Blueprints is a very popular way to create gameplay in Unreal Engine 4. However, if you’re a long-time programmer and prefer sticking to code, C++ is for you! Using C++, you can also make changes to the engine and also make your own plugins. In this tutorial, you will learn how to: Create C++ classes Add components and make them visible to Blueprints Create a Blueprint class based on a C++ class Add variables and make them editable in Blueprints Bind axis and action mappings to functions Override C++ functions in Blueprints Bind an overlap event to a function Please note that this is not a tutorial on learning C++. Instead, this tutorial will focus on working with C++ in the context of Unreal Engine. Note: This tutorial assumes you already know the basics of using Unreal Engine. If you are new to Unreal Engine, you should go through our 10-part Unreal Engine for Beginners tutorial series first. Getting Started If you haven’t already, you will need to install Visual Studio. Follow Epic’s official guide on setting up Visual Studio for Unreal Engine 4. (Although you can use alternative IDEs, this tutorial will use Visual Studio as Unreal is already designed to work with it.) Afterwards, download the starter project and unzip it. Navigate to the project folder and open CoinCollector.uproject. If it asks you to rebuild modules, click Yes.