Reddit reviews Unreal Development Kit Game Programming with UnrealScript: Beginner's Guide

Hey, a while back I too decided to learn UDK, I ended up finding a good book(http://www.amazon.com/Unreal-Development-Game-Programming-UnrealScript/dp/1849691924/ref=pd_sim_b_1) on it. This book does a great job of showing the unrealscript side of things and really helped me get my feet of the ground. Not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for, but I hope it help!

UDK has its own language called Unreal Script. It has some influence from Java and C++ but also has big portions that is unique to itself.

There are a few books and a good amount of information on Unreal Script.

Unreal Script Home
Learn Programming With Unreal Script
Unreal Development Kit Game Programming with UnrealScript: Beginner's Guide

A Google search will show you some more as well.

My personal advice would be to learn some regular old Programming first. Jumping straight into UnrealScript and Gameplay Programming is kinda like trying to build a House without ever having touched a work tool.

Theres lots of stuff you need to understand from a basic level, and while it might be possible to throw together some very simple mechanics currently, the quality is gonna seriously suffer. A bit like my first shed

But if you seriously want to just jump into it head first: Unreal Development Kit Gems by Rachel Cordone might be somewhat useful

This is good if you're willing to spend money.


Edit: You should also look up youtube videos for learning how to make the maps and stuff. (That book is mainly for Unrealscript)

There is a large amount of UnrealScript tutorials, examples and code, avaliable online, for free.
UnrealScript may seem now a bit of a black art... It isn't, just stay with it. :)
After you get used to the API, google will be enough to find details.

Here are a few links to get you sorted:

• http://www.design3.com/training-center/engines-sdks/udk/coding/unrealscript-api-essentials
  
• http://allarsblog.com/unreal-tutorials/
  
• http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitFirstScriptProject.html
  
• https://krisredbeard.wordpress.com/projects/tfp-demo/ <- Some nice code here.
  
• http://www.moug-portfolio.info/?page=tutorials
  
• http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitGems.html
  
• http://www.magicstonestudios.com/tutorials/programming/references.php
  
  
  Book:
  
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Unreal-Development-Game-Programming-UnrealScript/dp/1849691924
  
  Software:
  
  
• http://unrealxeditor.wordpress.com/
  
  
  Level design links:
  
  
• http://www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/cat_udk.php
  
• http://www.juliantrutmann.com/level-design/
  
  Book:
  
  
• http://www.packtpub.com/unreal-development-kit-game-design-cookbook/book?utm_source=moddb.com&utm_medium=article&utm_content=other&utm_campaign=mdb_009802
  
  Hope it helps, good luck.
  

Never seen the third book but it looks like it could be helpful. I used this book to help me learn materials and other stuff, about 5 months ago, and its still pretty relevant. If you want to learn unreal script(custom c++ in the engine) then [this] (http://www.amazon.com/Unreal-Development-Game-Programming-UnrealScript/dp/1849691924) is the best book by a long shot. The UDK forums are also a great place to get help, especially the programming section on the forums.