Are Unreal Engine blueprints no-code?
Be warned: “visual scripting” is about “visual” AND “scripting”!
Everyone can cook!
That’s what chef Gusteau says in the famous Pixar movie Ratatouille to remind the other characters that a legend can rise from anywhere.
Nowadays, we seem to be in the “Everyone can code!” mantra. The trend for no-code tools keeps on growing and we are seeing the birth of new automation solutions in all industries. It’s all about giving a way to citizen developers to make their ideas a reality, even if they’re not expert coders.
But what about tools that look like no-code but aren’t? In my opinion, a great example in that category is Unreal Engine’s blueprint system. At first glance (and if you look at some Youtube tutorial titles…), you might get the impression that these blueprints are a way to create a game without coding:
That sounds amazing right? Think of the thousands of people that grew up with video games and dreamt of one day creating one with their bare hands — now they can, no matter their background in dev! All they have to do is plug in connectors into nodes and…
