Unreal Engine 5 C++ Developer: Learn C++ & Make Video Games

Description

In this course, you will learn :

• Unreal Engine 5 Game Development Tutorial
• C++ is the industry standard language for game development.
• Object Oriented Programming and its implementation.
• Principles of game design
• Best practises and programming patterns
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) behaviour programming for adversaries.
• Write clean, easy-to-understand code.
• When to use Blueprint and when to use C++.
• How to use C++ to accomplish anything in Unreal.
• Unreal Gameplay Framework allows you to easily create games.
• Strong problem-solving abilities that are transferable.
• Technologies and techniques used in game development today.

Syllabus :

1. Warehouse Wreckage (New UE5 Content)

• Blueprint Event Graph
• Physics Simulation
• Objects and References
• Adding an Impulse
• Blueprint Classes and Instances
• Spawning Actors
• Data Types
• Pawns and Actor Location
• Control Rotation
• Vector Addition & Multiplication
• Get Forward Vector
• Importing Assets
• Geometry Brushes (BSP)
• Materials and Lighting
• Actor Components
• Collision Meshes
• Variables
• Booleans and Branches
• Functions
• Return Types
• Pure Functions
• Member Functions
• Loading Levels & Delay Nodes

2. Obstacle Assault (New UE5 Content)

• Customizing The Character
• Compilers and Editors
• PC - Installing Visual Studio
• Mac - Installing XCode
• Installing VSCode
• Compiling a C++ Project
• UPROPERTY Variables
• C++ Files & BeginPlay
• Using Structs In C++
• Calling Functions in C++
• Tick
• Local Variables
• Pseudo Code
• Function Return Values
• Velocity & DeltaTime
• Scope Resolution Operator
• If Statements
• Using Member Functions
• Blueprint Child Classes
• Forcing Character Collisions
• GameMode
• Writing To The Output Log
• FString
• Member Functions
• Return Statements
• Const Member Functions
• FRotator
• Level Design & Polish
• Obstacle Assault: Wrap-Up

3. Crypt Raider (New UE5 Content)

• Modular Level Design
• Modular Level Layout
• Light Types
• Lumen & Light Bleed
• Level Lighting
• Character Blueprint
• Inheritance vs Composition
• C++ Actor Component
• Pointer Types & GetOwner()
• Deferencing & Arrow (->) Operator
• Linkers, Headers and Includes
• FMath::VInterpConstantTo
• Scene Components
• Line Tracing & Sweeping
• GetWorld()
• DrawDebugLine()
• References vs Pointers
• Const References & Out Parameters
• Geometry Sweeping
• Input Action Mappings
• Blueprint Callable
• FindComponentByClass() & nullptr
• DrawDebugSphere()
• Grabbing With Physics Handle
• Waking Physics Objects
• Returning Out Parameters
• Overlap Events
• Constructors
• TArray
• While & For Loops
• Range Based For Loops
• Actor Tags
• Early Returns
• Dependency Injection
• Casting & Actor Attachment
• Adding and Removing Tags
• Boolean Logical Operators
• Level Polish

4. Toon Tanks (v2)

• Differences Between UE5 and UE4
• Project Intro
• Pawn Class Creation
• Creating Components
• Forward Declarations & Capsule Component
• Forward Declaration & Constructing The Capsule
• Static Mesh Components
• Deriving Blueprint Classes
• Instance vs Default
• Editing Exposed Variables
• Exposing The Components
• Creating Child C++ Classes
• Possessing The Pawn
• Handling Input
• Local Offset
• Movement Speed
• Local Rotation
• Casting
• Using the Mouse Cursor
• Rotating the Turret
• The Tower Class
• Fire
• Timers
• The Projectile Class
• Spawning The Projectile
• Projectile Movement Component
• Hit Events
• Health Component
• Applying Damage
• The Game Mode Class
• Handling Pawn Death
• Custom Player Controller
• Starting The Game
• The Start Game Widget
• Countdown Timer
• Displaying Countdown Time
• Winning And Losing
• Game Over HUD
• Hit Particles
• Smoke Trail
• Death Particles
• Sounds
• Camera Shake

