Last month, Epic Games unveiled one of the most anticipated gaming events ever — and while it wasn’t a new gaming system or a five-star game release, it actually will play a role in dozens, if not hundreds of those marquee offerings going forward.

The demo for next year’s release of Epic’s latest version of their phenomenally popular Unreal game engine — Unreal Engine 5 — was nothing short of revolutionary, showing off environments so photorealistic that they max out the capacity of 4K technology.

Since the late ’90s, the Unreal Engine has been a driving force in game creation, serving as the beating heart of dozens of popular games, including the smash hit Fortnite. Now, even first-time game creators can learn how to use that same technology in service of their own visions with the training in The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Learning Unreal Engine for Game Design and Animation ($40, over 90 percent off).

All together, this package featuring eight courses and more than 55 hours of instruction can serve as a primer for any up-and-coming game designer to begin understanding the craft, even if they’ve never coded or created their own games before.

The foundation is laid with The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Learning Unreal Engine 4, a rousing introduction to everything a young creator needs to know to work with the engine. Once they’ve learned how to navigate the environment, import assets, render images, and more, then they can move into actual gameplay fundamentals with Unreal Engine 4: Intro to Game Design, which features step-by-step guides for building a shooting gallery game that’ll make all the theoretical learning practical.

Since characters drive good games, this package includes a handful of character-specific coursework that can explain how to make a character move from real-world models (Rigging Your Character for 3D Animation In Unreal Engine 4), how to capture the subtleties of a human expression (Facial Animation & More in Unreal Engine 4) or even how to make their costume trappings wave and flow with utter realism (Learn How to Do Amazing Cloth Animation in Unreal Engine 4).

Finally, Unreal Engine 4: Level Design with Landscapes helps students create digital worlds on par with their characters. Whether the game calls for an Old West setting, rolling green countrysides, or ultra-sci-fi tech, this training will give learners the widescreen vision to bring those ideas to life.

With the current offer, this nearly $,1300 package of intensive Unreal Engine training is now available for just $5 per course, only $40.

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