Lee Joanna. - Learning Unreal Engine Game Development

Joanna Lee has more than 8 years of experience in game development. She has designed and programmed various video games. She first started working with Unreal's game engine in 2005 and is very excited to be able to author a book about the newest Unreal Engine 4. She has also worked with many other engines as well as reviewed books and videos on Cry Engine 4.

I would like to thank my parents and sister for their constant support in my game development journey and my brother, Jerome, who first drew me into the world of gaming. I also want to thank all my ex-colleagues and managers for their patience while teaching me about developing games and making each work day a pleasure.

Lastly, I would also like to thank the amazing team at Packt Publishing for guiding me through the publishing process and making this book possible.

Michele "Budello" Bertolini always had a passion for videogames, but his way into the industry had been long and strange. In his youth, he was more interested in becoming a professional volleyball player despite studying computer science and computer graphics.

Then, he stopped growing and he only had one choice left.

Michele's education and background are strongly technical due to his master's in computer engineering degree. Through the course of his career, he's developed various artistic skills, passing drawing and photography courses. He's also a keen observer of nature. He thinks of himself as a technical guy with a good taste.

34BigThings is a small indie company based in Turin, Italy. Currently, it's involved in two titles: Redout, a tribute to old racing monsters, such as F-Zero, WipeOut, Rollcage, and POD and Hyperdrive Massacre, an 80s inspired multiplayer fragfest for up to four local players, which is focused on kinesthetic, tactical, and shooting skills.

I'd like to thank all the guys and gals in 34BigThings: first friends, then coworkers.

Kyle Langley is a self-taught game designer currently working for Vex Studios. He has also worked with Emotional Robots Inc, Sony Online Entertainment, and High Moon Studios. He is the author of Learn Programming With Unreal Script , which is aimed at teaching beginners the concept of object-oriented programming as well as the initial aspects of programming for the Unreal Development Kit. He was also the technical reviewer of Source SDK Game Development Essentials , Packt Publishing . You can find more about him on his website (www.dotvawxgames.com).

Daniel Jonathan Valik is an industry expert in the areas of Unified/Universal Communications, IaaS, SaaS, DevOps, Cloud Native Apps, WebRTC, Cloud Voice and Business Voice, mobile computing, social networking and UC-enabled Contact Center technologies. Daniel has driven these topics for more than 15 years in the IT and telecommunication industries, and he has also lived and worked in different regions, such as Europe, Southeast Asia, and the United States. Daniel is currently a senior technical product marketing manager for Cloud Native Apps, DevOps and Cloud Technologies at the VMWare HQ in Palo Alto, California. He was previously the senior technical product marketing manager for the Skype Developer Platform and Skype for Business Online at the Skype/Microsoft HQ in Redmond, Washington, USA. As part of the Skype product team, Daniel drove the positioning of Skype for Business, Online, Developer Platform, a UC-enabled contact center, and other emerging technologies. He holds a number of technical certifications, including Microsoft Certified Trainer; he has a double master's degree (MBA), a master's degree (MAS) in general business, and additionally holds a degree in international business management.

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Preface

Many people know what a game is, and a lot of people play games every day. But how many people know how to create a game? Game development using Unreal Engine 4 allows aspiring game creators to develop professional-looking games quickly. Unreal Engine 4 provides very polished game development tools and capabilities that allow vast amounts of customization for almost any game that you can dream of.