Unreal Engine: Creating Widgets For Ui

Learn how to create UI menu systems for games like Fortnite, Horizon Forbidden West, Final Fantasy, and Call of Duty!

What you'll learn

What are Widgets and why are they important?

How to create, display, and remove a widget from the viewport

How to create, customize, and utilize the most frequently used UI elements

How to add events and program your widgets using the Graph Editor

Tips & Tricks for using Unreal Widgets

How to create a simple Survival Game with pickups and damage

How to make a Game Instance to transfer variables between levels

How to create a Save Game to save and load your settings

Requirements

Recommended: Basic computer knowledge

Recommended: An understanding of basic navigation for the Unreal Engine

Recommended: Unreal Engine 5.1 or higher installed

Recommended: Desktop PC with Windows 7 (or later) 64-bit - OR - a Mac with Mac OS X 10.9.2 or later

Recommended: DirectX 11 compatible video card

Recommended: Quad-core Intel or AMD processor

Recommended: 8 GB RAM

NO programming experience needed!

Description

In this course, you will learn how to use the Unreal Widget Blueprint system to create UI (User Interface) for your games and applications. These are the same user interfaces that you see in popular games such as Fortnite, Madden NFL, Grand Theft Auto, and Final Fantasy! These menus also mimic the menus that I use to create visualization applications at a Fortune 500 company, and are proven techniques! It is vitally important for any Unreal developer to understand the concepts of widget blueprints. By the end of this course, you will have the knowledge and expertise to be able to create menus, on screen HUD's, and many other kinds of menus that you can use in your own games and applications! You will also have developed a fully functional Survival Game!This course is a great starting point for users who are unfamiliar with the Unreal Widget Blueprint system. It is targeted at Unreal Engine users who have a basic understanding of Unreal 5. We will not be going over how to download and install the Engine or general navigation of the Editor. However, you will master how to design, program and debug widgets within the Widget Blueprint Editor! NO PROGRAMMING KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Project Primer

Lecture 2 Making The Most Out Of This Course

Section 2: Creating Widgets

Lecture 3 What is a Widget?

Lecture 4 Creating Widgets

Section 3: Widget Designer Mode

Lecture 5 Widget Designer Mode: Designer Mode Window

Lecture 6 Widget Designer Mode: Widget Types - Common

Lecture 7 Widget Designer Mode: Widget Types - Input

Lecture 8 Widget Designer Mode: Widget Types - Misc

Lecture 9 Widget Designer Mode: Widget Types - Primitive

Lecture 10 Widget Designer Mode: Widget Types - Special Effects

Lecture 11 Widget Designer Mode: Widget Types - Panel

Lecture 12 Widget Designer Mode: Widget Types - Additional Functionality

Lecture 13 Widget Designer Mode: Widget Types - User Created

Lecture 14 Widget Designer Mode: Animations

Lecture 15 Widget Designer Mode: Conclusion

Section 4: Widget Graph Editor Mode

Lecture 16 Widget Graph Editor Mode: Graph Editor Window

Lecture 17 Widget Graph Editor Mode: Blueprint Panel

Lecture 18 Widget Graph Editor Mode: Debugging

Section 5: Tips & Tricks

Lecture 19 Tips & Tricks

Section 6: Creating A Survival Game

Lecture 20 Creating A Survival Game: Introduction and Set Up

Lecture 21 Creating A Survival Game: Setting Up The Pawn

Lecture 22 Creating A Survival Game: Setting Up The Start Level

Lecture 23 Creating A Survival Game: Start Level Menu

Lecture 24 Creating A Survival Game: Settings Menu Part I

Lecture 25 Creating A Survival Game: Save Game and Game Instance

Lecture 26 Creating A Survival Game: Settings Menu Part II

Lecture 27 Creating A Survival Game: Setting Up the HUD

Lecture 28 Creating A Survival Game: Animating the Menus

Lecture 29 Creating A Survival Game: Creating the Score HUD

Lecture 30 Creating A Survival Game: Setting Up the End Game Widget

Lecture 31 Creating A Survival Game: Applying Settings to the Main Level

Lecture 32 Creating A Survival Game: Setting Up the Pick Ups

Lecture 33 Creating A Survival Game: Creating Electricity

Lecture 34 Creating A Survival Game: Unreal 5 Streaming Issue

Lecture 35 Creating A Survival Game: One More Thing…

Section 7: Conclusion

Lecture 36 Conclusion

Students who want to learn how to create UI for games and applications,Students interested in learning how the various widgets work in Unreal Engine,Students interested in creating a simple Survival Game