5. Simple Shooter

• Pawns vs Characters in C++
• Character Movement Functions
• Controller Aiming
• Third Person Camera Spring Arm
• Skeletal Animations 101
• Editing Collision Meshes
• Animation Blueprints 101
• 2D Blend Spaces
• Connecting Animation To Gameplay
• Inverse Transforming Vectors
• Calculating Animation Speeds
• Gun Actors
• Spawning Actors At Runtime
• Attaching To Meshes Via Sockets
• Shooting Architecture
• Spawning Particle Effects
• Player View Point
• Line Tracing By Channel
• Impact Effects
• Dealing Damage To Actors
• Virtual Methods In C++
• Overriding TakeDamage
• Blending Animations By Booleans
• Blueprint Pure Nodes
• Create and Setup an AI controller
• AI Aiming
• Nav Mesh And AI Movement
• Checking AI Line Of Sight
• BehaviorTrees And Blackboards
• Setting Blackboard Keys In C++
• Behavior Tree Tasks And Sequences
• BT Decorators And Selectors
• Custom BTTasks In C++
• Executing BTTasks
• BTTasks That Use The Pawn
• BTServices In C++
• Ignoring Actors In Line Traces
• Ending The Game
• Setting Timers In C++
• Displaying A Lose Screen
• Iterating Over Actors
• Calculating The Win Condition
• Refactoring PullTrigger
• Weapon Sound Effects
• Randomized Sound Cues
• Sound Spatialization
• Crosshairs and HUDs
• Health Bars
• AimOffsets
• Animation State Machines
• Complex State Machines

6. Introduction and Setup (Original Content in Unreal 4.22)

• Where To Find Lecture Resources
• Meet The GameDev.tv Community
• Compilers & VS Community
• Install Prerequisites On MacOS
• Build Unreal From Source (Linux)
• Antivirus Warnings
• Install Unreal Engine 4.22
• Also Install Visual Studio Code
• Want to Focus on Blueprint?

7. Triple X - Write Pure C++ (Original Content in Unreal 4.22)

• Introducing Triple X & Gavin
• Triple X Game Design Doc
• The Structure Of C++ By Example
• Your First Program
• Saving Files
• A note about red underlines
• Hello, World!
• Variables
• const & Assigning Values
• Statements & Comments
• MSVC Compilation Warnings [Windows Only]
• Naming & Self Documenting Code
• Getting User Input
• Using if and else in C++
• Functions
• Returning Data From Functions
• Function Parameters
• Comparing Values
• Generating Random Number Ranges

8. Bulls & Cows (Original Content in Unreal 4.22)

• Introduction To Bull Cow Game
• Non-English characters
• Importing Bull Cow Game
• Terminal Actor: Non-English Characters Unsupported
• The Game Module X Could Not Be Loaded
• Helping Us Help You
• A Look Around Unreal
• Controlling The Viewport
• Editing Actors In Our Level
• Adding Actors To The Level
• Editing the Landscape
• Setting Up VS Code In Unreal
• VSCode Intellisense Fix
• Actors And Components
• Using The In Game Terminal
• Unreal's Types - FString
• The TEXT Macro
• Bull Cow Basic Game Loop
• Accessing Player Input
• Coding The Basic Game Loop
• Member Variables
• Solving Slow Compile Times
• The Full Game Loop
• Pseudo Code
• Indentation
• Creating Our First Function
• Finding And Replacing In VS Code
• The C++ Dot Operator
• Formatting FStrings
• Booleans
• Pre vs Post Increment / Decrement
• Parameters And Arguments
• Early Returns
• Structure Of An FString
• Const Member Functions
• Looping In C++
• Checking Characters
• TArray Of Hidden Words
• Loading Words At Runtime
• Advanced Cursor Usage In VSCode
• TArray Functions .Num()
• Logical Operators
• TArray Functions Adding And Removing
• Range-Based For Loop
• A Quick Look At Memory
• Introduction To References
• Random And The UE4 Docs
• Out Of The Frying Pan
• Loading Words With A Predicate
• Out Parameters
• Break Out Of A Loop
• Structs
• Bull Cow Extra Credit

