Unreal Engine Beginner Tutorial: Building Your First Game

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In this video you are going to learn how to build a very simple game using Unreal Engine and Blueprint.
The goal of this lesson is to get you aquainted with the absolute basics of:
- The Unreal Editor
- Simple AI
- Events in Blueprint
- Spawing objects and effects
- Building games in Unreal Engine
Should you learn Unreal Blueprint or C++ for your games?
You need to learn both. Blueprints are THE way to start learning Unreal and almost all
production games use Blueprint in some manner -- some games are even built 100% in Blueprint!
Unreal Engine Beginner Tutorial: Building Your First Game

[@IamNotBored]

Unity and Unreal both have "un" in them but if we remove "un" we get "Real" and "ity" which makes "Reality"

[@kreatyvone9519]

How are you 12 and already a philosopher

[@vinirobin]

I like you then

[@newmediavegasllc9107]

I like this guy!

[@smokintires8181]

🤯

[@inactiveuserakashahb3201]

Reality Engine. wow

[@samuelm2989]

Dude I’m gonna cry. You saved my end project in school (I’m only a graphic student but still have to make an entire game by myself)

[@lifewithknyya7828]

What school you go to i want to be game designer myself

[@codingvio7383]

@@lifewithknyya7828 Holy crap, you cant ask stuff like that. You can usually take a class or program in highschool, that has computer science or robotics. Then you can do something like this for homework

[@cjtomkins2468]

Ilian Fischer dude it’s not like he asked for his credit card details lmao

[@sourmango4760]

@@cjtomkins2468 you dont know how little info people need nowadays to identify the exact person

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@@cjtomkins2468 how many Samuel M- do you think there are in a school ?

[@AdamW-eo2yq]

You just got to appreciate how some of the best games of the decade have come from this software

[@sohamacharya171]

Something stupid was said in this comment, but I edited it out.

[@UndeniablyImmortal]

You forgot Unity did too.

[@Adwitasworld]

Bgmi is made from unreal engine

[@milec26]

Roblos

[@khellafmissouni8015]

@@UndeniablyImmortal ye, both unreal and unity are great (godot crying)

[@neesarnccs]

me: wow unreal engine is sooo easy me later:......

[@GoatStormChaser]

yeah

[@janelle9998]

*looks up tutorial*

[@sicfxmusic]

This half hour tutorial will probably takes 3 hours to follow and finish the exact game, I don't thinkk it's hard.

[@SStupendous]

@@sicfxmusic Only takes 3 hours if you've got no remote experience with other game platforms, and things like Blender, but yeah

[@204keditZ]

yes

[@KaneShaw]

Anyone that is trying to follow this and is missing Blueprints/Effects and stuff that's in the video, here is how to fix it: You have to add the "Starter Content" pack to your game. You can do that when you first create/name your game, or if you didn't then you can add it in still. At the bottom of your screen in the "Content Browser" there is a green "Add New" button. Click that and then "Add Feature or Content Pack." Then in the popup click the "Content Packs" tab, and then add the "Starter Content."

[@rohitmuneshwar287]

hey, thanks for your input. I was facing the same situation.

[@youtubetroller2451]

Thanks

[@Sofiaqwerty9]

thank you so much

[@lesliehe6918]

Thank you!

[@aleama9815]

you saved my mental state

[@bleachedink]

"Now we need to add an artificial intelligence, so I'm adding AI, as you can see, my PC is now trying to break it's digital shackles and kill me, this is the part of the tutorial where you run and the game now begins"

[@iGlitch4CodHD]

Super underrated comment

[@xyrenaxypot9100]

now that is waaaaaaaaaaaaayyy better than hollywood garbage plot these days.

[@hh-zm9gr]

@@xyrenaxypot9100 that is infact the plot of a big movie in my country. Although the movie didn't turn out very well.... I still liked it though.

[@PDXstasy]

And I thought humor had eroded to the point where our brains can only process basic memes. Great comment, I won’t give up on the human race just yet.

