Make a 2D Top Down Game in Unreal Engine 5 - Tutorial

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A lot of you have asked and I'm happy to finally show you how you can make a 2D Top Down Game in Unreal Engine 5. In this tutorial we'll use the free PaperZD plugin since it comes with built in support for multi-directional animations!

Top Down character by axul arts:

PaperZD Plugin:

Tile set by axul arts:

Enhanced Input system documentation:

Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
0:34 Activating PaperZD
0:54 Preparing Character Sprites
8:45 Setting up the Character Blueprint
11:55 Creating Top Down Animations
14:09 Creating the Animation Blueprint
15:55 Setting up the Enhanced Input
20:30 Adjusting Project Settings
22:30 Setting up the Sprite Direction
24:45 Switching between Idle and Moving
26:25 Adding wall detection
29:45 Making it a 2D/3D Hybrid

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[CobraCode]

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I forgot to clarify at the beginning of the video that I'm using UE 5.1 for this, so I recommend you also use UE 5.1 or newer for this!
Some viewers are having issue with 5.0.x since the enhanced input action system isn't active by default but has to be turned on manually.

If you start on 5.0.x you can just install 5.1 after, locate your project files on your hard drive, right click on the unreal engine project and select 'change Unreal Engine version' to update the project to 5.1 easily.

But even if you want to stay on 5.0.x you can manually activate the enhanced input system.
Once the project is open click on Plugins in the top bar and activate 'Enhanced Input'.
In the project settings go to Input and set the Default Classes to EnhancedPlayerInput and EnhancedInputComponent.
Delete all action and axis mappings of the old input system.
After that just follow everything as it is in the tutorial.

[hawshimagical]

the 2d character running around in 3d world is the best

[dylankenny-banks]

My Sprite required different grid settings

Cell Width - 15
Cell Height - 17
Margin Y - 221
Spacing X - 1
Spacing Y -7

Also seems to avoid the leg cut off issue - Guessing the asset was updated

[michaelnelson]

I like this combo it makes you feel like you’re playing two types of games at once

[CobraCode]

Very happy to finally be able to release this long awaited video!

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[georgewilson]

Your tutorials help me so much. I am making a paper mario spiritual successor and this is incredibly helpful towards that aim.

[drawyourlife]

Thank you for filling the whole that Brackeys left behind! I don't make games myself but watching things like this is so fun to watch

[mistermakebelieve]

The best, without question, THE BEST Unreal tutorial I've ever taken. Amazing.

[MowDestroyer]

I love how you start it like we are new here. It helps alot. (this is not a joke)

[easternunit]

I think learning how to make 2D games in Unreal is a great way to learn the core mechanics of the engine itself. because of your tutorials; coding in C++ is more comfortable. But I still have a long way to go.

[ShowMeYourPotato]

Great tutorial, I love the step by step and the patience it must take to go through these videos, very clear and easy to follow!

[Chitus]

great tutorial, I was asking some similar questions in the PZD discord and the guys there were super nice and showed me the way to do some of this stuff. Great community.

[louieueckermann]

all your tutorials are great. would love a combat one where you show us how to add in attack animations multiple of them and have unique hit boxes for each!

[ZaynNaz]

This is a really good tutorial, your content is always getting better and better, good job!

[ayes]

The spacing Y is actually 7. if you use 7 instead of 6 you don't have to move any sprites individually

[JarrahTheCreator]

Hey man, just wanted to say thank you for making these absolute overkill tutorials! I’ve tried many times to get into game development but alway got discouraged. Thanks for the tutorials and for giving me inspiration and knowledge to work on a passion project. Keep up the amazing work!

[troutwithfingers]

would love to see a tutorial from you on how to make top down combat using this setup! loved your tutorials, so simple and easy to follow!

[DATECStudio]

I never enjoyed in my life that much, finally I have feeling my childhood dreams coming true, thanks ❤

[dillionmuse]

Keep coming back to your videos to figure stuff out. Would love a top down ai enemy tutorial too! So far, your channel has been my favorite I've found doing tutorials on PaperZD ♥

[groovelife]

This 2d character/3d world style reminds me of Ragnarok Online. I loved that game back in the day.