First 6 Months Learning Unreal Engine (No Programming Experience) 

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"I'm weak in programming, so I decided to go with ue and c++" . Smart!

>No programming experience >"I've made a bunch of small unity games"

Super excited for both Punch a Bunch and where your developer journey takes you next!

Congrats you're now wildly overqualified for Bungie

David wehley's "Never have a zero percent day" is a powerful strategy to be motivated everyday. At least it keeps me motivated !

I have an idea to the game : slow mo cant realy be in every single punch so : Slow mo for the first punch. Slow mo for the player who did dodge and punch. Slow mo for the final punch (finisher)

It's been really cool to see your progress over these few months! It's also pretty crazy how you've been able to make a devlog about every other week - these kinds of videos are no easy feat!

You and some other game developers really inspire me to learn game development. I am only 14 years old and I think that programming is a really cool skill to learn.

so basically it shouldn't be as hard for me since i have no life?

Idea : what about add a some king of a boxing comic when doing a super punch

Im currently learnnig C++ at the age of 35. I havent programmed or fucked around with code since writing Visual Basic progs and mIRC scripts when i was 12-15. Needless to say, ive easily cut 5 years off of my life from the constant frustration of error messages and trying to wrap my head around the more advanced, aunerysm inducing, concepts of the language... This video has given me hope and a the boost of confidence i needed to push through learning something so complex at this age. I originally began learning C++ for machine language with the hopes of eventually getting into game development. Now i can see a clear path that im actually excited to take. Thanks man. Great video.

Really inspiring. Your project looks really cool also. It could be a hit if you execute this well. Add multiplayer, have people randomly face people across the world and put a ranking system in place. You can later introduce some custom outfits for microtransactions

Such an entertaining video. 😂😂 amazing, (I *howled* with that guy about the ‘realistic humans’) thank you so much.

Maybe when you get a critical hit you could add some sort of big comic book style "POW" or "BOOM". Your game has a kinda cartoony style and i think it could fit well. Edit: Lol just remembered you already played around with that in the last video Edit: Jeez you even talked about it in this video i feel so stupid now lol

I've been watching since the beginning, nice to see how well it's going! Also protip: If you have a 'Print String' executing every Tick, expand the node and set the Duration to 0. This will make debugging much cleaner, as it will only take up one line and still update per frame.

Your health bar can be in the top corners. With a white border around the green bar. And it changes colour depending on the health.⚠

4:38 get some help dude😂

Don't forget that making it Multiplayer is also a hassle. You should tackle that maybe next. (bec it is a core feature)

Bro I am also gonna become a game dev like you one day ,❤️🤗

Amazing development path! Watching your progress with Unreal really makes me want to use it after I complete all my 2D ideas.

Amazing Videos, love them. You are the best Unrealist(?) ever!! Idea: I think you should add a training session to make your character stronger. For example, do punching to increase your power, push-ups to increase durability, and more.

I'm so motivated but I don't own a computer 😃.

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I've actually been on the same journey, man, started 5 months ago. What's funny is I actually knew a little Unity too, and I saw your video about the difference between the two. I decided to go for Unreal too because I was following Swords and Magic and Stuff and I found that blueprinting course as well. Your game has a fun look and feel to it! I'm gonna try to post some videos of my progress too, my horror game is about 70% done. Pretty crazy to say that since in January I knew absolutely nothing about Unreal.

just downloaded Unreal Engine myself tonight and scavenging RU-vid for resources, as one does. Seeing this gives me inspiration and hope that I too can one day create a video game that others would enjoy playing. So thank you for this. Subbed and added Punch A Bunch to my steam wishlist. Can't wait to play it man :)

3:07 that's from Spiderman PS4

This is a nice summary of all the devlogs!

Ponty: my first 6 months of learning unreal engine 4 Me: my first 27372826 years of being lazy

so he picked an engine that does most of the work for him, also which is why most unreal games look the same, generic shaders / lights used over and over in every game. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!~

0:48 What kind of features were missing in Unity? Tried Unity, but only followed tutorials and ended up learning just a little. Then I recently picked Unreal, just out of curiosity. And it was easier than I thought it would be. I do miss the coding tho, and the possibility to make mobile games/2d games. Not sure which one to pick yet.

Wow, youtube has recommended it to me and I was expecting the typical video of a 19 year old narcissistic boy, but I was pleasantly surprised by the quality, passion and serenity of the video and its content. It has motivated me to learn Unreal Engine once and for all. Greetings from Spain.

When do you implement sound & sound FX? One more idea: How about a commentator talking like: „Killer Punch!“ „You are on a strike!“ „Epic fight!“

As someone who is currently going to Full Sail University for Game Design, this video motivated me.