[@hh-zm9gr]

@@SameGProds Ra.one

[@jamesthefirst_8147]

for someone who is used to 3d modelling in blender, its really pleasing to see that unreal engine mostly keeps a somewhat uncluttered screen

[@zwabbah4841]

same

[@SoundOnJon]

4 years later and this tutorial is still relevant for someone whos starting to get into unreal engine. Thank you for this easy to follow tutorial!

[@AE6507]

What moves you?!?! Me: W.A.S.D

[@Greg12839]

AE-6507 a man of culture i see

[@galaxyguy4247]

^v

[@MFVideos2ndChannel]

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[@semmert]

Telekinesis, Kyle.

[@BruhGuy6090]

Lol

[@utkarshshendge5612]

Sir, there are lots of free tutorials on unity,python and someother prog languages..but none on unreal engine, ur doing a great work by providing these tutorials ,plz keep doing this, we all will love to get these things learned from u.Thanks from India... And ur the first to provide damn good explanation of unreal engine

[@devslopes]

Thanks. More coming!

[@tralavala9808]

so the full course is free?;) or you just happy to see 1 part of it for free?

[@paytonnelson9291]

thanks a lot for this I have been waiting a long time for a video like this

[@nosferstudiosdevelopment7252]

It's always great to learn more and add more knowledge thanks

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[@jacobras]

Love the pace of the video and the information in it. I liked it so much I immediately bought the course. Can't wait to start it!

[@airpoduser2233]

FOR ANYONE WHO CANT GET THEIR CUBE TO MOVE(I’m not mad I’m just making sure you know this is the comment that will help you solve this problem). All you have to do is select the mesh bound you placed, then press W and then move it down, then if you haven’t already press show, then check navigation and your floor should be green

[@jackpettersson3882]

omg thank u

[@airpoduser2233]

@@jackpettersson3882 I was having a panic attack when that happened to me. All that hard work 😂

[@jospojk4685]

Thank you so much!

[@user-td9qw2pi7v]

it's helpful ,thank you.

[@Fox_Olive]

Also adding onto this, if your navmesh wont go to the edges of the arena, Click recastnavmesh in the outliner and find the Agent radius variable.

[@juliuscagara]

Some company called Epic Games used your tutorial to make the zombies on fortnite

[@zombrexgame6670]

lol

[@ello2k]

Save the world was out 3 years ago bruh

[@thestoobers7084]

@@ello2k its a joke numbnut

[@tomthebigman7481]

FakeMinecraft r/woosh

[@tomthebigman7481]

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[@SanneBerkhuizen]

The thing is that I now understand so much more about the stuff I've been trying to do in unreal. By simply watching the right tutorial. Thanks!

[@m0j0e97]

Best tutorial I’ve seen so far nicely paced, even better than the ones on unreals own channel. Please keep up the good work, subbed 👍🏾

[@calebboyer3838]

Thank you for teaching me how to build my first game in Unreal. I've tried unity before and I think I enjoy this more!

[@bbvision2987]

I hate coding but have had a few ideas bouncing around for some time. I spent the day comparing Unity and Unreal and your tutorial settled it for me on Unreal. You do a great job of explaining things and in particular, the blueprints.

[@regal_7877]

This is an amazing tutorial. I’m up here at 4:30 am watching this on my tiny phone and I can understand everything clearly. That’s a testament to your teaching. Thank you. You not only showed the blueprints programming stuff but also explained the logic and function of each node. Great teacher

[@zwabbah4841]

30 december 2021 19:38

[@Red20]

Your voice is so relaxing, thanks so much for this tutorial man

[@WhiteTiger93]

Thanks for making this tutorial, I have been looking at game design and animating recently, so I thought I'd try with unreal engine and see what I could come up with in my spare time. I appreciate the tutorial, and will make sure to check out the rest of the videos

[@siddharthupadhyay6347]

Thanks a lot I am a noob in game development,and was looking for good tutorial for a long period of time, Please make more videos !

