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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

Sound and music


Sound and music are an essential part of the game experience. Ever watched television with the volume switched off? Just watching subtitles and lip movements is not enough. You want to hear what the character on the screen is saying and how they are saying it. For games, it is pretty much similar, and on top of this, pretty often, you get cues through the sound and music. If you have played Alien: Isolation, you need to listen to the sounds in the game to know whether you have an alien coming in your direction. This can be a matter of life and death in the game. It pretty much determines whether you end up as a winner or simply a delicious meal for the alien. So, are we ready now to learn how sound and music are created for games, and how we use the Unreal Editor to incorporate them into our game level?