packaging

Download and install Visual Studio  Community 2022

https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/

Click on the link below and follow the directions... double check to make sure you have done it correctly

https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.3/en-US/setting-up-visual-studio-development-environment-for-cplusplus-projects-in-unreal-engine/

Time to package it up

If you did not follow the directions from the Unreal visual studio link, this will not work so you will need to modify your VS settings

Click Platforms> Packaging Settings

Change the Build Configuration from Development to Shipping

Click full rebuil;d because it is the first one and not an update

Click Description and fill in what you wish

Next click Maps & Modes

Select the map you wanted to start up (the Level_HOC_world

Click Supported platforms

We didn't add mobile controls so you can't play the game on a phone

Target hardware for the settings of the game

Go to platforms>windows and make sure to change the splash screen to something you like

You can hover over them to see the sizes

Go back to the viewport

click platforms>windows>shipping 

click platforms>windows>package project

Blueprint has a Capsul Collision and a Static Mesh that is a Spike

Adding a respawn

In the Game Mode Blueprint

Righ Click in the Event Gaph and add custom event

Name the custom event Respawn Player

Under Inputs in the details panel, click the +

Name the input Player