Introduction to Unreal Engine 5.5 for Absolute Beginners

Name: Introduction to Unreal Engine 5.5 for Absolute Beginners
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Learn step by step how to create a simple project in Unreal Engine 5

Created byMao Mao

Last updated 12/2024

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What you'll learn

Learn the the most basic operations you will use in Unreal Engine 5
Create a simple game mechanic using Blueprints
Learn how to model and create level prototypes
Learn how to use instances to create games and worlds faster

Course content

2 sections • 25 lectures • 2h 26m total length

Introduction to Unreal Engine 5.51:19
Build your first Unreal Engine 5.5 project, learn navigation, basic modeling, and blueprints to create a simple game with walking, jumping, movable platforms, and an automatic door.
Creating our Project2:25
Open the Epic Games launcher, set Unreal Engine 5.5.1 as current in the library, create a blank blueprint project named my first project, and launch the project editor.
Navigate with the Camera3:40
Navigate the Unreal editor's viewport with camera controls: right-click to look around, w, a, s, d to move, q/e to rise or descend, and the scroll wheel to adjust speed.
How to move objects5:38
Place and transform actors in Unreal Engine 5.5 by dragging a cube, switching between world and object space, and using the gizmo and hotkeys to move, rotate, and scale.
The Details Panel3:57
Explore the details panel to view and edit actor location, rotation, and scale. Change values, use math on transforms, switch components and materials, enable movable physics, and preview in viewport.
Viewport Modes6:10
Explore viewport modes in Unreal Engine 5.5, including lit, unlit, wireframe, detail lining, and reflections, plus buffer visualization and multiple viewports to optimize your workflow.
How to Play the Game2:34
Learn to test in Unreal Engine 5.5 with the play button, from the default player controller, start locations, simulate physics, and possess the player using shortcuts like F1 and F8.

Creating a new level4:08
Create a new empty level in Unreal Engine 5.5, add sky atmosphere, directional light, and exponential height fog, then tune lighting with the environment light mixer.
The Content Browser5:18
Explore the content browser, its shortcuts, and how to add content packs. Set the game mode in world settings and understand rules such as deathmatch and capture the flag.
Prototyping with the CubeGrid5:38
Explore prototyping in Unreal Engine 5.5 by using cube grid and modeling tools to shape a ground, walls, and collisions, then paint and refine your level for quick playtests.
Modeling the house6:15
Learn to model a house in Unreal Engine 5.5 by creating a platform and walls, duplicating components, and carving a door with boolean operations, then test using play from here.
Static Meshes7:41
Explore how to create and fine-tune static meshes in Unreal Engine 5.5, add starter content props, adjust doors, set materials, enable Nanite, and configure collision for environments.
Adding Windows6:52
Learn to add windows to walls by crafting frames, refining geometry, and using booleans and instances to create scalable, reusable window holes across your model.
Adding Materials7:14
Master adding materials in Unreal Engine 5.5 by applying base color, roughness, and normal maps, then use UV projection and checkerboard checks to fit bricks or wood planks.
Types of Lights6:11
Explore Unreal Engine 5.5 lighting, covering directional light, point light, spotlight, rectangle light, and skylight, and learn how intensity, color, temperature, and inverse falloff shape shadows.
Creating our first Blueprint6:32
Learn how to add lighting in Unreal Engine 5.5 by creating a roof light blueprint, placing a lamp, adjusting color, radius, and intensity, and propagate changes across all instances.
Construction script4:15
Learn to control individual light intensities in Unreal Engine 5.5 with a construction script and blueprints by promoting an intensity variable to access in the editor.
Creating a Door that opens and closes8:38
Create a blueprint door in Unreal Engine 5.5 using trigger volumes, a timeline, and lerp to animate relative rotation for open and close.
Creating a moving platform8:29
Build a moving platform in Unreal Engine 5.5 using a blueprint actor, static mesh, and interp to movement with control points; expose position and duration for editor tuning.
Creating a simple Landscape6:33
Add a landscape in Unreal Engine 5.5, set 63x63 sections, and use sculpting tools including sculpt mode, erase mode, smooth mode, flatten mode, ramp, and erosion, with copy to gizmo.
Creating level Instances7:36
Use label instances to group and instantiate level elements, copy and place them to form a house layout, then edit meshes and uvs to refine the scene, including collision tweaks.
Working with modular assets13:03
Master working with modular assets in Unreal Engine 5.5 by importing Quixel Bridge assets and Megascans, then assemble, duplicate, rotate, and scale roofs using snapping tools and blueprints.
Working with non modular assets8:10
Add non-modular assets in Unreal Engine 5.5 using Nanite virtualized geometry for unlimited polygons; sculpt the landscape, adjust snapping and scale, duplicate rocks, and ensure collision for gameplay.
Using the Level Blueprint to Teleport the Player6:44
use the level blueprint to teleport the player when the trigger box overlaps, by getting the player's transform and applying a set world transform to relocate to the start.
Wrap up and project description1:09
Design a simple Unreal Engine level by building moving platforms, an opening door, and a lamp blueprint, then assemble a house using level instance blueprints to create multiple copies.

Requirements

No experience needed. You will learn everything you need to know.

Description

Unreal Engine 5 is the leading technology when it comes to real time applications such as games, movies, architectural visualizations, and much more.

The tool while easy to use is hard to master, and it can be intimidating at first to create your first project when you have no experience on 3D or programming.

This is what this course is about, to turn you into a complete stranger from knowing nothing about games and Unreal Engine to make you confident in your ability to create using this tool.

You will learn how to navigate in the Editor, getting familiar with the most common operations and moving on you will learn how to model inside Unreal Engine 5 to create quick prototypes of your levels. Later you will create a simple house by applying different principles like UVs, Materials and Level Instance Blueprints.

As you continue to create your world you will be adding more functionality by creating a Lamp that comes with some lights, a door that opens and closes automatically and movable platforms where you can control their direction and speed so that the player can jump to reach the objective.

By the end of this project you will feel confident in your ability to start tackling more complex projects in Unreal Engine 5 by applying the fundamentals of game development.

Who this course is for:

People with no Unreal Engine experience who want to learn how to use the tool but don't know where to start

Introduction to Unreal Engine 5.5 for Absolute Beginners

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Introduction7 lectures • 26min

Creating a simpe project18 lectures • 2hr

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