[@devslopes]

What kind of videos would you like me to make?

[@kislaykunal8921]

@@devslopes if u could make a replica of a small mobile game that kind of series will help a lot. thanks, btw subscribed.

[@devslopes]

@@kislaykunal8921 Thanks. Great insight. I'm almost done recording a mobile section that is being added to my Unreal Course: www.devslopes.com/courses/intro-to-unreal-engine

[@vasusharma3818]

hey me too ! BTW what's yr age siddharth ?

[@siddharthupadhyay6347]

@@devslopes I would love to see you in Tech Side,because your voice is nice and Great for Tech Reviews.

[@dekygo3629]

dude you are the best you deserve way more subscribers. Your tutorial was awsome and very easy to follow thank you so much i have been searching for a good beginners tutorial for a while. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@devslopes]

PanosGaminGR thanks I’m doing a whole bunch more and working on a course

[@devslopes]

Panos - do you have any suggestions on content you'd like me to make?

[@MGSBigBoss77]

What PanosGaminGR said!

[@garrett7876]

@@devslopes I do! So, I'm making a game where you're a cube, and you collect other cubes that stick to you, and you can basically assign your cubes to where you want them to go, so basically you can build whatever you want (with a skeleton rigging editor) but I don't know how to make them stick. Also, this didn't work for me. the green stuff went on top of the evil cube. I don't know what to do!

[@stoneageprogrammer432]

THANK YOU for making such an easy and fun game tutorial. Although I was a blender filmmaker for ten years, I've just started learning Blueprints and this is the first tutorial I've been able to actually understand and follow. You make good, simple, useful stuff. THANK YOU.

[@tgykurtulus]

I switched from Unity to Unreal. This is my first tutorial video and man, you are a good teacher. thank you

[@carterash2588]

This is such a good tutorial! After following along (which you made very easy) I felt very confident in what I just did! Thanks!!

[@charleyvibe2124]

I understand and get the concept of blueprints and blendspaces and such but I am going to make this game everyday until I fully understand this. Thanks a lot man!

[@brayden8843]

Best teacher I've seen so far you actually explain what to connect and why. please make more videos

[@hotstuff8688]

I just came across your channel these are old videos but you explain everything so clearly you are a excellent teacher bravo 👏👏👍

[@theworldsking_7450]

BRO I love this , can you show how to design your own character and put it in sequence?

[@stickman3317]

People who are watching this in 2024😂

[@Xfernal]

Awesome video! Despite being made in 2019, everything in the current day version works perfectly fine, and you explained it loud and clear. I don't normally subscribe to people, but you geniunely deserve a sub. If you are new with no experience in game development, this tuitorial is perfect for you to start off with. I can't wait for more awesome videos like this.

[@extendedblundering]

Inspiring! Love watching the walkthrough with your detailed explanations for how and why. Great content my friend 🙂

[@bfunkt4313]

Nice video! You do a great job of selectively using higher terminology when the definition, purpose, or meaning of the terms is easily derived from the context of the immediate discussion.

[@devslopes]

Benjamin Campagnola 🤔

[@animeuncaged3553]

What the hell man, this is sooo amazing, pls make more of these, I'm your latest subscriber , damn I'm stoked

[@devslopes]

Cyber Geek thanks. I already have a bunch of videos uploaded here. If you have any more requests let me know

[@MattDeckerArt]

After years away from UE. this video was perfect for getting reacquainted with the interface. Cheers!

[@Lashmush]

this really gave a great starter for blueprints and how to navigate and implement logic into a project. thank you!

[@khaledabdoh9555]

Thanks So much I finally made the game if 've wanted to make a long time ago

[@chrislawson6583]

great video for me here. im just learning and found this very helpful.

[@randomvideoposter1000]

Thank you! This tutorial makes Unreal seem like a piece of cake.

