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Exploring the Blueprint Editor

Welcome to the amazing world of game development with Unreal Engine 4. In this book, we will learn about how to develop games in Unreal Engine using the Blueprints Visual Scripting language, which was created by Epic Games for Unreal Engine 4.

The first step that is needed before we can learn about Blueprints is to prepare our development environment. Unreal Engine is free to download. We will learn about how to install Unreal Engine 4 and create a new project. After that, we will learn about some of the basic concepts of Blueprints and explore each panel of the Blueprint Editor.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

Installing Unreal Engine
New projects and templates
Blueprints Visual Scripting
The Blueprint Editor interface
Adding Components to a Blueprint

Key benefits

Design a fully functional game in UE4 without writing a single line of code

Implement visual scripting to develop gameplay mechanics, UI, visual effects, VR and artificial intelligence

Deploy your game on multiple platforms and share it with the world

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Blueprints is the visual scripting system in Unreal Engine that enables programmers to create baseline systems and can be extended by designers. This book helps you explore all the features of the Blueprint Editor and guides you through using Variables, Macros, and Functions. You’ll also learn about object-oriented programming (OOP) and discover the Gameplay Framework. In addition to this, you’ll learn how Blueprint Communication allows one Blueprint to access information from another Blueprint. Later chapters will focus on building a fully functional game using a step-by-step approach. You’ll start with a basic first-person shooter (FPS) template, and each chapter will build on the prototype to create an increasingly complex and robust game experience. You’ll then progress from creating basic shooting mechanics to more complex systems, such as user interface elements and intelligent enemy behavior. The skills you will develop using Blueprints can also be employed in other gaming genres. In the concluding chapters, the book demonstrates how to use arrays, maps, enums, and vector operations. Finally, you’ll learn how to build a basic VR game. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to build a fully functional game and will have the skills required to develop an entertaining experience for your audience.

What you will learn

Understand programming concepts in Blueprints

Create prototypes and iterate new game mechanics rapidly

Build user interface elements and interactive menus

Use advanced Blueprint nodes to manage the complexity of a game

Explore all the features of the Blueprint editor, such as the Components tab, Viewport, and Event Graph

Get to grips with object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts and explore the Gameplay Framework

Learn Virtual Reality development with UE Blueprint

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esteban clua Sep 25, 2019

This is an excellent literature work related to Bluprint for Unreal! It is very comprehensible for beginners and game developers that don't have strong programming skills. However, it is also a very good reference for those that have programming abilities and have some experience with Unreal, since it goes deep into many topics. The book is full of practices and examples, making possible to experiment very fast all the learned concepts. Totally recommend!

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jimmy Jul 13, 2021

Great learning tool for beginners I would highly recommend.

Grant A. Sep 03, 2021

Use this with youtube and a good mentor or two and you will begin to solidify a lot of concepts that might get lost for beginners

Kevin Banks Oct 24, 2020

This book covers pretty much everything you need to get started In Unreal Engine for game development. I would pair this with a few courses on Udemy to seal the knowledge.

Michael Becker Sep 16, 2019

If you've been looking to get into Unreal Engine 4, you'll be hard pressed to find a better introduction. This book is a comprehensive guide to achieving UE4 and Blueprint competency and mastery - a thorough guide to the ins and outs of most aspects of the engine with a huge focus on Blueprints, the design system that makes it tick.What I particularly appreciate about this book is its thoroughness. If you don't have a background in Object Oriented Programming, for example, this book offers enough context to get your mind thinking in the right way before explaining how it all ties together in Blueprints. It's got thorough, easily-followed exercises to get you actually trying things out and making things to make the information make sense and be retained. It covers all the usual suspects you need for typical game dev: actors, pawns, UI, interaction and movement, logic, audio etc. etc. and dives to extended area like particles and materials, XR, AI and state management.Finally it goes farther into advanced blueprints knowledge, covering data structures, flow control, and math concepts in much greater depth than any resource I've ever seen. It's also full of shortcuts, tips and tricks to make your iteration workflow much quicker and easier.I'm not a newcomer to game dev by any means but, my background being mostly in Unity (as I imagine is the case for many), I've always found UE4 to be more imposing and to "think" differently in many subtle ways. Romero's blog has always been my go-to to better understand certain aspects of blueprints and the engine, but this guide is even better organized and more streamlined. If I were starting out with Unreal today I'd be using this book exclusively, and even in my current knowledge level (not an expert by any means) I find it incredibly helpful.If you're considering how to best start your UE4 game dev journey - or want to use the engine for other purposes like previz, arch viz, education or anything else - you'd be hard-pressed to find a better entry point. You can check out Romero's blog if you want to get a taste for the style and substance but I find this book beyond worthwhile regardless of existing info out there. I highly recommend this to anyone looking to get into UE4.

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Installing Unreal Engine

Creating new projects and using templates

Blueprints Visual Scripting

Opening the Level Blueprint Editor

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Adding Components to a Blueprint

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