This chapter covers both animation and artificial intelligence. These are huge topics in game development and there is definitely more to learn about them. I hope that through this chapter, you now have a strong understanding of these two topics and will use your skills to further explore more functions in the Unreal Editor to create cooler stuff.

We learned a little about the history of animation, how animation is created today in 3D computer games through various 3D modeling software, and finally, how to import this animation into Unreal Engine to be used in games. An animation sequence is the format in which animation is stored/played in Unreal, and you've learned about a simple blend technique to combine different animation sequences.

Personally, I love how AI contributes to a game. In this chapter, you learned about the different components that make up AI logic. The main AI logic is executed through the Behavior Tree, and we learned how to construct a Behavior Tree in terms of logic as well as how to replicate this into the Unreal Editor itself through the use of BlackBoardData, Task, Composite, and other nodes.

Ending this chapter, we have covered a huge portion of what we need to create a game. In the next chapter, you will learn how to add sounds and particle effects into a game.