2.5D Game Dev Beginner Friendly Course

Name: 2.5D Game Dev Beginner Friendly Course
Rating: 4.4 (50 reviews)

Skills To Make A 2.5D Game In Unreal Engine

Created byHyper Dev

Last updated 4/2026

English

What you'll learn

Use Unreal Engine 5 and all its 2D and 3D base features for creating games.
Create A Fully Packaged Game
Use Sprite Art and Sound for game design
Beat procrastination and finish your game development projects by using the power of Planning and Scoping.

Course content

41 sections • 248 lectures • 44h 27m total length

Version 2.0 Update Overview5:40

Get Unreal Engine And Start The Project As A Blueprints Project2:43
Setting Up The Developer Level5:12
Navigate Unreal Engine’s editor, create a basic level, save it as 000 - developer level in the levels folder, and set it to start with Paper Z for 2D sprites.
Installing Paper ZD and Change Unreal's Starting Level4:32
Adding A Player Character Blueprint to the world8:23
Importing Art into Unreal Engine for the player character4:43
How to manage sprites and flipbooks9:57
How to plan out your game using DCAA principles5:08

In depth explanation of how to add controller inputs.18:03
Left and Right movement with Keyboard and Controller8:15
Implement left and right movement with a single axis input for keyboard and controller, mapping d-pad, a/d, and thumbstick x axis, and apply a negative x scalar to move left.
Add constraint, fix stick drift and set player position2:36
Position the player at world origin on the x and y axes, apply a deadzone to remove stick drift, and lock the y position for 2D movement along x axis.
Setting Up PaperZD for animation management10:38
Play Idle Animation through PaperZD5:29
Play The Run Animation through PaperZD6:35
Changing sprite direction based off movement direction4:51
Adding The Audio Files For The Footstep sounds and how to make your own audio9:18
Adding Spatial Running Sound When The Sprite Foot Lands10:38
Using Comments to organize blueprints nodes0:18
Control Setup and Code For Adding A Jump5:11
Adding A Jump-Start animation4:36
Learn to create a jump-start animation by organizing jump sprites into a flipbook, naming the animation jump start, and wiring it into the animation blueprint alongside idle and run states.
Jump Animation Transitions logic7:02
Adding a Jump Landing Sound4:51
Learn to add a jump landing sound in Unreal Engine 5.5 by duplicating footsteps setup in the hero blueprint, wiring event on landed to play jump sound, and test.
Creating Platforms For your platformer4:38
How to Customize Player Movement and the player jump6:55

Adding Platformer 3D Assets From Quixel4:50
Organize assets in environment and village folders, create a simple actor blueprint platform village, import Quixel Megascans Japanese stone bridge in low quality with base mesh collision; test jumps.
Adding a Simple 3D Environment to your 2.5D Platformer Part 11:29
Addins a Smple 3D Environment to your 2.5D Platformer Part 24:24
Watch Me Do Some Basic Level Design21:51
Knowledge Check Before Moving Forward4:17
Share Feedback On Course And Learning Quality1:19

Resetting the developer Level to clear3:28
Duplicate and isolate the developer level from the main level, prune assets, and reset positions to prep for testing enemy AI.
Creating A Simple Health System Part 0 - How to create a Widget2:28
Creating A Simple Health System Part 13:04
Create a simple health system by adding an integer player health, building a health bar widget, and adding it to the viewport to visualize damage and lower health.
Creating A Simple Health System Part 210:09
Adding an Object that reduces the players health. AKA. Does Damage.13:18
Checking if the player is Alive or Dead after they take damage3:57
Creating A Death Screen User Interface15:59
Adding the death screen on death5:12

Adding Functionality to the death screen5:59
Wire the death screen to make exit and restart work with onClick events, open the current level by name, and set the input mode to game only.
Adding A Player MeleeAttack event3:56
Creating A Combat Dummy Part 120:26
Making A Player Attack Part 114:45
Making A Player Attack Part 2 - Code Changes11:00
Player Sword Attack Animation Part 17:22
Player Sword Attack Animation Part 25:29
Air Sword Attack Animation5:44
Using Custom Animation Notifies For the Sword Hitbox8:35
Adding More Attack Animations For The Combo System13:36
Getting Started With Input Buffering9:44
Setting Up The Grounded 3 Hit Combo with Hard Input Lockout12:37
Set up a grounded 3-hit sword combo in Unreal Engine 5.5 with three attack states. Establish a one-second input window to control idle transitions and attacks one-to-three.
A brief Overview Before Greater Integration for the Combo System3:28
Adding A Combo Link to the first Sword Attack15:14
Adding A Combo Link to the Second Sword Attack8:59
Polish and Finalize Links For Grounded 3 Hit Combo19:55
Setup For Air Sword Attack Combo - Checking if the player is grounded8:36
Setting Up Animation Blueprints For Air Combo8:20
Setting Up Air Combo Logic9:39
Polishing The Structure of the Air Combo Logic18:25

