Unreal Engine 5 Gameplay Ability System (GAS) Crash Course

This is a comprehensive course on **Unreal Engine's Gameplay Ability System**! In this course, we will cover all of the core components in GAS by creating an action-packed combat game with AI enemies. **This course uses both C++ and Blueprint. Experience in both are required.** We will create a blank project and import free Paragon assets from Epic Games. We will then create a fully-functional game project from scratch, including: - Enhanced Input setup on the Player Controller with separate Input Mapping Contexts for movement and Abilities - An Ability System Component with custom functionality - Abilities for different Attacks, Directional Hit Reacts, AI Searching and Chasing and Attacking, and more! - Creation of Gameplay Tags both in the editor and in C++ code - Gameplay Cues for effects such as playing Animation Montages, Spawning Particles, and Camera Shakes - Ability Tasks for performing actions in Abilities such as listening for Gameplay Events and playing Montages - Custom Latent Task nodes created in C++ - Listening for changes to Gameplay Attributes and displaying stats in the UI with Progress Bars and Damage Number effects on the GPU with Niagara Systems - Pickups for Health and Mana - Gameplay Effects for modifying Attributes and Applying Gameplay Tags - Conversion of Gameplay Ability Blueprints to C++ - Custom Anim Notifies and Notify States - Hit Detection, Overlap Tests, Collision Filtering for Optimization - Gameplay Ability Cost and Cooldown - Character Death and Respawning - Enemy AI - And much more! This is a comprehensive deep dive into the **Gameplay Ability System**. All of our mechanics are implemented using GAS, and you will have an in-depth understanding of the Gameplay Ability System when you complete this course. Concepts are solidified with Challenges and Quizzes to test your understanding. Solutions to all challenges are provided in the lecture videos. You will have lifetime access to the course. The course will continue to be updated as engine changes occur. You will have access to the Druid Mechanics Discord Community, a community going on 40,000 members of all skill levels, from beginner to industry veteran, and we're all in there (myself included) helping each other out. Dedicated Teaching Assistants to help with questions. I hope you enjoy the course! It was a TON of fun to make!