Make A 2D Idle Clicker Game - Unreal Engine 5 Blueprint

Make a 2D Idle Clicker Game from scratch using Unreal Engine 5 Blueprint. No experience needed.

What you'll learn

You'll learn how to make a 2D game from scratch in Unreal Engine 5.

Learn how to create tile sets, tile maps, sprites and animated flipbooks.

Learn how to spawn, damage, and kill enemies using the Mouse Cursor

You'll create an auto-click mechanic to automatically deal damage

You'll learn how to create floating combat text when doing damage

Learn how to create an item shop with spawnable items.

Learn how to add replayability (ascension) to the game

You'll learn how to add multiple levels to the game which you can switch between.

Requirements

No requirements. Everyone can take this course.

Description

Are you ready to get started with 2D game development in Unreal Engine 5?This course teaches you how to make a 2D Idle Clicker game in Unreal Engine 5 from scratch. The game will be similar to the iconic Clicker Heroes and Cookie Clicker. We will cover everything you need to know, from setting up your project to creating the game mechanics and UI. All of this will be done without writing a single line of code.For complete beginners and aspiring game developersWhether you're new to game development or an experienced developer looking to advance your skills in 2D game development, this course will equip you with the necessary knowledge and tools to create your own paper 2D game using Unreal Engine 5 Blueprints. Although the course teaches how to create a 2D clicker game, it also improves your skills in general for making 2D games with Unreal Engine 5.Get hands-on with Unreal Engine 2D: Learn by doing!Dive right into 2D game making with easy follow-along videos. You will start with the basics of 2D game development and gradually build up your skills as you go through the level and character design to engaging gameplay mechanics, audio, and visual effects.This course contains everything you need to know to get started with Unreal 2D game development, including how to:Create tile sets & tile maps.Add static as well as animated 2D assets.Spawn, damage and kill enemies using the mouse cursor.Create an item shop with spawnable items.Create an auto-click mechanic to automatically deal damage as you purchase items from the shop.Add multiple levels to the game which you can switch between.Display floating combat text.Create 2D UI & world-spawned UI.Create UI tooltips.Add the ascension mechanic for replayability to deal more damage as you ascend during the game.Add visual effects and sound effectsWhat makes me qualified to teach you?My name is Moustafa Nafei, and I am the director and developer of Farmtale on Steam, made only with Blueprints. With years of game development and teaching experience with 30,000 students across platforms, I will show you the best practices to achieve optimized and game-ready performance.See you in lesson 1!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 PROJECT FILES

