Creating Game Sound with Unreal - Overview

A current sound director will teach you! We will go through the basics of creating game sounds using Unreal.

A current Sound Director's guide for game company job seekers, Unreal Practical Game Sound Development Skills: Intermediate-Advanced Course

A current sound director will teach you! We will go through the basics of creating game sounds using Unreal.

A current Sound Director's guide for game company job seekers, Unreal Practical Game Sound Development Skills: Intermediate-Advanced Course

This course is designed to teach students how a professional environment artist creates a complete game-ready environment from start to finish. Drawing from real production workflows, I guide students step by step through the creation of a medieval town environment, explaining not only how to do things, but why they are done this way in a professional context. Many students struggle with knowing where to start, how to plan an environment, how to create reusable modular assets, or how to bring everything together inside a game engine. This course solves those problems by following a clear, structured, and production-proven workflow. You will learn how to plan an environment, create clean blockouts, build modular assets, sculpt and texture them, and finally assemble, light, and polish a complete scene in Unreal Engine 5 using modern tools such as Nanite and Lumen.

In this course, you will learn how a professional AAA lighting artist approaches lighting in Unreal Engine 5 to create realistic mood, atmosphere, and visually striking environments. Drawing from real production workflows, this course breaks down both fundamental lighting theory and advanced real-time lighting techniques, helping students overcome common struggles such as flat lighting, poor exposure, weak composition, and inconsistent mood. Through step-by-step demonstrations, you’ll learn how to think critically about lighting decisions—from camera and exposure settings to large-scale global illumination using Lumen. The course emphasizes practical problem-solving and teaches you how to confidently light props, vehicles, characters, and massive open-world environments for portfolio-ready results.

This course is a complete, hands-on guide to creating high-quality game foliage quickly and efficiently, following the real-world workflow of a professional environment artist. Drawing from industry production experience, this course focuses on solving the most common problems students face when creating foliage: knowing where to start, choosing the right techniques, optimizing assets for real-time use, and achieving visually convincing results without unnecessary complexity. Every step is demonstrated clearly and practically, allowing you to follow along and apply the same methods to your own projects. You will learn how to create a wide variety of foliage assets—such as ivy, grass, shrubs, aquatic plants, trees, and custom leaves—and how to properly set them up inside Unreal Engine 5. The course is recorded mostly in real time, ensuring you gain a realistic understanding of both the creative and technical decisions involved in professional foliage production. By the end of the course, you will be able to confidently create, optimize, and place foliage assets suitable for games and cinematic environments.

This lecture helps you learn about basic terms, concepts, and frameworks frequently heard when using Unreal Engine, and internalize them through practical exercises in simple game development using the engine editor.

"The thirst that YouTube self-study can't quench—an Unreal Engine Authorized Instructor will satisfy it for you." You know Unreal Engine is great, but when you actually try to start, does it feel overwhelming? You follow countless tutorials, but it only helps in the moment—when you try to apply it, do you hesitate? As an Epic Games verified Authorized Instructor (UAI), I know better than anyone the trial and error that countless students go through. Building a foundation with fragmented information will eventually crumble. This course saves your time with **'the most accurate official standard'**. 💡 C++ is not necessary. Without complex coding, using only Blueprints, I'll help you develop **'real practical skills'** to create everything from games to metaverse and virtual production. Not just memorizing features, but growing into a **'Technical Creator'** who can solve any problem on their own—that's what I'll help you become.

Let's create games of various genres, from VR to PC games, with Unreal Engine 5!

Working as a game designer, there are often moments when you feel lost, not knowing how to plan sound or how to collaborate with the audio team. In particular, questions like "What makes good sound?", "Why does my game lack impact?", and "Why don't scene transitions/UI/combat/ambient sounds connect into a cohesive experience?" are among the most challenging areas for designers with limited experience. This course is designed for designers with these concerns, explaining the principles of sound design in a designer's language and helping you understand step-by-step, aligned with actual workflow, what role sound plays in games and how it should be designed. Focusing on core concepts and real-world examples that make up game sound— such as sound direction, impact feel, feedback, layering, ducking, and trigger design— this course explains things concretely and practically so that even beginner designers without audio expertise can easily understand and immediately apply them to their work. After taking this course, you won't be a designer who relies on vague intuition saying "just do it like this," but rather one who understands various game sound techniques and can proactively lead audio quality.