Getting Started with Blueprints

In this course we will be starting with the basics like what blueprints are and how to navigate the blueprint editor in Unreal Engine 5, right though to creating game play systems and learning how to use many of the main features of blueprints as well as how to setup widgets and animation blueprints.

The goal of this course is to provide you with useful information and knowledge so that your able to plan and create your own gameplay systems in your future projects as well as read other peoples blueprints which can really help speed up the learning process. No previous programming knowledge required!

What will you learn?

• What are blueprints

• How to navigate the Unreal Engine 5 blueprint UI

• What variables are and how to use them

• How to use variable's most commonly used nodes

• How to use functions, macros and events to keep your project clean and efficient

• The differences between blueprints types such as characters, game modes and actors

• Blueprint communication including casting, interfaces and event dispatchers

• How arrays work and how to change them during gameplay

• How to setup player inputs including the new Enhanced Inputs

• The fundamentals of animation blueprints

• How to create and setup widget UI on a players screens

• How to change widget layouts and bind them to variables and functions

• How to make a health, interaction, respawn and damage gameplay systems

• Spawning actors, particles and sound effects including the new MetaSounds

• Code organization