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Basics of grey boxing

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Basics of greyboxing So you want to learn about greyboxing? Greyboxing is a key fundamental in game development and design and is a great place to start if you are new to game development. I have a good amount of experience with greyboxing and will walk you through the basics i have learned and teach you how to do the same in unreal engine. Getting started At this point you should have a project created in unreal and some basic layout of your map. If you do not have any of that you can read my other blog post about how to get started in unreal. Just to recap to start you have to drag in a shape you would like and create a floor, wall or ceiling by adjusting the size of it. Then from there you finish off your room or areas basic layout.  Now from here there are many things you can do with grey boxing in unreal such as create doorways, stairs,  debris and so on. I will be going over a few of these just to get you started. Doorways To create a doorway...

Starting a project and adding a BSP

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Starting a project and adding a BSP So you want to start creating your own projects in unreal. A good amount of games you play today are started here and it is a great place to being your journey to creating games. I have a good amount of experience in unreal and I will teach you how to create your own project and get started with some basic map layouts. Starting a new project The first step in creating your own project is downloading the unreal engine off of the epic games launcher. After that you can start creating as many projects as you like. First open unreal engine and under new project categories click games. After that many different options will be shown. you can choose anyone you like as it wont really matter if we are only greyboxing, but you should click whichever type of game interest you the most to create in the long run. To make the rest easier to follow you can just click next and then create project. Don't forget to name your project towards the bot...

CS-GO

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive  (CS-GO) CS-GO is a multiplayer first person shooter. the initial release date of the game was August 21st 2012. CS-GO was developed and published by Valve corporation and Hidden Path entertainment. Although this game is available on multiple platforms such as   Microsoft Windows, Linux, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Macintosh operating systems, it is mainly only played on PC.   Fun Factor CS-GO is overall a very fun game. The game brings competitive  multiplayer first person shooters to a whole different level. From trying to be the best between your friends or climbing the ranking ladder the game really brings out the fun competition between the players. You can have fun with friends or even meet and make new ones online all while having fun trying to beat the enemy team. One of the other things that is really interesting in CS-GO is its skin system. While playing the game the player will often receive  drops such ...