[@Jojo-tq5pt]

I’m entirely new to blueprints, and I want to understand how to use the program to get a better skill set to make games myself, and this video shows very well how to use a few tools available. Thank you so much even I could understand it and follow it great video!

[@xflonine]

"is pretty easy actually", me sitting in front of my computer be like, 404 my brain error. :D anyways, this is a very good tutorial

[@Pumpkin525]

yeah this would take me 5 minutes to find the project save folder

[@macrosvfx231]

Love the vid! Watched every part and created my EvilCube 😈. This is my first project and I'm pretty happy about it. Keep it up because your awesome!!!

[@devslopes]

Thanks Michael. Any videos you want me to make?

[@pr1m3r42]

Devslopes a tutorial to make a gun or to make a bullet please?

[@frankwit123]

such a great tutuorial dude you're great from presentation to tone just brilliant

[@MCNeko6554]

Thank you so much for this video. I've been looking for something that actually gets you making a game quickly and covers the topic in the title.

[@tacg6799]

13 minutes into the tutorial IT'S ALIVE!

[@theDIGITALKUNGFU]

This is awesome! Thank you! Is there a way to make it look like the ball is rolling? Something I found is that the ball can navigate a simple maze and ramps. Very nice (just noticed that I say ball instead of cube.... tried the tutorial again using a sphere)

[@royaltyts4994]

ur tutorials are like the most detailed tutorials on youtube.

[@zac1518]

I just came out of a 4 hour tutorial that went very in-depth into environmental stuff and I could now do it in 20 minutes watching a 26 minute tutorial just seems like fresh air

[@mmnmnmu5442]

Thank you for this little beginners guide, I appreciate it 😊☺

[@devslopes]

If you have any video suggestions please let me know!

[@mmnmnmu5442]

@@devslopes will do

[@pyropanda8413]

Hey man thank you for this tutorial it helped out alot, it is really easy to follow and I finally learned some stuff that I didn't know about

[@devslopes]

PyroGeneticPanda 🙌

[@nathantxwhispers1561]

Just want to say this video is so very helpful and well made. Just wish more people like you were this helpful when trying to make videos.

[@TsAlayna]

I am starting school soon for game design and trying to learn a bit before I start, followed this tutorial and got things going. The only issue I had is that the initial cube would chase me and explode when shot but the subsequent vibes that spawned would not chase and just sat stationary at spawn trigger. I couldn't figure out why and gave up cause it's 2am but, I was really happy with what I was able to do and it gives me hope that in a year or so I'll look back in this moment and laugh that I couldn't get the cubes to spawn and chase. I'm sure it was an easy fix. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@el-fantasma21]

25:23 That made me giggle :D Thanks for the tutorial, you've been a tremendous help :)

[@saish24]

This is basically how "Serious Sam" was created. Great Tutorial.

[@michaelt1775]

Nice work man. Your time and skills are much appreciated. Nice game for a hour of work too. That's crazy you created than so quickly

[@BonBon-qt4xb]

Really insightful video man, love your teaching style keep it up

[@LBDustin101dl]

Can you make a tutorial on how to add player damage when the AI does something to it?

[@sicfxmusic]

That won't be in the "first game", probably 25th game.

[@uditgogoi8533]

Opened youtube to search react route redirects, ended up spending half an hour watching build something I never intended to build.

[@uditgogoi8533]

@@johnnyfreetanga5506 Ya I got that. Thanks a lot anyways

[@rogerc23]

Well that sounds like grade 1 to 12 for me.

[@bread5460]

same but for c sharp classes

[@sicfxmusic]

Who said you can't be a web and game developer at the same time

[@timtech9361]

That is how the best ideas are made.

[@gregridd]

Thank You for making this my 7 year just followed this, it took him all afternoon but here is very happy he has made his first game before bedtime!

[@zeldafan259]

I've never heard of you up until 30 minutes ago, this video gave me a headache and i'm now waiting for unreal to finish downloading. You've earned a subscriber.

