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Working with Unreal Engine
In the previous chapter, we went through the basics of the Epic Games Launcher, along with Unreal Editor fundamentals. We learned how to work with objects and what Blueprints are at a basic level, in addition to exploring the First Person template. In this chapter, we’ll be building upon those fundamentals by exploring the Third Person template and working with input and animations.
Game development can be done in a wide variety of languages, such as C, C++, Java, C#, and even Python. While each language has pros and cons, we will be using C++ throughout this book as it is the primary programming language that’s used within Unreal Engine.
In this chapter, we will get you up to speed on how to create a C++ project ...
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