9. Building Escape (Original Content in Unreal 4.22)

• Setting Up The Building Escape Project
• Pointer Primer
• Unreal’s Classes and Components
• Deleting A Class
• Logging To The Output Log
• Project Settings: Default Startup Level
• Accessing An Object’s Name
• Getting An Actor’s Transform
• Importing Custom Meshes
• Using BSP For Basic Building Blocks
• BSP Challenge
• Basic Lighting
• Transforming Material Textures
• Rotating An Actor With Code
• Object Collision
• Using Linear Interpolation
• Relative Vs Absolute
• Exposing Parameters To The Editor
• Assets Naming Conventions
• Framerate Independent Using DeltaTime
• Trigger Volumes
• Using Collision Volumes
• Protecting From A Null Pointer
• Getting The Player To Open The Door
• Getting The Door To Close
• Using GetTimeSeconds()
• Designer Friendly Components
• Grabbing System Overview
• Modifying The Default Pawn Actor
• Inherit Game Mode Blueprint
• Getting Player Viewpoint
• Using DrawDebugLine
• Line Tracing AKA Ray-Casting
• LineTraceSingleByObjectType()
• Using FindComponentByClass()
• Introducing Input Binding
• Accessors & Memory Layout
• Reducing Code in “Hot Loops”
• Using Physics Handles
• Refactoring Rules
• Iteration Through Valid Actors
• Pointer Protection Process?
• SFX & Audio Clips
• Building Escape Final Challenge
• Building Escape Wrap Up

10. Toon Tanks (v2) (Original Content in Unreal 4.22)

• Pawn Class Creation
• Creating Components
• Forward Declarations & Capsule Component
• Forward Declaration & Constructing The Capsule
• Static Mesh Components
• Deriving Blueprint Classes
• Instance vs Default
• Editing Exposed Variables
• Exposing The Components
• Creating Child C++ Classes
• Possessing The Pawn
• Handling Input
• Local Offset
• Movement Speed
• Local Rotation
• Casting
• Using the Mouse Cursor
• Rotating The Turret
• The Tower Class
• Fire
• Timers
• The Projectile Class
• Spawning The Projectile
• Projectile Movement Component
• Hit Events
• Health Component
• Applying Damage
• The Game Mode Class
• Handling Pawn Death
• Custom Player Controller
• Starting The Game
• The Start Game Widget
• Countdown Timer
• Displaying Countdown Time
• Winning And Losing
• Game Over HUD
• Hit Particles
• Smoke Trail
• Death Particles
• Sounds
• Camera Shake
• Polish And Wrap-Up

11. Simple Shooter

• Pawns vs Characters in C++
• Character Movement Functions
• Controller Aiming
• Third Person Camera Spring Arm
• Skeletal Animations 101
• Editing Collision Meshes
• Animation Blueprints 101
• 2D Blend Spaces
• Connecting Animation To Gameplay
• Inverse Transforming Vectors
• Calculating Animation Speeds
• Gun Actors
• Spawning Actors At Runtime
• Attaching To Meshes Via Sockets
• Shooting Architecture
• Spawning Particle Effects
• Player View Point
• Line Tracing By Channel
• Impact Effects
• Dealing Damage To Actors
• Virtual Methods In C++
• Overriding TakeDamage
• Blending Animations By Booleans
• Blueprint Pure Nodes
• Create and Setup an AI controller
• AI Aiming
• Nav Mesh And AI Movement
• Checking AI Line Of Sight
• BehaviorTrees And Blackboards
• Setting Blackboard Keys In C++
• Behavior Tree Tasks And Sequences
• BT Decorators And Selectors
• Custom BTTasks In C++
• Executing BTTasks
• BTTasks That Use The Pawn
• BTServices In C++
• Ignoring Actors In Line Traces
• Ending The Game
• Setting Timers In C++
• Displaying A Lose Screen
• Iterating Over Actors
• Calculating The Win Condition
• Refactoring PullTrigger
• Weapon Sound Effects
• Randomized Sound Cues
• Sound Spatialization
• Crosshairs and HUDs
• Health Bars
• AimOffsets
• Animation State Machines
• Complex State Machines

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