Stream Chat Unreal SDK - Jumpy Lion tutorial

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What is Stream?

Stream allows developers to rapidly deploy scalable feeds and chat messaging with an industry-leading 99.999% uptime SLA guarantee. With Stream’s chat components, developers can quickly add chat to their app for a variety of use-cases:

  • Livestreams like Twitch or Youtube
  • In-Game chat like Overwatch or Fortnite
  • Team style chat like Slack
  • Messaging style chat like Whatsapp or Facebook’s messenger
  • Commerce chat like Drift or Intercom

Repo Overview 😎

This repository accompanies the "Adding Global Chat To An Unreal Game" tutorial blog post.

If you want to follow along with the tutorial from the start, clone this repository and checkout/switch to the start branch.

If you'd just like the check out the finished product, see the default main branch.

This repository isn't actively maintained. However, the "Jumpy Lion" game is included in the Unreal SDK repository as one of the sample projects. This version already includes some extra features like a leaderboard and will continue to be extended in the future.

You can also download a packaged version of the game from the latest release page or directly with the following links:

Steps to Run Locally 🧑‍💻👩‍💻

  1. Make sure you've installed the most recent version of Unreal Engine via the Epic Games launcher. If you have issues, then try with Unreal Engine version 4.27.2.
  2. Double click the JumpyLionTutorial.uproject file in the root of the repository to open it with Unreal Engine.
  3. Click the Play in Editor button to try running the game!