Unreal Engine 5 Beginner Tutorial 2026 - UE5 Starter Course
Unreal Sensei
Unreal Sensei’s starter course for Unreal Engine 5.8, made for people with no experience. Most of it is about the editor and building worlds: lighting with Lumen, materials, landscapes, foliage and Nanite. There is also a Blueprint game, a section on connecting an AI assistant to Unreal through MCP to generate C++ code, and a castle scene built at the end.
What you'll learn
- Moving around the viewport and placing objects
- Lighting scenes with Lumen and adjusting exposure
- Creating materials, master materials and instances
- Sculpting and painting landscapes and foliage
- Making a simple game with Blueprints
- Generating C++ game code with AI through MCP
