Epic Games Game Design Professional Certificate - How to Code a Door in Unreal Engine

When starting out in game development, creating a door is a surprisingly powerful first project. This lecture walks through building an automatic door in Unreal Engine using Blueprints—from creating an Actor blueprint and naming it properly, to shaping the door mesh, adding a trigger volume, and configuring component parenting so the sensor behaves realistically. Learners will see how small mechanics like doors teach core principles that apply across game systems. This video is part of a free course preview from the *Epic Games Game Developer Professional Certificate* on Coursera. Enrolling in the full course gives learners a structured path to building interactive environments, scripting gameplay with Blueprints, and following best practices in asset organization and component setup for production-ready projects. https://bit.ly/3MRQWhD Chapters 0:00 – Why Doors Are a Great First Coding Exercise 0:23 – Creating the Door Actor (BP_Door) 1:00 – Building the Door Mesh 2:00 – Adding and Configuring the Trigger Volume 2:54 – Fixing Component Parenting for Correct Behavior Ready to move beyond simple props and build interactive game mechanics? Continue learning in the full *Epic Games Game Developer Professional Certificate* to design responsive environments, script gameplay with Blueprints, and bring polished, professional game features to life. Start learning here: https://bit.ly/3MRQWhD #UnrealEngine #GameDev #GameDevelopment #Blueprints #UnrealEngine5 #BeginnerGameDev #LevelDesign #Coursera #GameDesignCourse