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Currently free as part of the February Unreal content giveaway, we take a hands-on look at CCG Toolkit. The CCG Toolkit is a collection of blueprints and assets that provide a framework for easily creating digital card games like Magic the Gathering and Hearthstone. CCG Toolkit is described as:The CCG Toolkit is an extensive card […]
Epic just released a pretty awesome pair of assets packs completely free for Unreal Engine developers. Soul:City and Soul:Cave are both AAA quality packs containing maps, models, textures, blueprints and more for creating a futuristic city as well as a cave environment. The only real catch is the license requires the assets be used only […]
With the release of version 4.8 of Unreal Engine, playing audio actually became a great deal easier for 2D games with the addition of PlaySound2D. In this section we are going to learn how to import and play audio files in Unreal Engine. For the application controller I created a simple UI that fire […]
Today we are going to look at creating 2D maps composed of tiles. You can think of tiles as re-usable lego block like sprites that are assembled to create a more detailed map. Tiles are stored in a data structure called a tileset, where collision details can be added. These tiles and tile sets […]
This tutorial series covers all aspects of creating a 2D game using Unreal Engine. It is my intention to eventually create an identical series covering Unity, so people can directly compare the workflow of both game engines. This series is in both text and video form. All coding is done using Blueprints although I […]
In the previous part we looked at we look in a bit more detail at working with Sprites, now we are going to get a bit more… animated. In this tutorial we are going to look at using Spritesheets, named Flipbooks in Unreal Engine, to create sprite animations. A bit of a warning […]
In the previous tutorial we created a new project but didn’t really go anywhere with it. Instead we were focusing more on learning our way around the Unreal Engine interface. By the way, with each tutorial I assume you are familiar with the subject matter of the tutorial that came before it. This tutorial […]
A video only version of this tutorial is available here. In this part of the Unreal vs Unity Tutorial Series, we are going to take an introductory look at Unreal Engine. A bit of a guide tour of the interface as you will need to understand it to make 2D games. I assume […]
On a daily basis I use dozens of different programming languages. Some languages are certainly better than other languages at certain tasks, while other languages truly shine on certain platforms. Some languages are more portable than others, others are more customizable while some can be faster. All that said, when all other things are […]
The following email just landed in my inbox. Unreal Engine 4.2 is Here! In this update we’re shipping 269 new additions, 163 changes and 107 fixes. That’s 539 updates in 6 weeks. Here are a few ways you can do more with Unreal Engine 4 for only $19 per month. If you […]
