UE5 Sci-Fi VFX Series - Part 1 - Respawn & Ammo Pickup VFX
What you'll learn
- Create Real-Time VFX in UE5 using current video game studio production pipeline practices
- Understand FX asset creation using Blender, Houdini, Substance Designer and EmberGen
- Become proficient in Unreal materials using industry techniques for FX creation
- Create Blueprint logic and Niagara Systems for executing FX in gameplay
Requirements
- Basic knowledge of Unreal
- Beginner level experience with modeling, creating textures and simulations.
Description
This is part 1 In a 3 part series where you will learn how to take an effect from a concept to ready for gameplay implementation. You will learn my production pipeline that has been used in many of my FX throughout AA and AAA game production.
You will learn how to create assets in industry software packages and prepare them properly to be imported into Unreal with optimization and performance in mind. Then you will learn different techniques to build simple to complex materials for FX that will give you great amounts of control for satisfying gameplay and art direction. These materials will also communicate with Niagara and Blueprints through the use of carefully planned parameters and bindings.
This course will also show you how to prototype Blueprint logic that will enable you to connect your effects to your character, props and weapons in order to run them in a gameplay ready gym for proper testing of functionality, timing, gameplay communication and visualization that satisfies art direction.
You will receive a project file with game ready assets to use along with this course. You will also be given score and sound design elements, courtesy of the talented Brian Michael Fuller, to hook up to your effects for a complete and well rounded prototype. The assets you will have at your disposal will simulate what it is like to work with other disciplines in a production.
This is a feature rich course and by the end of the series you should have a more advanced knowledge of how to pull off AAA quality FX for Game Production.
Who this course is for:
- Advanced beginners to intermediate
- Those looking to get a job in the game industry as a VFX Artist
- VFX Artists looking to develop their skills further in Unreal
- VFX Artists looking to switch to Unreal and understand pipelines for game production
Instructor
- 4.9 Instructor Rating
- 43 Reviews
- 296 Students
- 3 Courses
Hey, I am a VFX Artist in the Video Game Industry with a background in crafting cinematic and gameplay FX for AA and AAA game productions inside Unreal 4 and 5.
Throughout those productions I have created cinematic, UI and gameplay effects that span many styles, techniques, pipelines and workflows.
While I am very passionate about crafting high-end visual effects for games, I am equally passionate about helping artists learn and grow in their craft so they can reach their potential and accomplish their dreams.
My learning journey started right here on Udemy with many courses purchased over the years. Some even helped me pass my first art test that eventually led to my entrance into the game industry.
I am very thankful for those instructors who were willing to share their knowledge so that I could have a way forward in my career. I hope my courses will find a way into your learning catalogue as well. I am excited to share valuable VFX knowledge that I know will help propel you forward in your career as a VFX artist and prepare you for high-end video game production.
Feel free to reach out if you need help along the way. Until then, let's get crafting!