Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C++ Scripting: Become a professional game developer and create fully functional, high-quality games

Unreal Engine is one of the most popular and accessible game engines in the industry, creating multiple job opportunities. Owing to C++ scripting's high performance, advanced algorithms, and engineering maintenance, it has become the industry standard for developing commercial games. However, C++ scripting can be overwhelming for anyone without a programming background. Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C++ Scripting will help you master C++ and get a head start on your game development journey.
You’ll start by creating an Unreal Engine C++ project from the shooter template and then move on to building the C++ project and the C++ code inside the Visual Studio editor. You’ll be introduced to the fundamental C++ syntax and essential object-oriented programming concepts. For a holistic understanding of game development, you’ll also uncover various aspects of the game, including character creation, player input and character control, gameplay, collision detection, UI, networking, and packaging a completed multiplayer game.
By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to create professional, high-quality games using Unreal Engine 5 with C++, and will have built a solid foundation for more advanced C++ programming and game development technologies.

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Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C++ Scripting: Become a professional game developer and create fully functional, high-quality games

Unreal Engine is one of the most popular and accessible game engines in the industry, creating multiple job opportunities. Owing to C++ scripting's high performance, advanced algorithms, and engineering maintenance, it has become the industry standard for developing commercial games. However, C++ scripting can be overwhelming for anyone without a programming background. Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C++ Scripting will help you master C++ and get a head start on your game development journey.
You’ll start by creating an Unreal Engine C++ project from the shooter template and then move on to building the C++ project and the C++ code inside the Visual Studio editor. You’ll be introduced to the fundamental C++ syntax and essential object-oriented programming concepts. For a holistic understanding of game development, you’ll also uncover various aspects of the game, including character creation, player input and character control, gameplay, collision detection, UI, networking, and packaging a completed multiplayer game.
By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to create professional, high-quality games using Unreal Engine 5 with C++, and will have built a solid foundation for more advanced C++ programming and game development technologies.

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Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C++ Scripting: Become a professional game developer and create fully functional, high-quality games

Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C++ Scripting: Become a professional game developer and create fully functional, high-quality games

Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C++ Scripting: Become a professional game developer and create fully functional, high-quality games

Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C++ Scripting: Become a professional game developer and create fully functional, high-quality games

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Overview

Unreal Engine is one of the most popular and accessible game engines in the industry, creating multiple job opportunities. Owing to C++ scripting's high performance, advanced algorithms, and engineering maintenance, it has become the industry standard for developing commercial games. However, C++ scripting can be overwhelming for anyone without a programming background. Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C++ Scripting will help you master C++ and get a head start on your game development journey.
You’ll start by creating an Unreal Engine C++ project from the shooter template and then move on to building the C++ project and the C++ code inside the Visual Studio editor. You’ll be introduced to the fundamental C++ syntax and essential object-oriented programming concepts. For a holistic understanding of game development, you’ll also uncover various aspects of the game, including character creation, player input and character control, gameplay, collision detection, UI, networking, and packaging a completed multiplayer game.
By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to create professional, high-quality games using Unreal Engine 5 with C++, and will have built a solid foundation for more advanced C++ programming and game development technologies.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781804615263
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Publication date: 08/30/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 384
File size: 31 MB
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About the Author

Zhenyu George Li is a passionate video game developer with over 18 years of experience as a software engineer. Currently a senior development consultant at Unity, George's journey began in college with Visual Basic, C/C++, DirectX, and GUI. He has contributed to commercial games like Halo Infinity, Magic Arena, Stela, Dead Rising 2, and more. With expertise spanning gameplay, AI, graphics, animation, networking, and UI, George also has six years of teaching experience, including Unreal Engine at Vancouver Film School.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
  1. Creating Your First Unreal C++ Game
  2. Editing C++ Code in Visual Studio
  3. Learning C++ and Object-Oriented Programming
  4. Investigating the Shooter Game's Generated Project and C++ Code
  5. Learning How to Use UE Gameplay Framework Base Classes
  6. Creating Game Actors
  7. Controlling Characters
  8. Handling Collisions
  9. Improving C++ Code Quality
  10. Making Pangaea a Network Multiplayer Game
  11. Controlling the Game Flow
  12. Polishing and Packaging the Game
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