the key terms and tools we will be using in later chapters and shared a best practice strategy for building mechanics.

Lastly, we showed the process of translating from other practices to our new best practice.

This forms the foundation for designing well-structured systems. At this point, you should be able to at least plan mechanics for your game and implement something that utilizes both C++ and Blueprint.

In the next chapter, we will cover the process of optimizing a bad project by implementing some of the patterns we will see later in the book. This should give you an understanding of why design patterns are useful before we jump into a deep dive of each one.

Let’s end the chapter by answering a few questions to test our knowledge and cement some of these practices covered in the chapter.