Unreal engine game development blueprints : discover all the secrets of Unreal engine and create seven fully functional games with the help of step-by-step instructions / Nicola Valcasara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valcasara, Nicola, author.

Series:

Community experience distilled.

Community experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

UnrealScript (Computer program language).

Video games--Design.

Video games.

Video games--Programming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Valcasara Nicola: Nicola Valcasara is a freelance game developer and cofounder of Deuxality Games Ltd. He is an expert programmer, specializing in mobile development, with a strong passion for games and technology. He started to work in the game industry in 2012, after winning the first prize at the Microsoft Rapid2D competition for young developers. He has also been a reviewer of Unreal Engine Android Game Development, Packt Publishing.

Summary:

Discover all the secrets of Unreal Engine and create seven fully functional games with the help of step-by-step instructions About This Book Understand what a Blueprint is and how to create a complex visual scripting code Discover the infinite possibilities that Unreal Engine offers, and understand which tool to use, where and when Learn to think like a real game developer in order to create enjoyable and bug-free games using this comprehensive and practical handbook Who This Book Is For This book is ideal for intermediate level developers who know how to use Unreal Engine and want to go through a series of projects that will further their expertise. Working knowledge of C++ is a must. What You Will Learn Write clean and reusable Blueprint scripts Develop any kind of game you have in mind, following the rules used by experts Move through Unreal Engine 4, always knowing what you are doing and where to find the right tool for your needs Integrate C++ code into your projects using Visual Studio and the tools that Unreal provides Extricate between classes, nodes, interfaces, macros, and functions Work with different types of assets, from 3D objects to audio sources, from UI buttons to animations Explore all the aspects of the game logic - collisions, navigation meshes, matinees, volumes, events, and states In Detail With the arrival of Unreal Engine 4, a new wonderful tool was born: Blueprint. This visual scripting tool allows even non-programmers to develop the logic for their games, allowing almost anyone to create entire games without the need to write a single line of code. The range of features you can access with Blueprint script is pretty extensive, making it one of the foremost choices for many game developers. Unreal Engine Game Development Blueprints helps you unleash the real power of Unreal by helping you to create engaging and spectacular games. It will explain all the aspects of developing a game, focusing on visual scripting, and giving you all the information you need to create your own games. We start with an introductory chapter to help you move fluidly inside the Blueprint user interface, recognize its different components, and understand any already written Blueprint script. Following this, you will learn how to modify generated Blueprint classes to produce a single player tic-tac-toe game and personalize it. Next, you will learn how to create simple user interfaces, and how to extend Blueprints through code. This will help you...

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Started with Unreal Blueprints; What is Blueprint?; Types of Blueprints; Level Blueprints; Blueprint class; Data-Only Blueprint; Blueprint Interface; Blueprint Macro Library; Knowing the environment; Creating a project; Creating your first Blueprint class; Menu bar; Toolbar; Viewport; Component panel; Detail panel; My Blueprint panel; Graph editor; Types of variables and data; Nodes; Pins; Blueprint debugging; Blueprint debugger tab; Compiler result; Visual Studio

Creating the project solutionAdd a new class from the editor; Summary; Chapter 2: Tic-Tac-Toe; What do we need?; Preparing the game; Clean the unnecessary items and scripts; The symbols - create the O and the X; Creating a new material for the symbols; Writing our Blueprints; Turn-based mechanics; Set Static Mesh via Blueprint; Working with arrays; Creating a macro; UI using text render; Custom events; Format text; Score; Game flow; Summary; Chapter 3: C++ Code - PAC-MAN; Preparing the game; Creating the project; Transparent materials; The maze; Designing the maze

Applying a material to multiple surfacesThe code; Class Wizard; Collectable; Player character; Movements; Collisions; Winning or losing the game; Dead; C++ class to Blueprint class; Enemies; Enemy Pawn; Enemy AI; Navigation mesh; Game mode; User Interface; Collisions - custom presets and types; Summary; Chapter 4: UFO Run - Play with the Environment Effects; Particle system; Cascade; Modules; Emitters; Level of detail; The Cascade interface; UMG; Widget Blueprint; HUD class; The game; Blocking volumes; The menu camera; Wizard Blueprint; Import a custom font; Buttons; Click events

Set the default cameraHUD class; Player controller class; Start button; In-game screen; Property binding; Switch user interface; Collectables; Materials; Particle system; Required; Spawn; LifeTime; Initial size; Initial velocity; Color Over Life; Size over life; Cylinder; Acceleration; Blueprint script; Spawn volume; Components; Random point function; Actor reference; Gameplay; Prepare the needed references; The player controller class; StartGame; The useFuel event; Spawn Collectable function; Update; Collect Item; The gameOver event; Summary; Chapter 5: Top-Down Shooter; Animations; Skeleton

PersonaAnimation Sequence; Additive animations; Blending animation; Animation poses; Animation Blueprints; The game; Cleaning the unnecessary files; Adjust the imported files; Skeletal Mesh retarget; Animations; Aim Offset; Blend Space; Animation Blueprint - AnimGraph; Animation Notifies; Inputs; Player movements; Aim logic; Rotate To Aim; Set Aim angle; Gate; Start and stop shooting events; Flip the player; Weapon; Socket; Weapon Blueprint class; Animation reloading; Bullet; Player character weapon slots; Weapon collectables; Mono-use weapon; Spawner; Custom component

Animation Blueprint - EventGraph

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 6, 2016).

ISBN:

9781784391782

1784391786

OCLC:

935257239