Creating an Energy- and Healthbar in C++?

Hey there :slight_smile:

For a little game project me and a few friends are planning, we want to have a health and energy bar on the top left corner of the screen.
Since i was searching the net today for quite some time im even more confused than i was before.

So (some) of my questions are:

  1. What should i actually use: Slate or UMG?
  2. How does either one of it works?
  3. Are blueprints required and how can i connect them to my c++ code properly? (Ive tried alot of those recommended tutorials and i always had some errors :confused: )
  4. Or is there a way to actually do everything in c++?

Maybe its important to say that in the end it should be a multiplayer game so every character has a health/energybar and it should be displayed above their heads if its not my own character.

Maybe it sounds quite weird so if there are any questions please ask me :slight_smile:

I hope someone out there knows more than me :wink: