Develop a sci-fi space shooter in UE5 using Blueprints while learning game modes, UI, player controls, movement, stamina, targeting, shooting, scoring, widgets, audio, VFX, backgrounds, and debugging workflows.

In this course, you will learn how to build a sci-fi space shooter using Blueprint-based systems in Unreal Engine 5. This project is relevant because arcade-style shooters introduce many core game-development ideas, including movement, camera control, UI, targeting, shooting, scoring, audio, VFX, and debugging. In the next sections, you will cover UE5 basics, resource setup, game mode, UI design, main menu functionality, player Blueprint foundations, camera mechanics, ship control, stamina, sprint behavior, targeting, shooting systems, enemy dynamics, scoring, widgets, audio feedback, visual effects, backgrounds, combat strategy, and debugging. The lessons gradually turn engine fundamentals into a playable game loop. By completing the project, you will gain practical experience structuring Blueprints, creating responsive controls, implementing combat mechanics, adding player feedback, and troubleshooting gameplay systems. These skills form a useful foundation for future Unreal Engine projects. By the end of the course, you will learn how to build a playable space shooter in Unreal Engine 5 using Blueprint systems. Suited to aspiring game developers, Unreal Engine learners, Blueprint beginners, and sci-fi game creators. Learners need Unreal Engine 5.3+, a computer, the provided resources, and interest in game design, game art, optimization, environments, and programming for games. The course follows a step-by-step Unreal Engine 5 Blueprint project. Learners start with setup, game mode, menus, player Blueprints, camera, and movement. Later lessons add stamina, targeting, shooting, scoring, widgets, audio, VFX, backgrounds, and debugging. This course is based on Space Shooter Game Development with Unreal Engine 5 Blueprints, by Neil Bettison. Copyright © 2026 3D Tudor (Neil Ian Bettison) All rights reserved. No part of this course may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Packt is one of the world's most prolific publishers of cutting-edge technical content. For over two decades we've made it our mission to curate and publish the knowledge of only the very best technical experts. We focus on real-world courses that help our customers get the job done, with coverage that extends across a wide range of established and cutting-edge technical topics. If you're an individual or an organisation that embraces learning by doing, Packt is the perfect fit for you.