Fortnite: The Unreal Editor has arrived to revolutionize the Epic game, and the industry

last March 23 fortnite changed forever. it’s not anymore only a game. Epic Games has transformed its popular battle royale in a authoring tool, in one place to publish games as if it were Steam, on a platform where developers can profit, on a Roblox. All this thanks to the early access release of the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), an application that has the potential to revolutionize the video game industry.

The players of Fortnite Battle Royale on any platform can access the Creative modea tool that allows create islands with different game modes using the assets of the popular game. Since its launch in December 2018, the most curious islands have been published, such as the following recreation of the Raccoon City police station in Resident Evil 2 Remake.

I made some of the RPD from Resident Evil 2, Idk whether to do the whole building since creative 2 has just come out so someone could easily do it better than mine. So I thought I’d just show it off
by u/SympathyComplete9641 in residentevil

The possibilities of the UEFN

He UEFN goes much further by integrating Creative Mode with Unreal Engine, one of the graphics engines most used by professional video game developers for any platform. Thus, the UEFN is a free app for pc that allows you to “design, develop, and publish games and experiences directly on Fortnite“, they explain from Epic Games.

Its potential is enormous as it offers a limited version of the tools available in Unreal Engine 5. Of course, the Lumen lighting system and the highly detailed Nanite elements, but also everything else: the assetsanimations, effects and much more from Epic Games. Or the possibility of creating them yourself.

Call of Duty’s domination mode recreated in Fortnites new creative mode, with Rust elements.

Seriously, Activision, what went wrong? pic.twitter.com/5tO5RG8akR CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) March 22, 2023

There are some experiences already available. color switchfrom Team Unite, presents a party game multiplayer based on moving the avatar through the areas of the indicated color, a mechanic reminiscent of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, but if it fails and falls into the abyss, players can participate in test drives and other challenges. EITHER The Arcadewhere a team is recreating two-dimensional games, like a version of flappy bird.

It’s easy to be surprised when taking a look around the subreddit dedicated to the creative tools of Fortnite. The community does not carry not a week with access to the UEFN and is already creating horror games, cinematographic scenesversions of Five Nights at Freddy’s and SUPERHOTcrazy multiplayer titles… And of course, mod of Shrek.

A cinematic intro that I have been working on for the past 27 hours for a side project of a Story and Survival Experience. There is still a bunch of stuff I need to refine, it’s a shame I can’t publish it because I’m under 18. *The Music Is By Scott Buckley (Call To Adventure & Juggernaut)*
by u/Skittlq in FortniteCreative

FNAF-like gameplay in UEFN (WIP)
by u/CoolGamerUS in FortniteCreative

Enter Hammered & Hilarious, a playable sitcom made with UEFN! You are part of a moving company, and your job is to not do your job. Battle it out with your co-workers in someone’s house! MAP CODE: 0466-8584-7678
by u/Ill-Extent-6851 in FortniteCreative

I made Superhot in UEFN/Verse because you guys told me to
by u/AlphaTeamPlays in FortniteCreative

Someone asked for UEFN Horror maps? (Creative 2.0 Demo Map)
by u/ChitaZ in FortniteCreative

A program that will evolve and allow creators and studios to profit

All this is only the beginning. In the presentation of the tool during the Game Developers Conference 2023, Epic Games showed a Roadmap where they showed the type of games and experiences that we can expect according to the UEFN will introduce more and more elements of Unreal Engine 5. Thus, during these first months, games similar to the one itself will be created. Fortniteand maybe light platforming, driving and exploration experiences; but in a couple of years you will already be able to enjoy full-size games from a variety of genres (role, strategy, MOBA, simulation, open worlds, adventures…). And later authentic high budget AAA games with huge open worlds, complex artificial intelligences, procedural systems…

Therein lies the key to all of this. which, as already happens in Robloxhe UEFN is used more than by new creators, but rather that authentic studios are formed dedicated to publishing games for Fortnite, which would become a kind of digital store. To enhance this, Epic Games also presented at the GDC the Economy of creators 2.0. The company will distribute 40% of the net income generated from the in-game item shop and other purchases made with real money between all island (or game) publishers taking into account “the popularity of the island, the participation and the attraction of new players”.

One of the main limitations of the UEFN is in its extensive rules. First of all, everyone games must be free, which may work for some genres, but not for all kinds of experiences. Also, all the contents must be fixed in the PEGI +12 of Fortniteso there can be no violence or excessive terror, care must be taken with language, exaggerated or recurring sexual references or representations of sexual activities are not allowed, and there can be no references to drugs.