This is how I'm keeping track of building a game and learning Unreal Engine 4 or whatever

It's just a diary of the journey, not a step by step.

Q&A Section

A skeleton is a heirarchy of some type of object that defines points of rotation on a 3d model.

The model is “bound” to those bones which determines how they move. Some people call this “Rigging.”

*To share animations, characters should use the same skeletal asset.

Content

Add a 2nd floor to your puzzle game
Add a button of some sort to the puzzle game
Add an AI of some sort to the puzzle game
Color all the Walls of the puzzle Game 1st floor
Check out this Youtube Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZlv_N0_O1gZS5HylO_368myr-Kg2ZLwb
How do key bindings work?
Where do animations come from?
Learn how to use the color editor.
How do I create a new character that I can punch?

Neato Things

7-2-17

MADE MY FIRST CHARACTER THING THAT YOU COULD CONTROL
Set up a camera for the first time to see 3rd person
Made my first game – a single floor maze where you control a small cone from a 3rd person perspective. Yup, that’s it, but I did it and that’s awesome.
Got pretty good at setting up input controls and even did the blueprint mapping for one set. (Couldn’t repeat it on my own yet though)

6-30-17

Started a new blank project to follow along with https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/QuickStart/2/index.html
Learned way better how to navigate around using the keyboard commands in the viewport
Learned to place basic geometry objects using the Mode/Geometry section
Learned how to sorta change their size using the details/transform pane
Placed some pre-built furniture and some walls and lights and stuff. Neato!

6-29-17

Tried to add a “Punch” command and that didn’t work. So, figure out what’s going on there.
Created a “Mesh” that was Metallic Red and attached it to the main character model. Now the model is red. Neat.

6-28-17

Added a changelog to the GameDev project and looked at a few videos
Downloaded C++ learning app on my phone and it’s all gibberish
Checked a Reddit thread and found some awesome videos instead
Launched my first Blueprint based 3rd person project and walked through the interface tutorial
Had an idea for my first game – 1 room with 1 enemy that gets killed by hitting it physically.
Found a youtube playlist to learn more about the 3rd person blueprints set-up
Watched the 1st 3rd person tutorial video and added questions to the to-do list
Watched a few more 3rd person tutorial videos

6-27-17

6-25-17

6-19-17