Free Unreal Engine learning content.

Learning

December 20, 2024

Free UE learning content: Blueprint, motion design, and more

Animation

Architecture

Automotive & Transportation

Blueprints

Broadcast & Live Events

Film & Television

Games

Learning

Patchwork

Riot Games

Simulation

Tutorials

UEFN

Our latest batch of free online learning courses is ready and waiting for you to explore.

December’s offering brings everything from beginner courses on building AAA-style game menus and learning Blueprint, to creating soundtracks for Fortnite islands and unlocking the power of realistic lighting in Unreal Engine. Take a look!

New Courses

Creating Your First AAA Custom Menu in Unreal Engine (Beginner to Intermediate)

This eight-part online course explores how to create a fully functioning, professional-looking menu system in the style of a AAA game—in under two hours. Learn how to import custom fonts; create a dynamic background with a camera; construct a user interface (UI) using a Widget Blueprint; and add animation, audio, and functionality to the UI elements.
Get Started
A custom menu created in Unreal Engine.

Patchwork Kickstart: Creating Music for Fortnite

This introductory workshop will teach you the basics of integrating audio devices, understanding sound design, and creating a complete soundtrack for Fortnite islands. By the end of the session, you’ll have the skills to produce immersive music and enhance the atmosphere of your Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) projects. 
Begin Course
The Patchwork audio system in UEFN.
Courtesy of Karan Parikh

Trending community tutorials

Unreal Engine 5.5 Full Update Breakdown

Unreal Engine 5.5 is now available to download and there’s plenty to get excited about in this packed release. Watch this video for a tour of all the core updates and improvements in 5.5, covering world creation, rendering enhancements, animation updates, VFX, and much more.
Start Nowsinghcodes
CG created in Unreal Engine 5.5.
Courtesy of The Epic Singh

Lighting Modes I

Check out the first of two tutorials from The Ultimate Unreal Campus that explore how lighting can unlock realism, mood, and storytelling in your Unreal Engine project. This installment covers lighting basics, activating RTX, and working with lightmaps.
Begin CourseAlexTheGreatz
Lighting in Unreal Engine.
Courtesy of AlexTheGreatz

Lighting Modes II

In the second lighting tutorial from The Ultimate Unreal Campus, you’ll learn about Planar Reflection, Skylight, GPU Lightmass Lighting, Global Illumination, and much more. 
Dive InAlexTheGreatz
Shadows and reflections in Unreal Engine.
Courtesy of AlexTheGreatz

Unreal Blueprint for Absolute Beginner

Learn the fundamentals of the Blueprint visual scripting system. This video covers when and how to use variables, operators, and control structures using a simple coin collector game prototype as an example. 
Take the CourseManjunath_Chidre
The Blueprint visual scripting system in Unreal Engine.
Courtesy of Manjunath_Chidre

Unreal Engine 5.4 Motion Design ~ Bloom

Discover how to create stunning motion designs using Unreal Engine in this step-by-step tutorial. Master dynamic animations, lighting, and visual effects to elevate your creative projects with real-time rendering and powerful in-engine tools.
Check it OutHUSSIN KHAN (UAI)
Animated flowers in Unreal Engine.
Courtesy of HUSSIN KHAN (UAI)

Epic talks and demos

Unreal Engine Motion Design: Cutting-Edge Tools and Techniques | Unreal Fest 2024

Dive under the hood of Unreal Engine’s dedicated toolset for motion design and broadcast graphics with this recorded session from Unreal Fest Seattle 2024. We examine the toolset’s cutting-edge features including Cloners, Effectors, Animators, Material Designer, and Transition Logic. 
Take a Look
Motion design in Unreal Engine.
Courtesy of Pixel Prof

Riot’s Multi-Game Unreal-Based Development Ecosystem | Unreal Fest 2024

In this recorded session from Unreal Fest Seattle 2024, Riot Games covers its approach to building a shared end-to-end AAA game development ecosystem on top of Unreal Engine, with an overview of the layers of game-agnostic shared engine technologies, infrastructure, and processes it has implemented.
Get Started
An animated character created by Riot Games.
Courtesy of Riot Games
Developer Community

Learn new things. Connect with people like you.⁠ Join the Epic Developer Community.

Tutorials

The latest tutorials & courses from our experts.

Documentation

Complete resources for learning Unreal Engine.

Sample projects

Explore Unreal Engine with a range of example content.

Snippets

Chunks of code or script you can use in your project.

Roadmap

For a glimpse of what features and updates are coming to Unreal Engine, visit the roadmap.
Show more

Forums (134 posts / week)

Visit forums

Getting Started & Setup

13.3K
50.6K
BHL
Can't set engine association for 5.7.4 with project hosted on perforce
BHL

Programming & Scripting

202.4K
860.7K
bcjhood
How do I set relative location of multiple actors that have the same parent?
bcjhood

Asset Creation

23.7K
101.2K
X-zOZy2
When i import Normal Map it's beacoming flat
X-zOZy2

Character & Animation

38.2K
134.9K
SlenderBandit
Physics asset offset
SlenderBandit

World Creation

30.7K
130.3K
KAROSHIBYXANU
pcg surface sampler
KAROSHIBYXANU

Rendering

62.6K
253.8K
Dead_Dogma
Unreal Editor and Packaged Build different results
Dead_Dogma

Cinematics & Media

11.5K
42.4K
Nitrox32
Finishing Camera Question
Nitrox32

Platform & Builds

57.7K
245.4K
frederick
Unreal Engine for RTX Spark
frederick

Audio

5.1K
21.0K
BallsSimulator
Fade in sound
BallsSimulator

Pipeline & Plugins

14.3K
58.7K
sarah_j_smith
Plugin packaging fails, although game and editor builds fine
sarah_j_smith