Make 2D Games In Unreal Engine!

Launch Unreal Engine and create a new blank project from the games template. Set the project to blueprints only with scalable quality and desktop target, named top down course.

Learn why you should have Visual Studio 2022 when opening Unreal Engine, and how to manage the Visual Studio window during setup to ensure a smooth start.

Organize your Unreal Engine project by creating a levels folder in the content browser, keeping assets in the content folder, and setting the editor startup map to the testing area.

Enable and install the Paper 2D plugin in Unreal Engine to control all animations. Search the marketplace, install to engine, enable Paper 2D, and restart the editor.

Create a core blueprint setup: add blueprints folder, make a game mode base called gm action, create pc player controller, and set gm action as the default game mode.

Create a child player base, set up an input mapping context with a move action, map W A S D for 2D top-down movement, and apply swizzle and negate modifiers.

Learn to create and wire character animations in Unreal Engine using blueprints, including a base and child BP rogue, a state machine with idle and walk states, and directionality tuning.

Learn y sorting for top-down games in Unreal Engine by setting up translucent lit sprites to control front-back rendering, including sort along axis and lighting adjustments.

Create a new blackboard named PB enemy base, attach an AI controller that runs the enemy base behavior tree on begin play, and enable auto possess for spawned enemies.

Set up IA attack input, trigger light attack animations, manage hitbox collision, and begin a damage system using a damage component with health set to 100, testing overlaps with prints.

Create a health bar widget in Unreal using content blueprints, bind its progress bar to a health float, clamp values, and implement damage handling to reduce health and damage enemies.

Configure an AI controller with a blackboard key target to attack and a behavior tree to move to and attack the player base in a 2D Unreal Engine game.

Enable the slime to damage the player by executing an attack sequence, animating the attack, handling a hitbox, and applying damage through the behavior tree.

Create a blueprint-based enemy spawner in Unreal Engine to spawn slime enemies at random reachable points within a radius, controlled by an enemy spawn amount variable and game mode integration.

Create a hud widget in Unreal Engine, bind it to the game mode to display enemies left per level, and add it to the viewport for a persistent top-left banner.

Unreal Engine spawner uses enemies-per-level from the game mode with a two-second delay and loops until the max spawn amount; implement stun and can-attack gating.

Demonstrate visual effects, hit reactions, and a polished slime death sequence in Unreal Engine. Implement knockback, health bar handling, and animation blueprint tweaks for clean enemy removal.

Debug and polish the spawner in Unreal Engine, using breakpoints to verify enemies left per level, then create a portal that activates on level clearance to open new levels.

Learn to create and link multiple levels in Unreal Engine using 2D tile maps, tile sets, and spawners; implement portals, lighting, nav mesh, and a game loop-driven progression.

Construct a main menu using a widget blueprint with canvas, blur, and buttons, then package, test, and fine-tune input modes and maps for a complete build.