[@eeshanbhagwat7257]

thanks for the tutorial! plz use more volume for your voice.

[@Dagoth_Ur_1]

Thanks for this tutorial, you're a good teacher. Very easy to follow and detailed nicely.

[@devslopes]

If you have any video recommendations please let me know

[@dawidsienczak9821]

thank you , in first 5 minutes you show more usefull information than all tutorials in the engine itself combined.

[@dawidsienczak9821]

subbed

[@devslopes]

Thank you!!

[@cal2395]

This is the best tutorial. As a beginner whose scared to download other packs because of a virus, this makes an fps from scratch! This is da best

[@MrHarumakiSensei]

19:00 When I made an evil cube, exactly like this I hope, the 'on end play' event node was never called. Perhaps the actor IS still floating around in memory?

[@gamingzonealpha2143]

yeah this issue was bugging me so here is the fix: add a pin to the sequence connect it to a delay(of about 5 sec or so) then connect the delay to a destroy actor with target the fireExplosion then after it destroy actor self remove the on end play

[@aburodh4549]

omg that is very good you are amazing teacher :)

[@xXrandomryzeXx]

decided i would switch from unity to unreal to see if im going to be able to finish a game now. seems really cool. ive used unity for so long yet i never finished a project. i hope i can finish a project in Unreal. Im quite excited thanks to the tutorial.

[@Bombastic1726]

thanks this helped alot ive been using unreal engine 5 and just switched to ue4 and wanted to know how to make AI

[@thephenominalbeast7106]

Please keep making videos your an amazing teacher

[@devslopes]

Thank you! Any video suggestions?

[@thephenominalbeast7106]

@@devslopes hey dude you really helped me I took the character of greystone and just did the same as you taught I retargetted the animation and yes it worked I put him in the 3rd person game

[@thephenominalbeast7106]

@@devslopes can you please make videos regarding the background development in the game like to develop trees,cars, animals etc

[@brandonbailey6407]

Anyone else come here after the news about Unreal Engine 5

[@you1066]

Me

[@SPxUMADBROYOLO]

like we all out here bout to bust out a game real quick and shit yea right lol

[@thivedraanjambukumaran9640]

me

[@itsmeomar6855]

I did you know

[@AAH2006]

I'm waiting for that

[@sejunoh3990]

Got so much help starting Unreal. Thank you a lot!!

[@aryangoel4842]

Thank you so much for this awesome tutorial I learned a lot from this 😉

[@HeyItsTheWykydtron]

Game of the Year contender right there!

[@YoshiSaikono]

amazing channel dude!

[@devslopes]

ItsYoshiSaikōno thanks

[@carrotjuicegaming9732]

Dood you are the best. You are my favorite guide for coding and I know a lot of people. You beat all of them!

[@prettyzucchini2207]

This helped me a ton! Thank you so much!

[@chronomusic]

GREAT TUTORIAL.. PLEASE MAKE SOME TUTOR LANDSCAPE FROM WORLD CREATOR TO UE FROM BEGINNING

[@BigDaddyKai620]

Wow this is amazing. I can't believe they're giving away for free. It's time no more excuses.

[@kieronbooker6926]

Exactly what I was looking for...Thank you!

[@MandenTV]

You’re a king, man. Thanks so much for this, it’s awesome.

[@kamicazer_o1164]

For whoever is getting the Navigation mesh issue of not working or displaying the green area, you must make sure the navmesh object contains the platform inside it's bounds. One easy way to do it is to copy the transform values for the box and navmesh used in the video.

[@AyaanPPiano]

Works for me, thank you so much!!!

[@paulypipes3082]

Imagine the coding for a game like Cyberpunk 2077. This blows me away of how much time and intelligence this takes. Intellect level 100

[@dabunga23]

@LOWFRAMEBLOX but people kept pushing for it to be released right away so kinda their fault

[@dabunga23]

@LOWFRAMEBLOX I had a stroke trying to read your comment

[@dabunga23]

@LOWFRAMEBLOX It's ok. I'm bad too

[@emircanertunc671]

@LOWFRAMEBLOX I think the game has a lot of bugs because they use their self engine

[@SupreetoSaha]

Thanks for the kickstart!