Lecture 2 Introduction

Lecture 3 Downloading Unreal Engine 5

Lecture 4 Creating a New Project

Lecture 5 Unreal Engine 5 Overview

Section 2: Environment Creation

Lecture 6 Game Introduction

Lecture 7 Creating a New Level

Lecture 8 Importing the Environment Assets

Lecture 9 Creating a Tile Set

Lecture 10 Creating a Tile Map

Lecture 11 Designing a Temporary Tile Map

Lecture 12 Placing the Tile Map in the Level

Lecture 13 Post Process Volume

Lecture 14 Adjust the Project Settings

Section 3: Player & Enemy Setup

Lecture 15 Game Mode & Player Controller

Lecture 16 Adding the Player Camera

Lecture 17 Extracting the Enemy Sprites

Lecture 18 Creating Flipbooks

Lecture 19 Parent vs Child Blueprint Class

Lecture 20 Finalizing the Enemy Class Setup

Lecture 21 Applying the Player Camera as Default

Section 4: Spawning Enemy

Lecture 22 Creating the Enemy Spawn Point

Lecture 23 Spawn Actor of Class

Lecture 24 Blueprint Communication - Casting

Lecture 25 Blueprint Communication - Interfaces

Lecture 26 Getting the Spawn Point Values

Lecture 27 Introduction to Structures

Lecture 28 Level Info & Enemy Info Structures

Lecture 29 Creating the Enemy Type Enum

Lecture 30 Introduction to Data Tables

Lecture 31 Level Info & Enemy Info Data Tables

Lecture 32 Introduction to Libraries

Lecture 33 Creating the Library Functions

Lecture 34 Adding the Enemy Names

Lecture 35 Spawning the Enemy

Section 5: Damage & Death

Lecture 36 Designing the Enemy Name UI

Lecture 37 Adding a Custom Font

Lecture 38 Adding the Enemy Name UI

Lecture 39 Programming the Enemy Info UI

Lecture 40 Applying Damage to Enemy

Lecture 41 Calculating the Health

Lecture 42 Designing the Health Bar

Lecture 43 Adding the Health Bar

Lecture 44 Updating the Health Bar

Lecture 45 Enemy Hit Flipbook

Lecture 46 Enemy Death

Lecture 47 Incrementing the Level

Lecture 48 Fixing the Enemy Death Animations

Lecture 49 Clicking Hit VFX

Lecture 50 Designing the Floating Text UI

Lecture 51 Floating Text Animation

Lecture 52 Spawning the Floating Text

Lecture 53 Updating the Floating Text Display

Lecture 54 Playing the Floating Text Animation

Section 6: Round Timer

Lecture 55 Designing the Timer UI

Lecture 56 Displaying the Main UI

Lecture 57 Setting the Round Timer

Lecture 58 Updating the Main UI Timer

Lecture 59 Restore Health on Timer End

Lecture 60 Reset Timer on Enemy Death

Section 7: Currency

Lecture 61 Designing the Currency UI

Lecture 62 Currency UI Animation

Lecture 63 Amount Of Coins Variable

Lecture 64 Add Coins Drop To Enemies

Lecture 65 Update the Coins Display

Section 8: Item Shop

Lecture 66 Adding the Shop Scroll Box

Lecture 67 Designing the Shop Item Card

Lecture 68 Item Info Structure & Data Table

Lecture 69 Creating the Shop Item Cards

Lecture 70 Displaying the Shop Item Cards

Lecture 71 Giving Each Item Card the Correct Info

Lecture 72 Displaying the Correct Item Card Info

Lecture 73 Changing the Buy Text Color

Lecture 74 Checking If Player Has Enough Coins

Lecture 75 Purchasing the Item

Lecture 76 Updating the Amount Of Items Bought

Lecture 77 Creating Item Spawn Points

Lecture 78 Spawning the Bought Item

Lecture 79 Spawning Logic

Lecture 80 Spawning Logic - Intermediate

Lecture 81 Spawning Logic - Advanced

Lecture 82 Item Cost Structure & Data Table

Lecture 83 Get Item Cost Function

Lecture 84 Increasing Item Cost

Lecture 85 Designing the Item Tooltip Widget

Lecture 86 Updating the Tooltip Information

Lecture 87 Displaying the Tooltip Widget

Section 9: Auto Clicking

Lecture 88 Automatically Applying Damage

Lecture 89 Calculating the Total DPS

Lecture 90 Applying Correct Amount of Damage

Lecture 91 Fixing the Hit Effect

Section 10: Level Display

Lecture 92 Designing the Level Display

Lecture 93 Designing the Level Card

Lecture 94 Setting the Level

Lecture 95 Unlocking the New Level

Lecture 96 Setting the Current Level

Lecture 97 Preventing Automatic Enemy Spawn

Lecture 98 Adding Skull Icons to Bosses

Lecture 99 Adding Icons to Shop Cards

Section 11: Mouse Cursor

Lecture 100 Adding the Mouse Cursor to the Shop

Lecture 101 Adding the Mouse Cursor Spawn Point

Lecture 102 Displaying the Damage Text Correctly

Lecture 103 Upgrading the Mouse Cursor Damage

Lecture 104 Designing the Mouse Cursor Widget

Lecture 105 Adding the Mouse Click Input

Section 12: Design & Effects

Lecture 106 Designing the Final Map

Lecture 107 Preparing the Sound Cues

Lecture 108 Adding SFX to the UI

Lecture 109 Adding SFX to the Enemy

Lecture 110 Adding Music

Section 13: Ascension

Lecture 111 Designing the Ascension UI

Lecture 112 Designing the Ascension Popup

Lecture 113 Opening the Ascension Popup

Lecture 114 Setting the Restart Game Event

Lecture 115 Displaying Ascension at End Game

Lecture 116 Creating the Ascension Structure

Lecture 117 Adding the Ascension Multiplier

Lecture 118 Displaying the Ascension Multiplier

Section 14: Packaging

Lecture 119 Cleaning the Project

Lecture 120 Packaging the Game

Anyone (beginner or intermediate) who wants to make an Unreal Engine 5 2D Idle Clicker Game,Anyone who want to learn how to make 2D games in Unreal Engine 5.,Experienced game developers who want to brush up their skills,Game designers and artists who want to get into game programming.