Community Tutorial: How to make a 2D Game in Unreal Engine 5

Since the 2D Side Scroller Template has been removed with Unreal Engine 5, it has become a lot harder to get started making 2D games in Unreal Engine. In this beginner tutorial I will show you how you can create a simple 2D platformer from scratch which you can then use as a template to create all sorts of 2D or sprite based games.

https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/YDBm/how-to-make-a-2d-game-in-unreal-engine-5

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I have fixed the template issue, please check my post here: https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/reduced-number-of-templates-in-ue5/231354

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That’s awesome!
Thanks for sharing.