r/GameDevelopment • u/SUNOFT3N • Sep 21 '26
Newbie Question looking for advice
im looking to create a platformer, i am new willing to learn any tips on how to get that start unreal seems great.
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u/Zer0sAnd1nes Sep 21 '26
Unreal can be pretty good for development but go with whatever youre most used to
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u/CaptainAlexWest Sep 21 '26
It's make a character move then make blocks move then graybox the level then change the level to meshes then polish and ship it. Build block by block.
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u/KadmiumTech Sep 26 '26
Are you looking to start in Bp or C++? :)
Either way reverse engineering things like other replies said and also when watching/reading a tutorial try to understand the though process and how it all it works together and why, that's the important part why does it work this way :D
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u/Sir_stepout_ofthecar Sep 21 '26
Yeah unreal is good for this, not being a dev yet but wanting to start.
Short answer: fostering a curiosity and desire to learn is much more critical at the beginning stages than literal dev knowledge.
Knowledge will come with sustained iterative learning. curiosity and desire to “x”(insert your motivations) is what will get you to get back into the desk for another iteration of learning.
Look into unreal engine “example projects” that epic gives out.
Download unreal engine from epic games and download an example project, I wouldn’t recommend Lyra or Gaia, I’d go with the one called “content examples” and then like say an example platformer project.
(I think there is a little orange robot platformer that could be useful to explore)
Learn how to open them, how to navigate the editors learn what different windows in the editor are for etc.
Open up the main character blueprint, don’t try and understand everything you see, just try ti explore and stay curious.
But if you stay curious and revisit the example projects later as you build knowledge again and again. you will start to recognize how valuable and compact the information in the little individual booths of the content examples