Professional Gameplay Programming in Unreal Engine 5: Building Scalable Systems, Multiplayer Architecture, and Production-Ready C++ Gameplay Frameworks - Softcover

LEBEDEV, ANTHONY

 
9798198419728: Professional Gameplay Programming in Unreal Engine 5: Building Scalable Systems, Multiplayer Architecture, and Production-Ready C++ Gameplay Frameworks
Softcover
ISBN 13: 9798198419728
Verlag: Independently published, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

This book is not a general “learn Unreal Engine 5” guide. It is essentially a professional gameplay engineering handbook in a UE5 C++ tutorial style. Its real purpose is to teach you how commercial Unreal projects are architected, structured, debugged, and scaled.
Rather than focusing on editor workflows or Blueprint tutorials, the book concentrates on the underlying systems that power Unreal Engine itself. It teaches how Unreal’s build system, reflection system, garbage collection, replication, delegates, subsystems, and data-driven architecture work internally. The goal is to move you from simply using Unreal to understanding how to engineer within it.
At its core, the book is about scalable game architecture. It emphasizes:

  • component-based design
  • decoupled systems
  • event-driven communication
  • multiplayer authority separation
  • memory safety
  • performance optimization
  • maintainable large-scale codebases
The book also strongly discusses the idea of serious gameplay systems belonging in C++, while Blueprints should mainly extend or configure those systems. Much of the content is geared toward production-level concerns such as:
  • Gameplay Ability System (GAS)
  • AI architecture
  • networking and replication
  • async asset loading
  • profiling and debugging
  • CI pipelines and packaging
What makes the book different is that it explains why Unreal systems are designed the way they are, not just how to use them. Instead of being a beginner-friendly “make your first game” book, it functions more like a bridge toward becoming a professional Unreal gameplay engineer capable of building scalable, studio-style game systems.

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Verlag
Independently published
Erscheinungsdatum
2026
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 13 
9798198419728
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
258
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