Making a 2D Top Down Game in Unreal Engine 4

The process I went through to practice making topdown games in Unreal Engine 4.

You can try my stuff on my itch page:

Music by Retro Indie Josh:
Celebrate
Down the river we go
First Story
Castle Unknown

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#Unreal2D #Devlog #Topdown #UE4 #Gamejam

[RockyMulletGamedev]

I made another 2D TopDown game in Unreal Engine:

[SidFish]

Great video! Interesting to see the inner workings of a 2D game in Unreal.

[souldatrickster]

Ayyee awesome first video, I remember trying one of your games in the IndieTales jam and had a blast. Can’t wait for this one

[HelperWesley]

Top notch content! Best video ever! I know this cool lad!

(Ok, I'll watch the video now and will edit if something changes in my opinion)

[xpunxisri]

Nice mullet and a great video. I'm just getting started in 2d top down and I have ALOT to learn.

[WannibeManisha]

Your games are so good! Great video, keep up the awesome work :D

[patjobs]

It would be great to see a full in depth tutorial on getting started with 2D top down in UE. There isn't a lot of resources I can find for it.

[jmgames]

Nice video and great work on the games! Unreal seems like overkill for 2D stuff though, how does it run compared to other engines, is it comparable at least?

[johnedraisa]

would it be possible for you to make a tutorial on the 8 directional animation section of this video? i have one down but im unsure if decent enough XD, also hop to see more videos in the future

[giulios.]

Hi !Great ideas, I especially like the topdown concept ! do you think I could use your cute sprite that rolls in 8 direction, for studying?...I think I'd really like to add to that the walk/run cycles...

[Pierre-tmwo]

I saw your video and i have a question : it's about how you did the effect to block the camera in a certain area ?
Im actually making a game and i want to know how you do it.

[miguelcarrizo]

Hi! that's awesome, can you pls tell me how do you make the 8 direction animation? i want to do the same but i don't know how :c

[agahnim]

Hey! Awesome stuff! Quick question about the camera though...

Did you manage to setup a systemic dynamic camera swipe when exiting your room (forest)? I'm desperately trying to setup a Zelda dungeon camera that stops before crossing a room's wall, but then swipes to the next room when the player crosses the door frame... ever made something like that?

[d.m.r]

This is awesome! Do you think that you can make a tujtorial related to 2D top down games on unity?

[king_kai]

Hi, do you do coding commissions? I’m having a hard time figuring lightning for a sprite game I’m working on

[planetaryashes]

hey man i saw that video and gave your game go, i've been looking to make beat em' up games but never though it's a top down genre. looks pretty awesome man.

[arielgimenez_]

Excuse me, could you explain to me how you manage the cameras in the topdown, platforms and in the game blast Bash... I saw that you applied navmesh to your models with AI, I am interested in seeing examples of how to orient the assets, in 2D games within unreal, the advantages and Disadvantages of each form of orientation.

[nazhd]

Hi, nice video ! Do you know How to make my character goes just in 2 axes and don’t walk diagonally ?

[snooperx]

How did you get the sprite into UE4 without it being all blurry I'm struggling to get an image that is 32x32 into UE4 without it being blurry PLZ HELP.

[JayJay-kimi]

Good stuff, but in my honest opinion these sorts of games are better suited to Unity, Godot or Game Maker 2. I know people laugh at Game Maker, but it's an advanced engine for 2D. You can even load your own DLL's with GM2.