I'm not a developer, I wandered here by clicking around on the internet... Where should I start?

Hi guys

Like the title says, I’m not an established developer. I am a lurker who found this place. I’d like to spend some time tinkering with the unreal engine.

Of course, I have ideas for video games – but I have no programming experience. Should I go somewhere else to learn how to program before coming back here to contribute to all the specific technical questions being asked?

Thank you

all you need to do is really just familiarize yourself with the editor for a little bit, then follow this playlist Series Introduction - #1 Unreal Engine 4 Beginner Tutorial Series - YouTube

Feel free to go off course and do your own thing.

Hope that helps.

theres several beginner playlists on the unreal engine youtube channel too. thats where i started out.

Nope! Just YouTube and reading documentation. The above link is a good source of tutorials, I found it helpful when I was starting out, along with some other people. As someone who also came from a non-programming background you may find these tutorials also helpful as I go over the basics of creating game play mechanics but focus more on the logic and the reason behind what I am doing, which I would have found helpful early on in my learning.