Pro Unreal Engine Game Coding

Pro Unreal Engine Game Coding, available at $99.99, has an average rating of 4.19, with 129 lectures, based on 733 reviews, and has 8121 subscribers.

You will learn about Game programming wisdom from an industry veteran still working at the forefront A series of very deep dives into the code behind the game GRIP: Combat Racing How to go from having a game idea with zero code, all the way up to final implementation How to setup Unreal Engine both from stock build and from source code Using Perforce version control and how to work effectively within a team How to use the Unreal Engine Editor Coding standards and best practices Common programming problems and their common solutions Writing readable, maintainable, yet fast and efficient code Advanced C++ to buff those coding chops Mathematical magic for solving many common coding problems Complex vector mathematics for working effectively in a 3D game world Understanding the Unreal Engine object framework for creating professional games Graphics programming to create and use materials, particle systems and procedural geometry Audio programming to create and use sound cues, classes and mixers Understanding vehicle dynamics and building a physics model from the ground up Understanding artificial intelligence and building an autonomous vehicle bot Understanding cameras and how to make your game shine How to create a pickup system featuring weapons and other power-ups How to implement those weapons and power-ups, from a simple turbo to a homing missile How to modify the Unreal Engine source code itself, and perform upgrades to the engine This course is ideal for individuals who are Game coders wanting to work in Unreal Engine or Game coders wanting to take their skills to the top It is particularly useful for Game coders wanting to work in Unreal Engine or Game coders wanting to take their skills to the top.

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Summary

Title: Pro Unreal Engine Game Coding

Price: $99.99

Average Rating: 4.19

Number of Lectures: 129

Number of Published Lectures: 129

Number of Curriculum Items: 129

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 129

Original Price: ￡99.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Game programming wisdom from an industry veteran still working at the forefront

A series of very deep dives into the code behind the game GRIP: Combat Racing

How to go from having a game idea with zero code, all the way up to final implementation

How to setup Unreal Engine both from stock build and from source code

Using Perforce version control and how to work effectively within a team

How to use the Unreal Engine Editor

Coding standards and best practices

Common programming problems and their common solutions

Writing readable, maintainable, yet fast and efficient code

Advanced C++ to buff those coding chops

Mathematical magic for solving many common coding problems

Complex vector mathematics for working effectively in a 3D game world

Understanding the Unreal Engine object framework for creating professional games

Graphics programming to create and use materials, particle systems and procedural geometry

Audio programming to create and use sound cues, classes and mixers

Understanding vehicle dynamics and building a physics model from the ground up

Understanding artificial intelligence and building an autonomous vehicle bot

Understanding cameras and how to make your game shine

How to create a pickup system featuring weapons and other power-ups

How to implement those weapons and power-ups, from a simple turbo to a homing missile

How to modify the Unreal Engine source code itself, and perform upgrades to the engine

Who Should Attend

Game coders wanting to work in Unreal Engine

Game coders wanting to take their skills to the top

Target Audiences

Game coders wanting to work in Unreal Engine

Game coders wanting to take their skills to the top

Hey there, and welcome to the course, Pro, Unreal Engine, Game Coding. aka, the Black Book, but why the Black Book? Well, just watch the short preview video if you want the full experience. But if you like reading, then around 25 years ago, when I was just entering the games industry, there emerged just such a black book. A book of graphics programming, full of coding voodoo written by the programming powerhouse that is Michael Abrash. And this black book, took many coders like myself, from being merely competent, to being able to produce something akin to magic on the screen. It was legendary.

Naturally, a lot has changed since then, and in this course we’ve crafted a new black book for a new generation, a series of masterclasses in Unreal Engine game coding for the 2020s. I want to give you guys, what it was, that Michael Abrash gave my generation. I’m going to take you from being an Unreal Engine virgin, to being a real pro, and a prized asset to any employer.

My last game, GRIP: Combat Racing, will be the focus for the latter half of this course, and we’ll get to see an awful lot of what’s going on under the hood there. We’re going to expose all of its secrets. This journey will take you from being a C++ novice,all the way up to writing the most challenging racing game I’ve ever been involved with, and I’ve written a few. But if that sounds terrifying, don’t worry, we’ve got this. We can do this, together.

