Unreal Engine 5: 2.5D Platformer

Create a new platformer level and configure BP_Wukong with the Wukong skeletal mesh, rotated 90 degrees. Set world settings and game mode, and assign BP Wukong as the default pawn.

Set up input actions and an input mapping context emcee_Wukong for Wukong, organize inputs and actions, and map IA_move, IA_jump, and IA_attack to A, D, spacebar, and left mouse button.

Configure Wukong's Unreal Engine 5 2.5D platformer controls by setting up the character blueprint, input actions, and mapping context for movement, jumping and attacking.

Customize the camera for the VPI Wukong character in a 2.5 platformer by using a spring arm to place a fixed camera on the right and prevent rotation with Wukong.

Customize the camera in BP Wukong by unchecking use one control rotation on the camera boom and enabling spawn control rotation, then select default player start for a smooth platformer.

Learn to create and customize widget blueprints in Unreal Engine 5, building user interfaces like menus and heads-up displays with buttons, blur effects, and layouts using anchors and canvas.

Open the level blueprint, create the widget from the Wbhp sample, and add it to the viewport on begin play; wire the play button to remove it.

Create a health HUD for Wukong in Unreal Engine 5 using a widget blueprint with a progress bar and text showing current and max health, updating on damage.

Create a one-way platform in Unreal Engine 5 by building a platform actor with one-way collision and using a line trace from the character to detect it.

Complete the one way platform functionality by dynamically adjusting collision so the player can jump through from below and stand on top, with camera tweaks for playtesting.

Create a blueprint moving platform in Unreal Engine 5 with the interpret movement component and two control points for ping-pong movement, exposing a move to pos vector in construction script.

Create a falling platform in Unreal Engine 5 using a blueprint actor, cube mesh, and box collision; detect the player, wait two seconds, then enable physics to drop the platform.

Create a pickable item blueprint that becomes interactable and disappears when the player overlaps, setting up the groundwork for a full pickup system in the next video.

Set up the DP player controller to track picked item count and update the HUD as items are collected in Unreal Engine 5 2.5D platformer.

Learn to display a three-circle HUD for items in Unreal Engine 5 2.5D platformer by updating circle opacity with a HUD function called from the player controller.

Implement an evolve function that toggles the Wukong skeletal and static meshes, wires the VPI player controller, and evolves Wukong when pickable item count reaches three in the platformer level.

Fix Wukong's evolved attack by switching between the normal and evolved attack montages based on the is visible state, enabling left-click attacks after evolution.

Create a simple enemy blueprint in Unreal Engine 5 for a 2.5d platformer using the Paragon Boris asset with an idle animation, then rotate, compile, and place in the level.

Add a floating health bar for Boris by creating a user widget with a red progress bar, attaching it to Boris, and rotating it to face the camera each tick.

Add a health component for Boris, update his health bar, and trigger damage with an animation notify during Wukong's attack using a sphere trace, guiding damage via a blueprint interface.

Implement a blueprint damage system by creating a BP_damage interface with a take damage function, apply 25 damage to Boris, clamp health to zero, and print Boris is now dead.

Create a Boris patrol using an AI controller to move Boris autonomously in the level, then update animation to switch between idle and walking and implement forward vector movement logic.

Improve Boris's patrol in Unreal Engine 5 2.5D platformer by adding an obstacle detector with a box collision and end-of-platform checks to rotate the character 180 degrees.

Enable simulate physics and collision for Boris, detach the AI controller, play the death animation, destroy after three seconds, and constrain Boris and Wukong to the xz plane.

Cause Wukong to take 25 damage on Boris overlap, enable overlap collision, update the health HUD, add two-second damage delay, and plan a death sequence with respawn.

Set up a persistent respawn system for Wukong by overriding the game mode, binding to the on destroyed event, and spawning a new BP_Wukong_character that the player controller possesses.

Create a checkpoint in Unreal Engine 5 2.5D platformer to respawn Wukong at the checkpoint when he dies, using a translucent glowing sphere and activated/inactive material instances.

Implement checkpoint respawn in Unreal Engine 5 by using a checkpoint blueprint to set the spawn transform, cast the game mode to game_Wukong, adjust Wukong and Boris, update activation material.

Transform a basic scene into a 2.5d platformer level in Unreal Engine 5 by building platforms with blueprints, adding enemies, moving platforms, checkpoints, and collectibles, then playtest to refine progression.

Create an invisible kill box with a blueprint actor and a box collision that damages Wukong to 100 on overlap, enabling death and respawn at checkpoints in Unreal Engine 5.

Implement an end-of-level platform in Unreal Engine 5 for a 2.5D platformer. When Wukong overlaps the cylinder, disable input and play a sleepy animation to end the level.

Transition to the next level in Unreal Engine 5's 2.5D platformer by triggering level two from the end platform, using object reference or name, with a deliberate delay.