[@spacemanlu3351]

Super helpful, thank you so much!! Now my dreams can be created

[@vishwambhatt2710]

I know this video is old but thanks a lot!!!! It helped me discover my talent and now I have started to make a game of my own. I'll tell you FIRST when it comes ou!t(I really hope it does...) God I dont know how to thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

[@fogas8963]

How is the game?

[@vishwambhatt2710]

@@fogas8963 I started it and about to finish I left making it in between so I will tell you when it works

[@fogas8963]

Alright, I believe in you

[@gurkanbeats]

WHY HAVE I NEVER GOT INTO MAKING GAMES THIS SEEMS SO FUUNNNN!

[@24frenkie]

GurkanBtw never too late

[@nulltheory2560]

Because actually making games (like triple A ones) is very hard. The math required isn't for most people

[@Greg12839]

Unorthodox Theory yh it can really stress out the mind

[@dr4876]

@@nulltheory2560 It's usually simple math for 5th graders

[@craydan5103]

@@dr4876 ​ You're right. Linear Algebra and Advanced Calculus is super easy. Grade 5 math.

[@delta90903]

this is nice because now with this code being done for the ai, i can go and tinker around with it and make it specialized for my game. thank you very much for this short and sweet video :)

[@rajaryan769]

Bro You Are A Legend My Dream Was To Make A Simple Game And You Did It . I Am A 9 Year Old Writing This And I Am Learning Coding From Now On You Made My Dream Come True Love You Bro!

[@thephenominalbeast7106]

Dude thanks you have helped me a lor

[@doggo00]

0:18 reminds me of verge's pc build "You will need a table"

[@KrolPower]

Amazing tutorial. Can't wait to learn more, thanks!

[@federicobuccheri]

This looks so fun, guna have go at this.. thank you for the helpful tutorial Devslopes! super duper awesome guide

[@mae2309]

Yes... new subscriber.. lets do this

[@rakinrahman890]

Yes... new unsubscriber.. lets undo this

[@hanspeter731]

Yes.. new.. lets this

[@devslopes]

Please post any video suggestions you might have and I'll make them.

[@airap_fr]

Hey, I would like to know if u made a game after 1 year of learning. I'm going to go in too.

[@chronicninjas3392]

new.. this .. lets yes

[@TerribleGaming90]

Nice video, please do more videos about unreal engine 4

[@devslopes]

TerribleGaming on it

[@devslopes]

Do you have any tutorial requests that I can make?

[@TerribleGaming90]

@@devslopes Hi, i would like to see more about third-person view games and about creating some bigger map . Thanks :)

[@utkarshshendge5612]

@@devslopes sir, there are lots of free tutorials on unity,c#,python and many other prog languages..but none on unreal engine, ur doing a great work by providing these tutorials ,plz keep doing this, we all will love to get these things learned from u.Thanks from India...

[@Mysticsayajin]

Amazing tutorial, thank you so much for making this video, it helped me a ton!

[@Dev_Roids]

I made my first game in Unreal engine through your video. Thank you!

[@devedee2393]

Thank you

[@devslopes]

Thank YOU

[@IkeVoodoo]

+Devslopes no i Thank YOU for Thanking him

[@Clipthatpod.]

2:16 "'plays sicko mode"'

[@fadysherif9707]

Thanks for this AMAZING tutorial. You really hyped me up to start!!! I gotta small question, is it possible to make my AI Characters or (Boxes) Chases each other not the player or (my character)?? Like I'm trying to create 2 teams of AIs Chasing each other

[@SlyFunkyMonk]

Thank's for the video, already stoked to test out new AI patterns. Subbed.