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- The only resource that shows how you can incorporate Blender into your Unreal Engine 4 Game environment
- Create amazing 3D game environments by leveraging the power of Blender and Unreal Engine 4
- Practical step-by-step approach with plenty of illustrative examples to get you started immediately
Unreal Engine 4 now has support for Blender, which was not available in earlier versions. This has opened up new possibilities and that is where this book comes in. This is the first book in the market combining these two powerful game and graphic engines. Readers will build an amazing high-level game environment with UE4 and will show them how to use the power of Blender 3D to create stunning animations and 3D effects for their game. This book will start with creating levels, 3D assets for the game, game progression, light and environment control, animation, and so on. Then it will teach readers to add amazing visual effects to their game by applying rendering, lighting, rigging, and compositing techniques in Blender. Finally, readers will learn how to smoothly transfer blender files to UE4 and animate the game assets. Each chapter will add complexities to the game environment.
What you will learn- Create a fully functioning game level of your own design using Blender and Unreal Engine 4
- Customize your level with detailed 3D assets created with Blender
- Import assets into Unreal Engine 4 to create an amazing finished product
- Build a detailed dynamic environment with goals and an ending
- Explore Blenders incredible animation tools to animate elements of your game
- Create great environments using sound effects, particle effects, and class blueprints
Justin Plowman is a game designer and educator, who resides in the United States. At a young age, he discovered his love for video games and the joy they bring to others. He began teaching high school students about game development in 2005 and enjoys supporting the dreams of the next generation developers. He currently teaches at risk youth about game design and development through the West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology (www.wmcat.org); and also teaches Unreal Engine development as part of the Digital Animation and Game Design program at Ferris State University (www.ferris.edu). Justin has worked with Unreal Technology in the education arena for more than 10 years. When not teaching, he writes learning tutorials on different topics related to Unreal Technology, and continues to further his education by keeping up on recent industry news and learning about best practices related to both teaching and game development. He can be found on the Web at https://gamingbootcamp.wordpress.com/.
Table of Contents- Unreal, My Friend, Id Like You to Meet Blender
- Starting Our First Project
- Its Time to Customize!
- Getting the Assets to the Level
- Taking This Level Up a Notch
- Monster Assets The Level Totally Needs One of These
- Lets Dress to Impress!
- Lights, Camera, Animation!
- Bang Bang Lets Make It Explode
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First published: June 2016
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Justin Plowman is a game designer and educator, who resides in the United States. At a young age, he discovered his love for video games and the joy they bring to others. He began teaching high school students about game development in 2005 and enjoys supporting the dreams of the next generation developers. He currently teaches at risk youth about game design and development through the West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology (www.wmcat.org); and also teaches Unreal Engine development as part of the Digital Animation and Game Design program at Ferris State University (www.ferris.edu). Justin has worked with Unreal Technology in the education arena for more than 10 years. When not teaching, he writes learning tutorials on different topics related to Unreal Technology, and continues to further his education by keeping up on recent industry news and learning about best practices related to both teaching and game development. He can be found on the Web at https://gamingbootcamp.wordpress.com/.
Writing this book has been quite a journey for me, as it firmly falls in the realm of the things that I never expected to do. However, it has truly been a rewarding experience, and I can't thank the folks at Packt Publishing enough for this opportunity. I want to thank my wife, Jennifer, for helping me focus through the long nights of writing and development, as well as my good friend, Jacob Pollak, for providing me with the amazing piece of cover art. Most of all, I would like to thank the great Unreal Engine online community that has been instrumental in growing and nurturing my skills over the years. This book represents my desire to give back, and I hope that it encourages more designers and developers within the community to do the same. Thank you!
Scott Hafner is a professional game designer with over 10 years of experience in the video game industry. Over the course of his career, Scott has worked as a producer, a game designer, and a level designer on a range of platforms and genres including MMOs, third-person shooters, and RPGs.
I would like to thank my wife for her continued encouragement and support in all that I do!
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With an explosive growth in independent game development in the last few years, many developers are looking for robust and low-cost tools that would enable them to bring their dream games to market.
Blender is a powerful open source 3D software package used by developers across the globe; it is renowned for its ease of use and active community. Unreal Engine 4 is the amazing AAA game engine built by Epic Games that has become the go to choice for many game developers, large and small.
During the course of this book, we will look at how to utilize Blender to create both animated and static game art for Unreal Engine 4 and how to bring these assets into our own projects.
, Unreal, My Friend, I'd Like You to Meet Blender , will guide you through installing and setting up the Blender 3D software package. We will discuss Blender's interface and tools as well as get started on our first project.
, Starting Our First Project , takes us into Unreal Engine 4 to begin designing the first level of our project. We will review some level design basics and put together a game level for our future game art to exist in.
, It's Time to Customize! , will have us started on creating the first game asset in Blendera space age crate for our cargo ship level. We will cover basic modeling techniques and discuss the process for UV unwrapping and texturing our game asset.
, Getting the Assets to the Level , will discuss the process of exporting our crate from Blender and importing it into Unreal so that we can utilize it within our cargo ship level.
, Taking This Level Up a Notch , will see us move on from the cargo ship to building a space station level, with complete scripted events to add emotions for the player's experience. We will take a look at more advanced scripting techniques in Blueprint and prepare our level to receive a more advanced game asset.
, Monster Assets The Level Totally Needs One of These , takes us through the design process to create a more advanced game assetthe Artifact. We will take a look at several more 3D modeling tools, and you will understand how to build your game asset from multiple components.
, Let's Dress to Impress , takes us through the process of UV unwrapping all the different pieces that make up the Artifact. We will look at some advanced UV tools in Blender. You will also learn how to utilize Substance Painter to create some amazing textures and materials.
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