How do you create a 2D battle?

Hello! I am completely new to game making, and I am trying to make a 2D side scroller. There is going to be a simple battle between the player and an AI, I have all the art working and the basic player movements for it, but I am stuck on the rest (like a HUD, projectile attacks, etc.) Any pointers?

Way too broad to get real help man…you have to start creating something and when you get stuck come here to get you over the hump. Try creating your HUD and then come here when you have issues about something specific. Or try making a projectile and come here when it isn’t behaving as you like. You’re basically asking for someone to show you how to code your own game. So start working on something small for your game and we will be able to help you out with the steps if you get stuck.

Okay, I figured it would be too broad. I’ve been having issues finding any good tutorials so I figured I’d try asking for generic help. I’ll start small and go from there. Thank you!

Really? What have you been looking for and where? There are lots of good ones on YouTube. Also if you have something specific you would like for example a specific HUD with certain buttons or health bars or whatever comment here and if I know how to do it I can hook you up with a custom tutorial in a couple days.

I basically just need to figure out a basic AI system where they detect the player and shoot a projectile every so often, figure out a HUD (health & stamina), and get the player to attack. I’ve been searching things like “2D HUD”,“AI System”, and variations of those on the Unreal forums and in the tutorials Unreal has out, but I either can’t find what I’m looking for or I can’t the blueprint to work when I do find something. I’ve also used google, but it takes me here. I also appreciate the offer for a custom tutorial, but I don’t want you to go out of your way to help me.

Well, if it would also help you out with your channel then that’s pretty cool. Mutual gain and all. I guess I should have looked on YouTube a bit harder.

Yeah, I figured I should check there but my spirit was broken by the time I thought of looking there haha. I’ll look there next, and I’ll come to you if I need any help. Thank you so much!

I am working on a YouTube channel to help beginners out with unreal so it’s not a big deal I am actually trying to find out what people are struggling with and improve documentation on it. I already made a few tutorials for people on here, I find it helps more than just posting screen shots. But I am surprised you can’t find anything good out there. I learned 90% of what I know from YouTube haha

Dude YouTube is amazing haha seriously there are a zillion health bar tutorials, AI, attack systems etc. they may not be exactly what you want but usually all you need is a little push in the right direction and you can figure out how to modify things for your own game. For sure check out YouTube, I wish I had tutorials up for this stuff already I’d show you but honestly you can prob find something already up before I could make one for you. My suggestion is to search YouTube if you have trouble there or there is still something missing from the tutorials let me know I’d be happy to help you tweak whatever you need.

Haha no problem man, don’t break so easily. The challenges are just beginning but you feel real accomplished when you get even the littlest thing working that has been an issue for days. So don’t give up and always check YouTube! Come back if you need help with something else.