I’ll be presenting in a no-nonsense style, side-stepping a lot of the hokum you don’t need to know, focusing intently on the stuff you really do, and providing rock-solid examples of how to apply what you’ll be taught here. This is not academia, this is real-world getting it done, and getting it done well kind of coding. This is stuff taken straight from the battlefield of game development. After firmly establishing all of the fundamentals, I’ll be imbuing you with tricks and techniques, algorithms and insights, gathered from decades of coding experience that you can apply across many game genres. We’re going to turn you, into an Unreal Engine Ninja.

So get ready coder one, because we’ve got work to do.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Lecture 1: Very quickly before we begin

Lecture 2: What is Unreal Engine?

Lecture 3: The Epic Games Launcher

Lecture 4: Stock or customized engine?

Lecture 5: Downloading the stock engine

Lecture 6: Downloading from source code

Lecture 7: SSD and HDD

Lecture 8: Downloading Visual Studio

Lecture 9: Visual Studio updates

Lecture 10: Preparing Visual Studio

Lecture 11: Visual Studio productivity tools

Lecture 12: Compiling from source code

Lecture 13: Version control

Lecture 14: Preparing for version control

Lecture 15: Adding your custom engine to version control

Lecture 16: Basic terminology

Lecture 17: Exploring the editor

Lecture 18: C++

Lecture 19: Blueprints

Lecture 20: C++ or blueprints

Lecture 21: Coding standard

Chapter 2: Metal in motion, part I

Lecture 1: Starting your first project

Lecture 2: Creating your first project

Lecture 3: Core class hierarchy

Lecture 4: Creating a new class

Lecture 5: Properties

Lecture 6: Mobilizing our ball bearing

Lecture 7: Metal in motion failing to compile correctly?

Lecture 8: Editor naming conventions

Lecture 9: Adding a debugging HUD

Lecture 10: Arrays, an introduction

Lecture 11: The actor life-cycle

Lecture 12: The goal of the game

Lecture 13: Constructing a level

Lecture 14: The C++ / blueprint divide

Lecture 15: Wrapping up

Chapter 3: Game mathematics fundamentals

Lecture 1: Math primer

Lecture 2: Evaluation order

Lecture 3: Degrees and radians

Lecture 4: Ratios

Lecture 5: Trigonometry

Lecture 6: Abs and Sign

Lecture 7: Pow

Lecture 8: Interpolation

Lecture 9: Easing in and out

Lecture 10: Time-based smoothing

Lecture 11: Random number generation

Lecture 12: Vectors

Lecture 13: Dot products

Lecture 14: Cross products

Lecture 15: Quaternions

Lecture 16: Rotators

Lecture 17: Transforms

Lecture 18: Coordinate spaces

Lecture 19: Matrices

Lecture 20: Wrapping up

Chapter 4: Metal in motion, part II

Lecture 1: Upping our game

Lecture 2: Functions

Lecture 3: Magnetism

Lecture 4: The console

Lecture 5: Finishing up

Lecture 6: Where now?

Lecture 7: Build configurations

Lecture 8: Version control check-in process

Lecture 9: Visual Studio version control integration

Chapter 5: Vehicle dynamics, part I

Lecture 1: The road ahead

Lecture 2: Finding GRIP

Lecture 3: Physics primer

Lecture 4: Creating your second project

Lecture 5: Unreal Engine modifications

Lecture 6: Downloading the GRIP goods

Lecture 7: GRIP failing to compile correctly?

Lecture 8: Skeletal meshes and physics assets

Lecture 9: Exploration of the GRIP code

Lecture 10: I am vehicle

Lecture 11: Diagnostic checks

Lecture 12: Raising the vehicle

Lecture 13: Output logging

Lecture 14: Fundamental physics forces and control

Lecture 15: Class specifiers

Lecture 16: Adding grip to GRIP, and vehicle animation

Lecture 17: Improving the physics body setup

Lecture 18: Vehicle drifting

Lecture 19: Physics materials and surface types

Chapter 6: Time and timing

Lecture 1: Engine timing

Lecture 2: Physics timing

Lecture 3: Time dilation

Lecture 4: Timers and time sharing

Lecture 5: Floating point precision

Chapter 7: Graphics

Lecture 1: Textures, materials, particle systems and data assets

Lecture 2: Driving surfaces and wheel effects

Lecture 3: Vehicle impact effects

Chapter 8: Vehicle dynamics, part II

Instructors

Rob Baker
Video Games Programmer

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4 stars: 165 votes

5 stars: 501 votes

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