Intro to Blueprints in Unreal Engine 5 - In One Afternoon!

​This hands-on workshop is designed to get you started with Blueprints, Unreal’s visual scripting system. Over the course of 4 hours, you’ll build a small game while learning the fundamentals of scripting and various editors within Unreal. 

​The workshop is designed for artists, designers, and anyone who’s already spent a little time in Unreal, but wants to jump into the more technical side of development. No prior coding or node-based scripting experience is required.

​What you’ll learn:

• ​Introduction to Unreal's gameplay framework

• ​Working with actor and component blueprints

• ​Tracing and collision basics

• ​The basics of inheritance and commonly used actors

• ​Blueprint fundamentals: events, functions, variables, flow control, blueprint exposed data types

• ​Basic communication between actors

• ​Best practices for keeping blueprint graphs organised

​Workshop Overview:

• ​3 hours of live instruction and guided exercises

• ​30-minute break mid-session

• ​30 minutes of Q&A and help time

• ​Downloadable project files (shared via email and Discord)
  
  Find all workshop updates, files, and future workshops in the Pixel Box Discord Server:
  https://discord.gg/kfJ5FNmHpz

​Your Instructor:

​Victoria is an Unreal developer and instructor with an extensive background in games, film, and mixed reality. Her past work has ranged from indie games to large scale productions including both the cozy game Palia and the television series Obi-Wan Kenobi. She has also previously developed curriculum for multiple Unreal Engine university courses and has taught game development for over 5 years.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-lyons-830026176/

Prerequisites:

​You should have used Unreal before for this workshop. If you’re brand new, complete Your First Hour in Unreal Engine first.
https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/courses/3ke/your-first-hour-in-unreal-engine-5-2/vvdk/your-first-hour-in-unreal-engine-5-2-overview

Requirements:

• ​A laptop or PC that meets the hardware requirements to run Unreal
  https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/hardware-and-software-specifications-for-unreal-engine

• ​Unreal Engine 5.5 (or newer) installed before the workshop begins (Installation can take 30+ minutes)

​Please Note:

​To keep the workshop focused and provide the best learning environment for building professional skills, Pixel Box workshops are for adults and teens 16+ only.