Learn How To Make A 2D Platformer In Unreal Engine 5

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Installing Unreal Engine And PaperZD

Lecture 2: Community

Chapter 2: Setting Up A 2D Player Character

Lecture 1: Download Resources

Lecture 2: Setting Up The Player Sprites

Lecture 3: Setting Up Player Input ( Watch Instead If Using UE5.1 Or Above )

Lecture 4: Setting Up Player Input

Lecture 5: Setting Up Player Input Pt 2 ( Watch Instead If Using UE5.1 Or Above )

Lecture 6: Setting Up Player Input Pt 2

Lecture 7: 2D Lighting In Unreal Engine

Lecture 8: Handling Player Rotation ( Watch Instead If Using UE5.1 Or Above )

Lecture 9: Handling The Players Rotation

Lecture 10: Setting Up Future Input ( Watch only if using UE5.1 Or Above )

Lecture 11: Setting Up The Players Animations With Paper ZD

Lecture 12: Setting Up A Jump System

Lecture 13: Creating A Dash Ability

Lecture 14: Creating A Dash Ability Pt 2

Lecture 15: Creating A Wall Slide Mechanic

Lecture 16: Creating Wall Jump

Chapter 3: Creating The Enemy Character

Lecture 1: Importing The Enemy Character

Lecture 2: Setting Up Enemy Movement

Lecture 3: Setting Up Enemy Detection

Lecture 4: Setting Up Enemy Ledge Detection

Lecture 5: Setting Up Player Attack

Lecture 6: Setting Up Enemy Damage

Lecture 7: Polishing The Enemy Damage System

Lecture 8: Creating An Enemy Health Bar

Lecture 9: Showing The Enemy Health Bar

Chapter 4: Creating A Melee Combat System

Lecture 1: Creating a HUD For The Players Health

Lecture 2: Setting Up What Happens When The Player Is Damaged

Lecture 3: Setting Up What Happens When The Player Is Damaged Pt 2

Lecture 4: Creating A Screen Shake Effect

Lecture 5: Giving The Enemy A Melee Attack

Chapter 5: Creating A Ranged Combat System

Lecture 1: Importing The Ranged Enemy Sprites

Lecture 2: Setting Up The Enemy's Rotation

Lecture 3: Setting Up The Enemy Projectile Attack

Lecture 4: Damaging The Ranged Enemy

Lecture 5: Making The Ranged Enemy Attack The Player

Lecture 6: Giving The Player A Projectile Attack

Lecture 7: Setting Up The Player Projectile Attack

Lecture 8: Fixing A Problem With The Apples

Lecture 9: Making Projectiles Cancel Each Other Out

Lecture 10: Updating The HUD To Show The Amount Of Projectiles We Have

Lecture 11: Where To Get More Sprites

Lecture 12: How To Set Up More Enemies

Lecture 13: Setting Up A New Enemy ( Optional )

Chapter 6: Creating Blueprint Systems

Lecture 1: Creating A Projectile Pick Up System

Lecture 2: Creating A Health Pick Up System

Lecture 3: Making The Health Pick Up System Dynamic

Lecture 4: Making A Player Death System

Lecture 5: Making A Lives System

Lecture 6: Updating The Player HUD To Show Are Lives

Lecture 7: Creating A Checkpoint System

Lecture 8: Creating Spikes

Lecture 9: Creating A Platform

Lecture 10: Creating A Moving Platform

Lecture 11: Creating A Moving Saw

Lecture 12: Creating A Coin Pick Up System

Chapter 7: Level Design

Lecture 1: Creating A Level Background ( Method A )

Lecture 2: Creating A Level Background ( Method B )

Lecture 3: Designing A Level In Unreal Engine

Lecture 4: Fixing Camera Issues

Lecture 5: Adding Blueprints To Our Level

Lecture 6: Fixing A Couple Of Issues

Lecture 7: Creating A Main Menu Widget

Lecture 8: Designing A Main Menu Level

Lecture 9: Creating A Pause Menu

Chapter 8: Creating A Boss Battle

Lecture 1: Creating The Level For The Boss Battle

Lecture 2: Setting Up The Boss Sprites

Lecture 3: Handling Boss Movement

Lecture 4: Boss Movement Range

Lecture 5: Boss Attack

Lecture 6: Boss Damage System

Lecture 7: Boss Death System

Lecture 8: Boss Health Bar

Lecture 9: Fixing A Bug With The Boss

Lecture 10: Add this tag to the Boss

Lecture 11: Creating A Game Over System

Chapter 9: Final Touches

Lecture 1: Creating A Save System

Lecture 2: Saving The Players Coins + Projectiles

Lecture 3: Creating A Level Unlock System

Lecture 4: Polishing A Few Things

Lecture 5: Quick Tip

Lecture 6: Adding Sound Effects

Lecture 7: How To Package The Project

Chapter 10: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Bonus Lecture

Lecture 2: 2D Platformer Project