Building Worlds in Unreal Engine

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Homeschooling with Technology

Meryl van der Merwe

300 episodes

6 days ago

The Homeschooling with Technology Podcast is a weekly show, hosted by Meryl van der Merwe, where she shares ideas on how to use technology to be more productive as a homeschool parent and on how to use technology to make lessons more engaging. In addition, she covers techie skills your children need to learn and how to easily incorporate them into your homeschooling. Meryl homeschooled her 4 children after working as a computer programmer for many years. She uses technology whenever she can when teaching both live co-op classes and online classes for homeschoolers. In this podcast, she shares all the best tech resources she finds with you.

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Building Worlds in Unreal Engine

Homeschooling with Technology

15 minutes 32 seconds

1 month ago

Building Worlds in Unreal Engine

342: Building Worlds in Unreal Engine

In this episode of we welcome back repeat guest, Matthew Jurison, a high schooler, teaching assistant at FundaFunda Academy, and tech enthusiast. Matthew shares how he first discovered Unreal Engine, why he chose it over other platforms like Unity and Roblox Studio, and why it’s a powerful, free option for teens interested in game development, visual effects, and creative storytelling.
We cover:

What Unreal Engine is and what it can be used for (games, CGI, VFX, and more)

How to get started quickly and what resources (YouTube, Discord, Udemy, Sketchfab) can help

Why Unreal Engine is beginner-friendly—even for teens with little or no coding background

How skills like problem-solving, creativity, and workflow management transfer into real life, college, and future careers

Tips for beginners: how to start small, stay motivated, and avoid common pitfalls

Matthew also gives us a peek into his own current project—a puzzle/horror survival game—and explains how Unreal Engine has changed the way he views both games and the world around him.
Links mentioned in this episode:

Previous episodes with Matthew on Scratch (ep 326) and Blender (ep 313)

Unreal Engine

Suggested YouTubers: Matt Aspland, Gorka Games

Learning platforms: Udemy, Sketchfab

Take a look at show sponsor, FundaFunda Academy to see what they offer for online classes and web-based unit studies.

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