The free admission of the commercial 3D game development engine Unreal Engine has attracted more independent game developers, with the majority studying Unreal Engine on their own. Under such circumstance, a well-written guide book becomes very helpful or even necessary. If you are eager to use Unreal Engine to develop your own creative and attractive cross-platform games, then the Unreal Engine 4 Game Development in 24 Hours in Sams Teach Yourself series can be your first choice.

Sams Teach Yourself Unreal Engine 4 Game Development in 24 Hours contains a total of about 24 hours of courses. It teaches you how to use Unreal Engine 4’s UI, workflow, and powerful tools to finish all the common tasks required to develop a complete, fully-functional game in an intuitive, step-by-step (each class is based on what you have learned) manner. That includes creating effects, scripting warfare, implementing physics–even developing for mobile devices, HUDs, etc. Thus it will lay a solid foundation for your future game development work.

In addition, the practical and hands-on example game projects in this book will enable you to apply what you’ve learned to your own game development in an easy manner; the Q&As, quizzes and exercises are designed for testing your knowledge and stretching your skills; in the end, the notes and tips point out some shortcuts and solutions in a game development. In fact, this book also can be regarded as Epic Games‘ official reference book for game development with Unreal Engine 4.

And finally, if you think Sams Teach Yourself Unreal Engine 4 Game Development in 24 Hours cannot meet your needs very well, then AppNee also recommends you the following several excellent books for Unreal Engine learning:

Book Title	Publication Date	Pages	Ranking
Learning Unreal Engine Game Development	2016	274	5 Stars
Learning Unreal Engine Android Game Development	2015	259	4.5 Stars
Unreal Engine Essential	2016	266	4 Stars
Game Development and Simulation with Unreal Technology	2015	741	4 Stars
Learning C++ by Creating Games with UE4	2015	342	3.5 Stars

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• HOUR 1: Introducing Unreal Engine 4 1
• HOUR 2: Understanding the Gameplay Framework 21
• HOUR 3: Coordinates, Transforms, Units, and Organization 37
• HOUR 4: Working with Static Mesh Actors 53
• HOUR 5: Applying Lighting and Rendering 75
• HOUR 6: Using Materials 89
• HOUR 7: Using Audio System Elements 109
• HOUR 8: Creating Landscapes and Foliage 123
• HOUR 9: World Building 139
• HOUR 10: Crafting Effects with Particle Systems 161
• HOUR 11: Using Skeletal Mesh Actors 181
• HOUR 12: Matinee and Cinematics 203
• HOUR 13: Learning to Work with Physics 223
• HOUR 14: Introducing Blueprint Visual Scripting System 245
• HOUR 15: Working with Level Blueprints 269
• HOUR 16: Working with Blueprint Classes 287
• HOUR 17: Using Editable Variables and the Construction Script 311
• HOUR 18: Making Key Input Events and Spawning Actors 325
• HOUR 19: Making an Action Encounter 341
• HOUR 20: Creating an Arcade Shooter: Input Systems and Pawns 355
• HOUR 21: Creating an Arcade Shooter: Obstacles and Pickups 377
• HOUR 22: Working with UMG 407
• HOUR 23: Making an Executable 429
• HOUR 24: Working with Mobile 441

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