Open 3D Engine (O3DE) Tutorials

Learn the features, tools, and processes of Open 3D Engine (O3DE) with the help of step-by-step, guided tutorials.

Looking to get started?

Do you have O3DE installed and you aren’t sure where to start? How about creating the classic “Pong”? Follow this first project tutorial series and learn the basics of O3DE in the process.

Tutorial	Description
Create your first O3DE game: Pong	Start from a new O3DE project and build your first game: Pong! What’s “Pong”? Two paddles square off, in a ball-based battle to land the highest score. This tutorial series will introduce you to basic game UI development, scripting, and controls in O3DE.

Artificial Intelligence

Tutorial	Description
2D Navigation with Kythera AI	Create an artificial intelligence (AI) agent that performs ground-based navigation and follows a visually scripted behavior tree. This tutorial uses the broad toolset that the Kythera AI Gem provides.

Assets

Tutorial	Description
Customize Mesh Asset Processing	Use Scene Settings to process mesh assets for O3DE.
Process PhysX Collider Assets	Use Scene Settings to process PhysX collider assets for O3DE.

Entities and prefabs

Tutorial	Description
Entity and Prefab Basics	Learn the basics of creating and modifying entities and prefabs.
Spawn and Despawn a Prefab	Use Script Canvas to create a script that spawns and despawns a prefab.

Environments

Tutorial	Description
Create a Level	Create a level for O3DE.

Extend O3DE Editor

Extend O3DE Editor by creating a custom tool Gem. A tool is a dockable widget or dialog window that implements functionality in the Editor. You can create custom tools in C++ or Python.

Tutorial	Description
Create a Custom Tool Gem in C++	Extend the Editor by creating a custom tool Gem that’s written in C++. Learn how to use the CppToolGem template, and practice C++ development with Qt , the O3DE Tools UI API, and other O3DE APIs.
Create a Custom Tool Gem in Python	Extend the Editor by creating a custom tool Gem that’s written in Python. Learn how to use the PythonToolGem template, and practice Python development with Qt , the O3DE Tools UI API, and other O3DE APIs.

Multiplayer

Tutorial	Description
Your First Network Component	Create multiplayer components with C++ in this introduction to network components.

PhysX

Create physics simulations in O3DE with NVIDIA’s PhysX system. The tutorials in this section demonstrate how to use PhysX to add dynamic physics simulations in your projects.

Topic	Description
Create Wind Forces	Simulate a wind force with a PhysX Force Region and NVIDIA Cloth.

PostFX

Tutorial	Description
PostFX Shape Weight Modifier	Use a PostFX Shape Weight Modifier component to modify exposure control in O3DE. This example demonstrates how to modify post-processing effects (PostFX) at runtime.

Rendering

Tutorial	Description
Create a StandardPBR material	This tutorial walks you through creating your first StandardPBR material using the Material Editor.
Material Types and Shaders	A beginner-level tutorial introducing material types and shaders in Atom. Learn how to create a custom material type with a simple AZSL shader.
Vertex Deformation for Vegetation Bending Tutorial	Use the Atom Renderer to create a custom material type with custom vertex shaders for vegetation bending.