Preface

The purpose of Unreal Engine 4 Game Development Essentials is to teach people interested in using Unreal Engine how to create video games. You will learn what Unreal Engine is and how to download and use it. From there, we will go through the collection of tools available in Unreal Engine 4 including Materials, Blueprints, Matinee, UMG, C++, and more.

What this book covers

Chapter 1, Introduction to Unreal Engine 4, is where we begin our journey on Unreal Engine 4 Game Development Essentials. In this chapter, the reader will learn how and where to download Unreal Engine as well as the difference between the source version and launcher version. After the Engine's installation (or compilation, if it was the source version) we will get comfortable ...

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