So I’ve been learning UE4 by watching videos and reading for about a month now, today I tried to make a “simple” game everyone say is good - Pong. When I got to the part where I had to make platforms move, I couldn’t make anything happen. I feel so helpless, useless and hopeless, because I can’t archieve anything, even though I was hyped to create it… How… How do I make my dream come true and create at least a simple game so I can feel proud of myself?
i’m learning engine since a few month. i achived a simple multiplayer game (with lots of bugs 
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what i can tell you is that even with the blueprint system, you’ll need a knowledge (even basic) of code and programming structure.
and as said @Fluppi393 tutorial can lead you to a bad way. keep your game what the way you want it to be, and when you need a function or got stuck, just ask here, (great community on UE4). this is how i manage to get my game working, just by searching everytime i got stuck.
for tutorials, they are good to study the functions you ll need and see how they work , but be aware that most of the tutorials on youtube just put all functions in pawns, that can be a pretty bad idea for complexe game mechanics and for replication.
hope it helps and if not, feel free to ask us what you need!
Yeah I learned basics of c++ in school. I try to look for a tutorial, not a complete product, so I can see how things are and why, because If I don’t understand something I search for it, but I’m just disappointed in myself, because I can’t make a simple game and my motivation is going away.
You could start off with this course
https://www.udemy.com/unrealcourse/learn/v4/
Or you could follow this tutorial
Both will lead you through the making of games, which you can extend afterwards with the newly gained knowledge
PS: I spent 6 Months learning the engine in and out and hardly wrote any code/build any blueprints until then, and it was worth it, I must say
Personally I am not a big fan of courses like rYuxq mentioned. Tutorials mostly only show you one way of doing something and don’t explain the logic behind every single step, so I would rather watch short tutorials and really try to understand what’s going on in the code. Then go back to your pong game and if you get stuck somewhere, just google it or ask here on the AnswerHub I am sure there will be someone glad to help you.
Believe me the beginning with UE4 is the hardest part, once you get a grasp on the basics and know how to get the information you need when a problem arises it is not that hard anymore.
i will just say one thing :
Don’t give UP
when you are sutck on a function, just search and continue working on other function, so you will continue to progress in your game the time you’ll find your solution.
Just wanted to add that I didn’t read/wacth any of the tutorials, I actually just read the documentation on the architecture, framework etc and tested my own examples. But I was an experienced programmer to begin with and had no problems with it, which is why I didnt suggest you the same path
well what is the specific problem you are experiencing?
How exactly are you stuck? is it with C++ coding, or are you using blue print?
Are you making this to interact with a controller, or a keyboard, and is this one player PvAI, player versus player on one computer, or are you trying to make the game able to connect players across a server?