Unreal Engine 5 Blueprints: First Person Shooter (FPS)

Name: Unreal Engine 5 Blueprints: First Person Shooter (FPS)
Rating: 4.1 (6 reviews)

Learn how to make an FPS shooter in Blueprints, with smart Enemy AI and more!

Created byViktor Sarafraz

Last updated 4/2025

English

What you'll learn

You will learn a lot about Blueprints, as this entire course is based on that
Setup a first person shooter character with a rifle
You will learn about advanced programming concepts, such as interfaces and how it can be used in your project
With behavior trees, we will create enemeis that can patrol, attack and investigate. Enemies will also have senses such as sight and damage
You will learn to create widgets for the player HUD
You will learn how to implement weapon mechanics in your game such as reloading and shooting
Learn about animation montages and how to setup an animation graph for your enemy character
You will learn how to retarget animations, so you can use them on other skeletons or characters
Learn how you can add sockets to character mesh and how it can be used to position weapons and items
We will create a basic item system so we can pickup items such as ammo and health
Learn how you can use the FABRIK (Inverse Kinematics) node to further improve your animations

Course content

6 sections • 44 lectures • 11h 14m total length

Introduction1:53
Project Setup6:01
Set up a blueprint fps project in Unreal Engine 5.4.4 using the first person template and starter content. Organize content folder with folders such as actors, eye, animations, and ui.
Project Assets10:59
Download and import free assets from the Epic Games marketplace, add them to your Unreal FPS project, and organize folders for animation starter pack, pH weapon bundle, and paragon graphics.

FPS Character - Setting up the Character - Part 113:58
FPS Character - Character Animation Blueprint Setup - Part 219:32
FPS Character - FABRIK - Part 319:57
FPS Character - Input Actions & Nodes - Part 412:42
FPS Character - HUD Widget - Part 520:13
Register input actions in the mapping context, wiring fire and reload to left mouse button and the R key, then build a hud with a crosshair and ammo/health indicators.
FPS Character - Controller - Part 618:37
FPS Character - Blueprint Interfaces - Part 721:08
FPS Character - Enemy Health Component - Part 827:23
Create a reusable health component with an enemy health bar widget, update and clamp health, set percent on enemy and player huds, and trigger health depleted events via interfaces.
FPS Character - Adding Health Component - Part 915:40
FPS Character - Reload Animation Montage - Part 1014:40
FPS Character - Fire Weapon - Part 1125:30
Implement the fire weapon flow by wiring the input to play the rifle shoot montage, perform a line trace within a 10,000 attack range, and apply damage to hit actors.
FPS Character - Correcting An Error - Part 1216:57
Test Your Knowledege

Enemy AI - Grux - Part 116:29
Enemy AI - Behavior Tree & AI Controller - Part 215:43
AI Enemy - Damage & Sight Sense - Part 314:18
AI Enemy - Implementing Sight Sense - Part 422:14
AI Enemy - Implementing Damage Sense - Part 510:28
Implement the handle damage function in the Grax AI controller. Validate the damage sense, detect the player as the target, and store it on the blackboard to drive pursuit.
AI Enemy - Patrol Point - Part 613:09
AI Enemy - Introduction Behavior Trees - Part 718:03
Learn how Unreal Engine 5 blueprints use behavior trees to drive AI enemies, starting with selector and sequence nodes, move to target, decorators, and blackboard keys for the patrol sequence.
AI Enemy - Patrol Sequence - Part 825:03
AI Enemy - Testing the Patrol Sequence - Part 912:47
AI Enemy - Enemy Animations - Part 1015:13
AI Enemy - Enemy Animations Continued - Part 1110:30
AI Enemy - Attack Montage - Part 1220:54
AI Enemy - Investigate State - Part 1314:40
AI Enemy - Testing the Investigate State - Part 1413:29
AI Enemy - The Attack State - Part 1522:57
Explore implementing the AI attack state in Unreal Engine 5 blueprints, creating a priority attack sequence with range checks, facing the target, and a custom move-to-target task.
AI Enemy - The Attack State Continued - Part 167:28
AI Enemy - The Attack State Continued - Part 1715:21
AI Enemy - Fixing The SightForgotten Logic - Part 1811:34
AI Enemy - Testing The Attack State - Part 1910:56
AI Enemy - Grux Damages The Player - Part 2011:31
AI Enemy - Player Damages Grux - Part 2113:11
Enable rocks to take damage via point damage and fix jitter with desired control rotation. Briefly show health bar on hit and add a hit reaction montage with rifle sound.
AI Enemy - Grux Death Animation - Part 2218:45
Test your knowledege on Behavior Trees and AI

Items - BaseItem - Part 116:20
Develop a base item class in unreal engine blueprints to support ammo and health, test handle damage sensing, and implement an ammo pickup widget with a collision sphere.
Items - The AR Mag Logic - Part 220:59
Implement the AR mag pickup logic, display an ammo widget during player overlap, update the HUD, play a pickup sound, and destroy the ammo actor.
Items - Picking Up Health - Part 319:23
Fixes a widget placement issue and demonstrates creating a health pickup using Niagara particles, with overlap detection, health update, and pickup sound in a first person shooter blueprint.
Test your knowledge

Requirements

Basic understanding of Unreal Engine and the interface is enough

Description

This is the ultimate Unreal Engine 5 FPS Shooter Game perfect for beginners that are looking to expand their skills in Unreal Engine 5. If you're interested in learning more about Unreal Engine 5 and how to create a First Person Shooter, then this course is for you. The course will also be a nice addition to your portfolio as we are going to create a small scene with different enemies to defeat.

We will start with setting up the project and after that we will add assets we need to use. We will then create the animation blueprint to implement animation logic. Once the rifle and player animations are added we will also create input actions for your game.

Later in the project, we will add animation montages, shooting and reloading mechanics, smart enemy AI with behavior trees that has senses such as Sight and Damage sense. We will also create multiple enemy types with different strengths and animate them as well.

You will also learn about animation notify states and how you can add sound and hit reactions to your animations.

We will also create a health component that can be added to any "Actor". You will also learn how to create a patrol point system for the enemy character in order to make them patrol alongside a set of patrol points.

In addition to all above, we will also setup the player HUD using widgets and then we will also create a base item class so we can easily create new items that the player can pickup, such as health and ammo.

Please note that, the entire project is available for download in lecture 3 "Project Assets".

Who this course is for:

Beginner Unreal Developers interested in learning more

Unreal Engine 5 Blueprints: First Person Shooter (FPS)

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Course content

Introduction and Project Setup3 lectures • 19min

Setup the FPS Character12 lectures • 3hr 46min

Smart Enemy AI22 lectures • 5hr 35min

Items & Pickups3 lectures • 57min

Level Design3 lectures • 35min

Summary1 lecture • 2min

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