Flickering Lights That React to the Player — Unreal Engine 5 Blueprint Tutorial

In this video, I’ll show you how to make lights automatically flicker and fade out when your player enters a trigger zone in Unreal Engine 5.
It’s a simple Blueprint system that instantly adds tension and atmosphere — perfect for horror levels, power failures, or cinematic moments.

What you’ll learn in this video:

How to create a flickering light Blueprint from scratch

How to make lights fade out smoothly with a Timeline

How to trigger multiple lights at once using a controller Blueprint

How to set up a trigger zone that reacts to player movement

This beginner-friendly setup gives you full control over environmental lighting and is easy to drop into any project.

0:00 Intro
0:42 Step 1: Starting Your Project
1:04 Step 2: Preparing the Scene
2:04 Step 3: Creating the Flickering Light Blueprint
4:14 Step 4: Creating the Fade-Out Timeline
6:38 Step 5: Creating the Trigger Blueprint
8:36 Step 6: Placing Everything in the Scene
10:08 Test!
10:27 Outro

📌 Need the full step-by-step guide with screenshots?
Check out the complete article version linked in the pinned comment.

💬 Thanks for watching — and I’ll see you in the next one!

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