Unreal Engine Courses

Architectural Visualization for Design Strategies on a 120 Year-Old Building

Discover how HOK uses Unreal Engine to create photorealistic visualizations for Canada's Parliament Centre Block restoration, combining historical architecture with modern technical workflows for precise conservation planning.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Building a Shared AAA Game Development Ecosystem with Unreal Engine

Discover how Riot Games builds a shared AAA development ecosystem using Unreal Engine, exploring game-agnostic technologies, infrastructure, and processes for efficient multi-game development.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Landscape Advanced Concepts: Grass Types - 2.5D Game Course

Explore advanced landscape vegetation techniques by setting up grass types, controlling procedural foliage parameters, and optimizing texture tiling for vibrant, well-distributed greenery in your scenes.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Project Setup: Character Setup - 2.5D Game Course

Learn how to set up your 2.5D game project by integrating Creative Commons assets, creating a master character Blueprint with PaperZD, and configuring sprite animations and collision settings.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Gameplay: Character Setup - 2.5D Game Course

Dive into character setup for 2.5D games, learning to implement responsive controls, sprite animations, and collision logic in a test environment for smooth gameplay movement.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Getting Started: Working with Assets - 2.5D Game Course

Discover how to import, manipulate, and organize assets in Unreal Engine, using transformation tools, snapping, and pivot adjustments for precise object placement in 2.5D games.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Landscape Advanced Concepts: Procedural Foliage - 2.5D Game Course

Discover how to set up procedural foliage in Unreal Engine with techniques for enabling plugins, configuring static mesh trees, and fine-tuning settings for realistic vegetation distribution.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Landscape Basics: Getting Started - 2.5D Game Course

Discover how to build dynamic game worlds in Unreal Engine by configuring plugins, creating landscapes, and mastering terrain sculpting tools for 2.5D games.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Landscape Basics: Clean Up - 2.5D Game Course

Discover how to organize material graphs in Unreal Engine by reorganizing nodes, promoting parameters, and optimizing blending functions for cleaner, more efficient landscape materials.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Gameplay: Combat Basics - 2.5D Game Course

Discover how to establish fundamental combat mechanics by setting up input actions, fine-tuning hitboxes and animations, and incorporating particle effects for smooth gameplay interactions.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Finishing Touches: Niagara Effects - 2.5D Game Course

Master the creation of custom Niagara systems for environmental effects, transitioning from 2D sprites to 3D meshes while adjusting parameters and applying material overrides for polished, volumetric visuals.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Landscape Advanced Concepts: Landscape Painting in Unreal Engine - 2.5D Game Course

Master landscape painting in Unreal Engine with techniques for detailed material transitions, organized paint layers, texture parameter adjustments, and custom grass textures for polished terrain in 2.5D games.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

World Building: Packed Level Actor - 2.5D Game Course

Discover how to efficiently build game levels using packed level actor techniques, from asset selection to creating performant environments through precise manipulation and organization.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Landscape Basics: Landscape Materials - 2.5D Game Course

Discover how to create effective terrain materials in Unreal Engine by breaking down complex landscape materials into manageable steps, blending textures procedurally with basic layers.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Getting Started: Navigating the Unreal Engine - 2.5D Game Course

Master Unreal Engine navigation with essential hotkeys, camera controls, and interface panels to efficiently move, rotate, and zoom within the viewport for your 2.5D game projects.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video