Epic's Alan Noon guides developers through creating sprites, basic movements and a simple UI

Creating a 2D side-scroller in Unreal Engine 4

In this video tutorial, Epic developer relations technical artist Alan Noon guides developers through the basics of building a side-scroller using Paper 2D. You’ll cover creating sprites, flipbooks, tilemaps, basic movement/abilities, creating obstacles, and a simple UI using the UMG UI Designer.

You can find more resources for the tutorial here (You have to be logged in on the Unreal Engine forum to access them). You can also post any questions on the tutorial here.

For more information on the game engine, check out the Unreal Engine website.

Got a game development tutorial you’d like to share on Develop? Contact Craig Chapple at cchapple@nbmedia.com to get involved.

About MCV Staff

Check Also

pok [Industry news] The State of Web Gaming 2026

[Industry news] The State of Web Gaming 2026

A new study has revealed how a new generation of web games are experiencing significant growth, engaging players of every kind, driving spend across the gaming ecosystem, and even outcompeting social media when it comes to consumer attention.