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Learning Unreal Engine Game Development

By : Joanna Lee
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Learning Unreal Engine Game Development

By: Joanna Lee

Overview of this book

Unreal Engine 4 is a powerful game development engine that provides rich functionalities to create 2D and 3D games across multiple platforms. Many people know what a game is and they play games every day, but how many of them know how to create a game? Unreal Engine technology powers hundreds of games, and thousands of individuals have built careers and companies around skills developed using this engine. Learning Unreal Engine 4 Game Development starts with small, simple game ideas and playable projects that you can actually finish. The book first teaches you the basics of using Unreal Engine to create a simple game level. Then, you'll learn how to add details such as actors, animation, effects, and so on to the game. The complexity will increase over the chapters and the examples chosen will help you learn a wide variety of game development techniques. This book aims to equip you with the confidence and skills to design and build your own games using Unreal Engine 4. By the end of this book, you'll have learnt about the entire Unreal suite and know how to successfully create fun, simple games.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Learning Unreal Engine Game Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Adding materials to the walls


To make the ground look more realistic, we will apply a material to it. Go to Content Browser | Content | StarterContent | Materials. Type Wall into the Filters box. Select M_Basic_Wall and drag it onto the surface of the wall with the door. Then, we will use a different material. Type Brick into the Filters box. Select M_Brick_Clay_New to apply to the inner surface of the two other walls.

Here, you can take a look at how the level looks in the Unlit mode after applying the materials mentioned previously:

Build the light before running the level again to see how the level looks now.