Hour of Code: Unreal Engine - Build Your First 3D Game

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Last edit: 03 March 2026

Resource Type Lessons

Curriculum Topic Creating Media, Design & Development, Effective use of tools, Programming

English Key Stage 14-16 years (KS4), 16-18 Years (KS5)

Scottish Curriculum Levels S4 - National 4/5 (15-16 years), S1-S3 (11 - 15 years), S5 Higher (16-17 years), S6 Advanced Higher (17-18 years)

These lesson plans help teach coding concepts to students through Unreal Engine. To complete these activities, you can download the new teacher and student assets from the Unreal Marketplace. Each lesson has a lesson plan, a student guide, and a teacher guide. The activities and included project files are designed to be done in order from beginning to end or you can select any single activity to complete individually.

Hour of Code is a worldwide initiative that aims to teach coding skills to people of all ages in a fun way. Anyone can organize an Hour of Code event or try out the tutorials on the Hour of Code website.

For Computer Science Education Week, Epic Games is supporting Hour of Code with a range of lesson plans to teach computer programming to teens, in school classrooms, at home, or in after-school clubs.

Remember, Unreal Engine is free to download and use, and you can access these lesson plans for free also.

Take a look at the coding skills your students could learn - this could be their first step on a journey to a career in computer programming!