Used by indie and AAA game developers alike, the Unreal Engine is a real-time 3D creation platform known for creating games with photorealistic visuals and lifelike animation. With its unique Blueprints Visual Scripting system, this powerful engine allows you to easily build your own games even if you’ve never coded before. Unreal Engine is also royalty-free until a game earns $1 million, making it one of the most popular engines in the game development industry.
In the Unreal Game Development Mini-Degree, you’ll build your own FPS games, platformers, RPGs, and more using the Unreal Engine. While creating these portfolio-worthy projects, you’ll learn in-demand skills that will help you to pursue your own projects and launch a successful hobby or career.
You will learn:
- Unreal Engine’s various features
- Using the Blueprints Visual Scripting system
- Animation controls with state machines
- Materials and lighting
- Controlling gameplay flow
- Various game genre mechanics
Build Unreal Games
Create a portfolio of Unreal Engine game projects, including:
Curriculum
- Tools overview
- Objects, physics, & lighting
- Blueprints Visual Scripting
- Your first mini-projects
- Player movement
- 3D level construction
- Collectibles & enemies
- Interaction systems
- Grid-based movement
- Plane-oriented movement
- Moving obstacles
- Scoring systems
- First-person player & camera
- Shooting mechanics
- Animated enemies
- Damage, ammo, & pickups
- Orbiting camera
- Animation Blueprints
- Attack & blocking mechanics
- Terrain creation
- Unit movement
- Turn-based & real-time gameplay
- Blueprint inheritance
- Strategy combat & puzzles
100% Beginner-Friendly
The Unreal Game Development Mini-Degree has been designed to make it easy for anyone to learn how to build their own games – they’re 100% beginner-friendly and no prior programming experience is needed to get started.
Unreal Engine’s unique Blueprints Visual Scripting system makes it incredibly easy for complete beginners to start creating – plus, our introductory courses will help you to quickly master the basics.
Understand the concepts behind game development
The Unreal Game Development Mini-Degree goes beyond surface-level content – it’s designed to give you a fundamental understanding of the concepts behind creating games.
That way, you’ll be able to apply the skills that you’ve learned to building your own 3D projects.
Courses by the World’s BestÂ
Our course instructors aren’t just fun to learn from – they’re also serious gamers, qualified coders, and have been formally certified for their excellent programming and teaching skills. That way, you can be confident that you’re developing strong, modern skills that will set you up for success as a game developer.
Why Learn Game Development with Unreal?
All around the globe, the game development industry is seeing massive revenue increases, with the market expected to continue to grow by billions of dollars each year. Having been used by many AAA game studios to create some of the world’s most popular games, Unreal’s proven track record makes it a top choice for game development. Skills with Unreal are also in high demand in a number of other industries, including film, architecture, training, simulation, and more, setting you up for success across a wide range of sectors for years to come.