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Shooter Tutorial – Inventory & Items

Finally, my massive Inventory & Items tutorial is live! It covers nearly 100% of the context you need to build inventory systems.
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September 9, 2025

drag and drop, gamepad, inventory, items, stats, UI
Shooter Tutorial – Rifle Implementation

The rifle tutorial is now complete! I’ve added a new weapon, tested penetration feature, overheat mechanics, and polished the visuals.
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August 14, 2025

aim, overheat, penetration, rifle, weapon
Shooter Tutorial – Shotgun Implementation

The shotgun tutorial is now complete! We’ve added a new weapon, refined core mechanics, and introduced exciting visual effects—stay tuned for the next weapon update coming soon.
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August 12, 2025

headshot, niagara, shotgun, weapon
Shooter Tutorial – Lighting Scenarios

Learn how to build a modular lighting scenario system in Unreal Engine that enables quick iteration and easy preset swapping. Also should we use Lumen, Nanite or VSM in Shooter Tutorial?
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August 9, 2025

forward, lighting, lumen, nanite, renderer, VSM
Shooter Tutorial – procedural indoor level using PCG

I’ve just published the PCG tutorial for my Shooter Tutorial series! It walks through everything from modular floor and wall generation to lighting, custom Blueprints, and procedural optimization tips.
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August 7, 2025

level, lighting, pcg, procedural
Shooter Tutorial – blood splatters on walls and surfaces

The tutorial on creating blood splatter decals with pooling and custom stencils is now ready!
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August 2, 2025

blood, decals, materials, pooling, splatter, stencil, SubUV
Shooter Tutorial – Niagara & UMG Damage Indicators

Learn how to create efficient and dynamic damage indicators in Unreal Engine using Niagara or UMG—with tips on pooling, performance, and future UI tricks.
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July 31, 2025

damage, niagara, umg
Shooter Tutorial – Base Enemy & Hit Reactions & Behavior Tree

I’m excited to share my latest tutorial, where I walk you through creating a fully-featured enemy system in Unreal Engine! From hit reactions and audio-visual effects to AI behavior trees and damage handling — this guide covers it all.
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July 29, 2025

AI, audio visual, behavior tree, blackboard, enemy, hit reactions
Shooter Tutorial – UI Manager System & Crosshair Shader

I’ve built a flexible, layer-based UI system designed for easy widget management and smooth user input handling.
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July 24, 2025

crosshair, input, manager, shader, umg, widgets
Shooter Tutorial – Weapon Audio Visual System & Pistol

Now it’s finally time to dive into the audio-visual side of things. I’ve just finished Part 8 of the Shooter Tutorial: Weapon Audio-Visual System & Pistol.
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July 22, 2025

audiovis, niagara, pistol, sound, weapon