Intro to Game Engines & UE5 lesson lecture.pdf
- 1. Intro to Game Engines Game Dev Club
- 2. AGENDA 01 What is a Game Engine? 02 What do Game Engines have to offer? 03 Why Unreal Engine 5? 04 A sneak peek into what UE5 looks like 05 Homework 2
- 3. What is a game engine? 01 Whiteboard Question:
- 4. What is a game engine? ● A game engine is a software framework designed to simplify the development of games. It provides tools and features that allow developers to focus on designing gameplay rather than building everything from scratch. 4
- 5. What do Game Engines have to offer? 02 Whiteboard Question:
- 6. What do Game Engines have to offer? ● Rendering: Renders 2D and 3D graphics in real time. ● Physics Engine: Simulates real-world physics for collisions, movement, and interactions. ● Asset Management: Handles game assets like models, textures, and sounds. ● Scripting: Allows you to program game behavior. ● Audio: Integrates sound effects and music into games. ● Cross-Platform Support: Enables games to run on multiple platforms like PC, console, and mobile. 6
- 7. Why Unreal Engine 5? 03 Whiteboard Question:
- 8. Why Unreal Engine 5? ● In short: it’s just better (unlike Ayan) ● Comparison with UE5’s only real competitor for the sake of our use, Unity: UE5: ● Has much better graphics(uses applications known as Lumen and Nanite) ● Is optimized for large-scale projects ● Has extensive cross-platform support ● High-quality free assets. The only downside to UE5 is that it is more complex and has a steeper learning curve when compared to Unity. However, even people like can learn how to use Unreal Engine 5 with the many documented free tutorials on the UE5 forums. 8
- 9. A sneak peek into what UE5 looks like 04
- 10. What do you notice? 10 This is an Unreal Engine 5 workspace, what do you think is happening here?
- 11. Homework 11 ● Try to get Unreal Engine 5 downloaded and ready by the meeting next Tuesday. ○ Above and beyond: Begin working through the beginner guide posted by in the discord server (the 5 hour long video). It is not expected for the entire video to be finished.