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Elevating Game Experiences with Unreal Engine 5
Elevating Game Experiences with Unreal Engine 5

Elevating Game Experiences with Unreal Engine 5: Bring your game ideas to life using the new Unreal Engine 5 and C++ , Second Edition

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  • Build real games using Unreal Engine and C++ with step-by-step guidance
  • Learn core topics like animation, AI, UI/UX, multiplayer, and input systems
  • Solve common dev issues and stay current with evolving tools and workflows

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Immerse yourself in the Unreal game projects with this book, written by four highly experienced industry professionals with many years of combined experience with Unreal Engine. Elevating Game Experiences with Unreal Engine 5 will walk you through the latest version of Unreal Engine by helping you get hands-on with the game creation projects. The book starts with an introduction to the Unreal Editor and key concepts such as actors, blueprints, animations, inheritance, and player input. You'll then move on to the first of three projects, building a dodgeball game, where you'll learn the concepts of line traces, collisions, projectiles, user interface, and sound effects. You’ll also discover how to combine these concepts to showcase your new skills. The second project, a side-scroller game, will help you implement concepts such as animation blending, enemy AI, spawning objects, and collectibles. And finally, you'll cover the key concepts in creating a multiplayer environment as you work on the third project, an FPS game. By the end of this Unreal Engine book, you'll have a broad understanding of how to use the tools that the game engine provides to start building your own games.

Who is this book for?

This book is ideal for developers and hobbyists eager to build real games with Unreal Engine, deepen their C++ skills, and master key areas like animation, input, AI, UI/UX, multiplayer, and debugging. Prior experience with C++ (variables, functions, classes, pointers) and a Windows system are recommended for the best results.

What you will learn

  • Create a fully functional third-person character and enemies
  • Implement navigation with keyboard, mouse, and gamepad
  • Program logic and game mechanics with collision and particle effects
  • Explore AI for games with Blackboards and behavior trees
  • Build character animations with animation blueprints and montages
  • Polish your game with stunning visual and sound effects
  • Explore the fundamentals of game UI using a heads-up display
  • Discover how to implement multiplayer in your games

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Christopher West Oct 27, 2022
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This book was a good primer on using Unreal Engine 5 and Visual Studio to make games! The book is broken down into 18 Chapters that take you through a full range of topics from the fundamentals of setting up an Unreal Engine 5 project to Multiplayer networking. Throughout the book, readers are taught concepts as they build 3 different video games. The games include a dodge ball game to teach concepts like physics and collisions, a side scrolling game to teach concepts like enemy Ai and spawning, and lastly a first person shooter game to teach multiplayer concepts.I found this book to be a good primer and resource for games concepts in Unreal Engine 5 and I would recommend it for beginner to intermediate level developers that want to start building games on this platform.
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Janis Briedis Dec 20, 2022
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Well written book.
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Jannik Nov 12, 2022
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I find the way the topics covered are taught over 3 work examples very good. As someone who has worked a bit with UE4, I found it a pity that I did not find a short paragraph on the changes of UE5 or their advantage in comparison. But otherwise I would highly recommend the book to anyone starting out or wanting to get back into UE5.
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Jose Antonio Martinez Perez Sep 28, 2022
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This is a book for those that prefer practice rather than videos, it'll guide you step by step about how to use Unreal Engine 5, there is not much difference between UE4 and UE5 but it has some extra features that Elevating Game Experiences with Unreal Engine 5 - Second Edition will teach you.A must read for those looking to improve the quality of their games, every studio must have this book in the shelf.
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Honk Gamedev Sep 23, 2023
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Chapter 2 is infuriating if you are starting with UE 5.2, maybe the book hastly was written with a preview version of UE 5.0 to jump on the band wagon.Exercices in the wrong order, screenshots that doesn]t make sense with the exercice step.TL;DR: get ready to get your hands dirty and a google tab open (which is good) while following this book.Message to the authors: book definitely needs a review pass, early chapters are a pass or no pass from a user retention standpoint.
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