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Learning Unreal Engine iOS Game Development

Learning Unreal Engine iOS Game Development

By : Muhammad A.Moniem
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Learning Unreal Engine iOS Game Development

Learning Unreal Engine iOS Game Development

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By: Muhammad A.Moniem
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Overview of this book

If you are a game developer, designer, artist, or a beginner in the gaming industry, and want to make iOS games efficiently at a low cost, this book is ideal for you.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Preface
Preface
What will be covered?
Who this book is for
What you need for this book
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
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1. Prepare to Make Unreal Games with Unreal® Engine – Installing and Setting Up
1. Prepare to Make Unreal Games with Unreal® Engine – Installing and Setting Up
Getting ready and setting up
Getting and building the engine
Preparing the other required tools
Preparing a game profile on the App Store
Adding devices
Generating provisioning profiles
Summary
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2. Methods and Tools to Create Your Games
2. Methods and Tools to Create Your Games
Blueprints inside Unreal® Engine
The need for blueprints
What is a node?
The iOS/Mobile-only nodes
Blueprints – tips and tricks
The iOS project pipeline
Building the game's provisioning profiles
Building a project
Summary
3
3. Creating a Brick Breaking Game
3. Creating a Brick Breaking Game
The project structure
Building the blueprints
Building the game mode
Building the game's main material
Summary
4
4. Advanced Game Content Generation with a Fruit Chopper Game
4. Advanced Game Content Generation with a Fruit Chopper Game
The project structure
Importing the assets
An overview of blueprints
The gameplay mechanic
Building the particles
Building the blueprints
Summary
5
5. Building an Exciting Endless Runner Game
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5. Building an Exciting Endless Runner Game
The project structure
Importing the assets
Building the animated sprites
An overview of blueprints
The gameplay mechanics
Building the blueprints
Building the logic
Pushing the boundaries
Summary
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6. Designing an Advanced Game
6. Designing an Advanced Game
The project structure
Importing the assets
Building the animated sprites
The blueprints
The gameplay mechanic
Building the blueprints
Building the logic
Using 2D colliders
Pushing the boundaries
Summary
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7. Monetizing Your Game
7. Monetizing Your Game
iAd support
iTunes Connect
Adding in-app purchases
Adding leaderboards
Adding achievements
Summary
8
8. iOS Debugging and Optimization
8. iOS Debugging and Optimization
Blueprints Live view
Printing messages
Breakpoints
XCode tools
Debug Navigator
Capturing frames
Instruments
Performance optimization
Minimizing the game size
Summary
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9. Publishing
9. Publishing
Packaging the project
Editing the game profile
Uploading and submiting for review
Summary
10
A. Nodes Database
A. Nodes Database
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Index
Index

The project structure

If you are going to see the already finished project that comes with this book, then you will find that it was made with Unreal Editor 4.30. If you are using a higher version, it might ask you that the project will be upgraded to a higher version, which is an undoable step. Just keep that in mind!

Since this game should have some sort of animation, I managed to build a character with a running animation, and also some items for the environment. Feel free to use your own handmade assets, or use the assets that come with this chapter's code or any other educational purposes. This chapter's code folder structure contains the following:

  • The Animations folder: This contains two of the Paper2D flipbook animations.
  • The Blueprints folder: This contains all of the blueprints (regardless of type).
  • The gameScene folder: This holds only one level, which has the game in it.
  • The Materials folder: This only contains one material which will be used for the font of the UI.
  • The...

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