Enemy AI - Detecting When The Player is in range8:50
Moving towards the player when the player is in detection range7:04
Set up a nav mesh bounds to define walkable areas and drive a melee enemy toward the player using simple move to location via the AI controller within detection range.
Adjusting AI Movement Towards The player11:59
Explaining Component Timing and Tick Rate in Video Games6:04
Master component timing and tick rate in Unreal Engine 5.5 by tuning delta seconds, tick intervals, and pawn sensing to control melee enemy behavior, distance checks, and attack decisions.
Adding Art To The Melee Enemy6:48
Adding A Walking Animation through Paper ZD9:14
Adding the Attack Animation Sprites By Extracting Sprites4:50
Melee Enemy AI Overview and Code Comments7:59
Adding damage hitbox for Melee Enemy attack11:32
Linking Attack Animation with Code For Melee Enemy13:59
Link the axe swing attack to code by toggling is attacking and axe swing attack, playing the animation, spawning the hitbox, and using an animation notify in Unreal Engine 5.5.
Adding Attack State Reset Function10:01
Stop player from running through AI Enemy1:53
Nerfing the melee enemy ai3:34
Nerf the melee enemy by reducing its sight radius to 600 and its walk speed to 450, giving players time to react and stun the foe after attacking.
Death Animation for AI and some HitStun Theory Crafting6:04
Making AI Health Bar Visible And Some Adjustments before moving forward3:59
Melee Enemy Hitstun and Death all in one11:29

Setting Up The Sprites For The Ranged Enemy2:59
Ranged Enemy Basic Idle Animation6:22
Create a basic idle animation for a ranged enemy in Unreal Engine 5.5 using a paper flipbook, extract sprites, and tune scale and offset to avoid flicker.
Spawn in a Projectile that goes to the player location on launch13:27
Animation Blueprint Setup for the ranged enemy12:23
Linking Throw Animation with Projectile Spawn7:12
Adjusting Sprite Direction to player Direction4:42
Adding A Fireball Sprite To The enemy Projectile3:09
Changing Direction Of The Magic Ball sprite9:03
Setting Up Hit And Death Animation Combo6:37
Ranged Enemy Enters Hitstun on Taking Any Damage10:05
Adding Attack Delay After Ranged Enemy Takes A Hit11:41
How to prevent enemies from getting stuck on each other1:47

Requirements

A good grasp of the English Language as a first or second language.

Description

Updated up to UE5.74.

Made for absolute beginners getting into Game Development Unreal Engine. Learn how to create a 2.5D platformer in Unreal Engine.

Platformers are one of the best ways to get into game design. Learn how to get a platformer up and running in a fully playable state. You will go from a blank project through all the steps a good game developer takes to make a fully playable game.

The pacing is set just right so you never get confused or go into a topic without the right amount of knowledge.

Through the course you aren’t just going to make a copy paste of what I make. Instead, I’m going to teach you how to think like a game designer so you will be able to create the games that you want to.

My hope for you is that after this course you will go out and finish the game idea that you have had on your mind and launch it. As an avid gamer myself, I can’t wait to go on the journey you will create.

For anyone coming from UNITY ENGINE, this is the right course for you. It teaches everything you need to get up to speed using blueprints to create the games you want to make. Built by a company run by Game Developers.

Good luck.

Who this course is for:

Unity Developers shifting to Unreal Engine
Beginners looking to learn how to use Unreal Engine
Tutorial Hoppers who are looking for a more rounded course about game development where you make a small but satisfying game.

2.5D Game Dev Beginner Friendly Course

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Course content

Course Overview1 lecture • 6min

V 2.0 - Setup and Planning Phase7 lectures • 41min

V 2.0 - Creating A Fun And Well Rounded Player Character16 lectures • 1hr 50min

Adding in 3D Environment Elements6 lectures • 38min

V 2.0 - Creating A Simple Health System8 lectures • 58min

V 2.0 - Creating A Combo System20 lectures • 3hr 32min

V 2.0 - Melee Enemy Design16 lectures • 2hr 5min

V 2.0 - Ranged Enemy Design12 lectures • 1hr 29min

V 2.0 - Adding Your Game Components To A Level3 lectures • 18min

V 2.0 - Final Practise And Game Development Recommendations1 lecture • 4min

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