Book description
Build professional 3D games with Unreal Engine 4's Visual Scripting system
In Detail
Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal Engine is a step-by-step approach to building a fully functional game, one system at a time. Starting with a basic First Person Shooter template, each chapter will extend the prototype to create an increasingly complex and robust game experience. You will progress from creating basic shooting mechanics to gradually more complex systems that will generate user interface elements and intelligent enemy behavior. Focusing on universally applicable skills, the expertise you will develop in utilizing Blueprints can translate to other types of genres.
By the time you finish the book, you will have a fully functional First Person Shooter game and the skills necessary to expand on the game to develop an entertaining, memorable experience for your players.
From making customizations to player movement to creating new AI and game mechanics from scratch, you will discover everything you need to know to get started with game development using Blueprints and Unreal Engine 4.
What You Will Learn
Prototype and iterate new game mechanics rapidly
Customize the player's abilities and controls
Build user interface elements, including health bars and objective counters
Set up interactions between player actions and game objects in the world
Create complex enemy AI that can sense the world around it and attack the player
Design menus that will allow your players to load, pause, and quit the game
Deploy your game to multiple platforms and share it with the world
Table of contents
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Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal Engine
- Table of Contents
- Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal Engine
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Object Interaction with Blueprints
- 2. Enhancing Player Abilities
- 3. Creating Screen UI Elements
- 4. Creating Constraints and Gameplay Objectives
- 5. Making Moving Enemies with AI
- 6. Upgrading the AI Enemies
- 7. Tracking Game States and Applying Finishing Touches
- 8. Building and Publishing
- Index
Product information
- Title: Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal Engine
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2015
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781785286018
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