Unreal Engine Essential

Module 1. Understanding the Unreal Interface

• Epic launch screen
• Introduction to user interface
• Menus
• Customizing the UI
• Navigation
• Documentation

Module 2. Starting a New Project

• Creating a new project
• Placing and manipulating actors
• Advanced manipulating techniques

Module 3. Level Design: Creating Base Landscape

• Landscape tool modes
• Creating base landscape
• Editing landscapes
• Applying landscape materials

Module 4. Level Design: Blocking

• Overview of geometry brushes
• Geometry brush tour
• Blocking out the level
• Exporting blocking level

Module 5. Level Assembly

• Content creation: external applications
• Exporting final assets of Unreal
• Importing final assets of Unreal
• Assembling the scene

Module 6. Look Development: Materials

• Introduction to Materials
• Material properties
• Material Editor: Lattern
• Material instances

Module 7. Look Development: Lighting

• Lighting basics
• Lighting with light actors: Headlights
• Environment lighting
• Building the lighthouse light

Module 8. Post Process Effects

• Anti-aliasing
• Tone mapping
• Adding a bloom effect
• Lighting components

Module 9. Look Development: Water 

• Defining the water body
• Advanced material: water

Module 10. Look Development: Effects

• Creating atomspherics
• Creating ambient wind
• Creating ambient particles: fog
• Using particle systems
• Using particle ambients: exhaust
• Creating glow bugs 

Module 11. Blueprints: Visual Scripting in Unreal

• Introduction to Blueprints
• Blueprint editor
• Blueprint animation : Lighthouse light

Module 12. Matinee: Creating Cinematics

• Introduction to Matinee
• The Matinee UI
• Uisng camera groups in Martinee
• Using Director Track
• Creating a cinematic

Module 13. Performance Monitoring

• Playback and performance settings
• Tips for optimal performance
• Render visualizers
• GPU profiling

Module 14. Packing Your Game

• Overview
• Play test your game
• Packaging for distribution