Beginning Unreal Engine 4 Blueprints Visual Scripting: Using C++: From Beginner to Pro

✍ Scribed by Satheesh Pv

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 175
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Discover how Unreal Engine 4 allows you to create exciting games using C++ and Blueprints. This book starts with installing, launching, and examining the details of Unreal Engine.

Next, you will learn about Blueprints and C++ and how to leverage them. The following chapters talk in detail about gameplay, basic physics, and ray-casting for game development in Unreal Engine. Furthermore, you’ll create material, meshes, and textures.

The last chapter brings all the concepts together by building a demo game. By the end of the book, you’ll be equipped with the know-how and techniques needed to develop and deploy your very own game in Unreal Engine.

What You Will Learn

• Discover Blueprints and how to apply them in Unreal Engine 4
• Get started with C++ programming in Unreal Engine 4
• Apply the concepts of physics and ray-casting
• Work with the Gameplay Framework

Who This Book Is For

Beginners interested in learning Blueprints visual scripting and C++ for programming games in Unreal Engine 4 would find this book useful.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Introduction to Unreal Engine 4 (Satheesh Pv)....Pages 1-20
Introduction to Blueprints (Satheesh Pv)....Pages 21-31
C++ and Unreal Engine 4 (Satheesh Pv)....Pages 33-54
Gameplay Classes (Satheesh Pv)....Pages 55-78
Physics and Raycasting (Satheesh Pv)....Pages 79-100
Importing Meshes and Textures (Satheesh Pv)....Pages 101-130
Demo Game (Satheesh Pv)....Pages 131-162
Back Matter ....Pages 163-165

✦ Subjects

Computer Science; Game Development; Programming Techniques