This dude can balance the damage of the boxers accurately than Riot balancing their league of legends champions

Pigeon is happy to see more and more Devs Inspiring others, Determination is key...Watching Sir. Pontys videos makes Pigeon wanting to get back to work...Pigeon is glad Pigeon chose to Create Worlds...Pigeon awaits, Until NextTime❤..-ThePigeonDev

Looks dope. Text should travel along a vector sampled from the striking event that triggers the effect, imho. Would be very tactile and satisfying for a physics based punching game to have kinetic text.

Well u described pretty good how beginners gettin in trbl with unreal the first weeks or months thats rly nice to see someone can rly explain that in a video that good :) But there is a Point i definitely have to disagree alot since im working for more than 4 years now with unreal and completed now 4 small and 1 pretty big project (soulslike game). And thats the programming part. First at all - YES its fine to stay with the Blueprintsystem as a Beginner. BUT - at some Point, if u rly wanna get a deeper understanding of the "Unreal Way" to produce quality Games u have to take ur Eyes on the "Reflection System" of Unreal. Well its a pretty technically thing i know but its important and its pretty sad that Ben, who is doin a good Job at teaching the Unreal coding Stuff to so much Ppl, dont take care about it. I have just realised that by watching an Epic Devstream on Twitch there the Leadprogrammer of Fortnite was speaking about it and why its so important because the whole Workflow for Unreal Games is guided by this System. Realising and learning this gave me a complete different Point of View how to handle the codingpart in Unreal with both, C++ and Blueprints :) Now im understanding in depth what im doin and why im doin it. There are good reasons to take in some cases Blueprints, espeacially when it comes to "Designerstuff" like Transitionhandling with the "TimeLine Blueprint" or the "Spawn Emitter" stuff :) Learning how to handle the UFUNCTION() and UPROPERTY() Macro in C++ the right Way with all its Parameters (BlueprintReadWrite, BlueprintCallable, BlueprintNativeEvent etc...) will give u so much control, its just like MAGIC

I just decided to learn unreal engine and blender for the first time to create my first ever dream game. After a week of watching different tutorials, and doing many frustrating trials and errors, I still unsurprisingly failed. Watching this made me realize that you have to start small if you just started your game development journey. This video inspired me to take it slow, and learn to create basic games first, even if it looks crap.

4:30. Dani be like. Wow that was very cool

It's so cool to see how far you've come! Can't wait to see where your channel and the game goes next :)

Halfway through the video I really like your approach, as soon as I saw the upper body movement I thought about how cool it would be if the attacks are different depending on position. Another feature I think would be cool is to have a stamina meter so that the fights become strategic like in real boxing.

Unity gang hit like! Guess I'll like my own comment

Dani will be grateful to you for putting MILKMAN KARLSON as a physics example

I’m making a video right now self teaching myself in unity definitely difficult but very fun, punch a bunch is coming along well

Would you recommend a Macbook for developing on the go? I'm a truck driver with also big love for programming and games development, thank you for your time

3:38 I thought this was real life

Dude this video Is so inspiring. I saw the game on steam and it's fantastic what you did. I have a question. Did you made all the game only with blueprints? Or the are some complex things you had to code. Thanks!

I literally don’t get why you changed from Unity to Unreal when you ended up learning C++ from scratch anyway

damn! i couldn't decide what is better for me?? i have experience at commercial development with Java, i thought C# for Unity will be easy... but i'm not sure is it right way or not? i like how Unreal is looks like... but Unity is free , huge community and lot of assets that are cheaper than Unreal assets. could you give an advice?

Thank you for posting this video. I am fluent in C++ (as I have worked with it professionally for 10+ years now), but I have always wanted to learn Unreal. Your video pointed me in the direction of the turorials I need. You have made an awesome looking game 😁

i was about to rate this game an 11 out of 10 but it made me realize one thing, THERE IS NO AI! i rated it 9.1 out of 10 now

Well done man! Very inspiring stuff - won my subscription! Was wondering, personally in your context, why unreal over unity? I'm sure there are obvious reasons but would like to hear your insight. Keep it up man!

your fighter game is better then a triple AAA macro transaction coppy paste game from EA. realy good job and the graphics look realy special

This devlog motivated me to start developing after decades of small unfinished projects, I'm further than I've ever been and feel driven to finish! Thanks pontypants, you really helped me to push forward.

Is we want to pay money for making games In unreal engine please reply fast as much because after seeing your video I had a intrest in making games so now I am downloading unreal engine if we have to pay money I will stop download as fast

I really like these types of devlog videos they are not so boring it feels like something I could rewatch this over and over and also get inspiring. Great Video!

