Udemy – Unreal Engine 5: RTS Resource Collection System

This course goes far beyond placing resource objects in a strategy game level. You’ll dive deep into designing intelligent, data-driven collection systems where players command AI villagers to gather food, wood, and stone from the environment. Learn how modern RTS games combine camera controls, unit interactions, harvesting behavior, UI feedback, and AI systems to create satisfying strategic gameplay.

Your Learning Journey:

• RTS Camera Controls – Create smooth, responsive camera controls designed for strategy gameplay. Learn how to navigate the world, inspect resources, and manage your settlement from a clear strategic viewpoint.
• Interactive Buildings and Resources – Build interactable gameplay objects, including a Town Hall that can spawn villagers and resource nodes that support food, wood, and stone collection. Create shrubs, trees, and quarries that each serve a clear gameplay purpose.
• Resource Harvesting – Implement harvesting behaviors that allow villagers to receive orders, move to the correct resource, and collect food from shrubs, wood from trees, and stone from quarries.
• User Interface Systems – Create clear UI elements that display collected resources and provide the player with useful feedback. Learn how to connect gameplay data with an intuitive RTS resource interface.
• AI Villager Interactions – Enable player controlled villagers to intelligently navigate the environment, respond to resource collection orders, and perform harvesting tasks that make your RTS world feel active and responsive.