Resources:

General: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzCxWJxsskA

Assets: https://stevelois.wordpress.com/ue4/ue4-resources/

1. 1. Story Building:
      1. https://www.develop-online.net/opinions/designing-game-narrative-how-to-create-a-great-story/0185460
      2. https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-to-write-a-compelling-game-story-in-three-steps/
      3. https://www.coursera.org/learn/video-game-story (you can enroll in this course if you choose)
      4. https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MarkSlabinski/20130313/188389/8_Key_Principles_of_Writing_Effective_Game_Dialogue.php
      5. https://theconversation.com/explainer-the-art-of-video-game-writing-60376
   2. General Resources forum for Unreal Engine:
      1. https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/content-creation/28291-community-list-free-software-tools-resources-list
   3. Unity to Unreal
      1. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/GettingStarted/FromUnity/index.html

 

• SNOW

• https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/Showcases/Effects/SnowExamples/ (location in STD ASSETS FOLDER ON WEBPAGE)

 

 

1. Unreal Engine Important Tutorial Articles
   1. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/QuickStart/index.html
   2. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Landscape/QuickStart/index.html
   3. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/Showcases/RealisticRendering/
   4. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Programming/QuickStart/index.html
   5. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/Materials/IntroductionToMaterials/index.html
   6. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/UI/LevelEditor/index.html
   7. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Editor/VR/index.html
   8. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/LightingAndShadows/VolumetricFog/index.html
   9. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/LightingAndShadows/LightShafts/index.html
   10. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/LightingAndShadows/RayTracedDistanceFieldShadowing/index.html
   11. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/LightingAndShadows/ReflectionEnvironment/index.html
   12. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/LightingAndShadows/Shadows/index.html
   13. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/LightingAndShadows/LightTypes/index.html
   14. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/LightingAndShadows/Lightmass/index.html
   15. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/LightingAndShadows/VolumetricLightmaps/index.html
   16. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/ParticleSystems/ParticleLights/index.html
   17. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/ParticleSystems/UserGuide/index.html
   18. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Actors/FogEffects/index.html
   19. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/HDRDisplayOutput/index.html
   20. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/Materials/index.html
2. Creating a bump map texture
   1. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Bump_Mapping
3. Water
   1. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/Showcases/Effects/WaterExamples/index.html
   2. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Videos/PLZlv_N0_O1ga0aV9jVqJgog0VWz1cLL5f/aJ1M0Ejd_ts/
   3. https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/work-in-progress/17331-community-project-wip-weather-ocean-water-shader
4. Fire
   1. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/Showcases/Effects/FireExamples/index.html
5. Photorealistic Character (from Unreal Engine Showcase)
   1. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/Showcases/PhotorealisticCharacter/index.html
6. Reflections
   1. https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/Showcases/Reflections/index.html
7. Dialogue System
   1. https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-write-dialogue-trees-for-video-games
   2. https://wiki.unrealengine.com/NPC_Dialogue_System_Tutorial
   3. https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Dynamic_NPC_Dialogue_System_Tutorial
   4. https://codyclaborn.me/tutorial/Unreal4-NPC-Dialogue-System.html
   5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0pr5llbQZQ
8. Character Generation System
   1. https://www.makehuman.org/
9. Rock Generator
   1. https://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/rock-generator
10. Grass
    1. https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/community-content-tools-and-tutorials/7993-free-grass-meshes?9928-Free-grass-meshes=
    2. https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/community-content-tools-and-tutorials/30694-free-foliage-starter-kit
    3. https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/community-content-tools-and-tutorials/69039-free-advanced-cinematic-grass-blueprint-with-3d-imposter-sprite-foliage