Good luck in your adventure of Game development! also, Please use the comic book style effects, it’s just very cool.

Looks like 'butterbean' vs butterbean lol well done man, great progress, never give up!! 👍

I've been interested in making a game since I like playing games so much and have plenty of ideas! 😁

This is probably the most inspiring video i ever watched, it's so relateable that i can't wait to open up my old UE project and finally finish them. Thank you!

Reminded me of my old days, I published a game on fb in 2011 and one in 2014 on playstore. It helps if you have no life, lol. You end up never liking what you see and keep working on details so small that no one ever notices. I like how accessible and easier it is now to do something that would make life of an indie coder hell trying to code for a day and debug for 5 days back then. Goodluck with your endeavours.

Well, learning one of the most difficult languages, with no prior experience, inside of a very complicated framework....such courage deserves a medal

I can't wait to play your Game... SUPER EXITED

Dani's fans after seeing a single bit clip of dani's game : this video is THICC

Thanks for clarification, now I know I don't want to make games now

This video gave me the motivation I needed to continue learning Unreal Engine. Can't wait for UE5!

This guy used silksong trailer to make us relate but we still didint get it lmao

Great Vid! You could add VR to make your game even more realistic.

How dare u disrespect karlson milkman

Your game looks amazing! Alas, you have convinced me NOT to take up game development, as I suck at math (much worse than you, I'm sure) and I struggled with HTML! If you want an idea for an effect, when the _coup de gras_ finally lands, you could have the mouthpiece (along with the appropriate particle spittle) come flying out of the loser's mouth. (Er, where his mouth *_should_* be, anyhow!)

Very motivating! But I raise you to a full time job, a wife, 2 kids, 3 dogs, 2 cats and a channel about houdini xD

Nice video, but wtf is that Blender color theme

All of that would have been possible in Unity too though... just because you lacked motivation doesn't mean the engine sucks lol

I think you should go easier on the effects, with just the punch animation whoosh, and the shockwave, i don’t think you need anything else. also i think you should put the damage numbers in the same font as some of those effects.

PontyPants: Proceeds to learn C++ to learn UE4. Also PontyPants: Doesn't know maths and also can't develop a damage system.

you're so talented, that was incredible!

How to create that comic book text effect?????❤️❤️❤️❤️

Those colors and everything about this is dope. I want to play.

Pontypants i have been watching your videos for a while now also busy with Ben's courses and C++ before i saw all you stuff. Just want to say thanks for motivation was also on the point of giving up and you kinda give me HOPE again to just push through... Thanks and Looking forward to see your end result Great Jobs so far ^_^

thx m8 this inspired me to get into developing :D

What program or website is this? 2:43

I want to know how you did copy Getting over it 0:21

maybe you in the future you could make a special effect for the final blow, such as changing the camera position to be behind the guy getting struck, along with slow-motion and maybe some perspective distortion. I think it would be cool ! ^_^

What a journey! The game is beyond perfect for social media. Can’t wait to see it progress more

When will be the next video in the series Pontypants??? Im soo excited about it!!! When will it be?!?!

00:16 you made it or took a course for that pls tell. What is the name or that 2 games. Any help will be appreciated

Cant wait for this game, looks amazing!

This video is so entertaining and inspirational at the same time 😂👍 can't wait to see the finished product.

I remember coding my own funny tunes on the Commodore 64 in the 80s. Thought I was a coding god! If only I had the patience and skill to do this. Impressive chap

You must add sound effects to the game a game without sound effect I can't imagine it, it makes the game a looot better plz add

You bigger challenge is coming... ... ... COMPUTER A.I. FOR YOU BATTLE

Like some TICC boy sad: "Particles make me Yes!"© Dani. And that unreal thing (fogot name after five seconds, because this is Partical Sistim, duh) is Epic.

I really hope that you stick with Punch a Bunch to the end! Loving watching your progress.

ım making games 2 years an ı can't make this game

I like your editing style, very compelling :D Great progress!

this video motivated me a lot to stop putting it off and sit down and learn it. im gonna start tomorrow cause its late for me, but ive been wanting to make a game similar to the combat of yakuza but more fluid and fleshed out. see ya in six or so months!

I really love your devlogs, the production value is great and the content is so informative. Thanks, and well done!

Awesome video! I predict that this video will blow up :D

Wow I started learning Unreal Engine at the beginning of the year from scratch. And I could say that I learned the same. But I don't think so. Excellent video. And please get me out of Latin Americaaaaaaa !!!!!!!1!!!!