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Project Standards

Naming conventions, folder organization, coding standards, and module structure for Unreal Engine projects. Consistent standards across assets, code, and architecture make a codebase easier to navigate and harder to break.

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Asset Naming

180 conventions

Prefix and suffix conventions for every asset type in Unreal Engine. Search by domain, export as JSON, CSV, or Markdown.

Folder Structure

12 structures

Compare approaches to organizing Content folders and plugin directories. Includes structures from Epic, the Allar style guide, and community best practices.

Functions & Variables

Naming patterns for functions, variables, parameters, booleans, delegates, and event dispatchers in C++ and Blueprint.

C++ Standards

Class prefixes, header organization, UPROPERTY and UFUNCTION specifiers, include order, and Epic coding conventions.

Module Organization

Module types, splitting strategies, dependency rules, and naming conventions for structuring Unreal Engine projects.

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