Epic Games has shared videos of multipleFortnite Creative 2.0demos, showcasing the potential of the custom map-making sandbox. Custom game modes have long been a staple inFortnite, but few players would disagree that Creative Mode has some significant limitations.Fortnite Creative 2.0is looking to offer creators new opportunities to make game modes thatFortnitewasn’t able to support prior. Exactly what can be made withFortnite Creative 2.0is up to players to discover.
Fortnite Creativewas first launched in 2018, a sandbox meta-game allowing players to customize islands to create unique game modes for otherFortniteplayers to try. In the years since,Fortniteplayers have created a number of popular custom game modes, like prop hunt, death runs, kart racing, and more. Epic Games frequently encouragesFortniteplayers to try Creative modes, too, by rewarding experience or cosmetics. It often also highlights specific high-quality game modes.
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The next chapter forFortnite Creativehas now arrived. It’s officially named Unreal Editor, though it’s more commonly referred to asFortnite Creative 2.0. It’s a free application that can be downloaded on the Epic Games Store and features dramatically improved tools allowingFortnitefans to create custom game modesusing Unreal Engine 5. To build up excitement forFortnite Creative 2.0, as well as offer a sample of what it’s capable of, a number of demos and videos have been released.
Videos that have been released forFortnite Creative 2.0include a gritty battle against a giant robot in an industrial factory, replete with in-engine cinematics, a first-person roller coaster, a recreation of theoriginalFortnitemap, and more. Perhaps the most important video is a trailer for a game mode named The Space Inside. This is an adventure mode that mixes escape room gameplay with first-person adventuring. It’s one of the most exciting offerings forFortnite Creative 2.0’s launch.
Epic Games isn’t content to sit back and hope creators make incredible new game modes on their own, as it did with thefirstFortnite Creativemode, though. It’s also launching Creator Economy 2.0. Epic will be paying cash out to creators directly, no Creator Codes are required. Payments will go out based on a mode’s popularity and player retention. Among the possible ways to encourage custom map creation, paying creators is a great option.
What kind of custom game modesFortniteplayers will make remains to be seen. What’s clear is that this is an opportunity for new and exciting game modes of a higher quality than anything that came before. But whether creators are able to use Epic’s new tools to make those game modes remains to be seen.Fortniteplayers likely won’t have to wait long to start seeing the fruits ofFortnite Creative 2.0.
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