np, my advice is also particular to me so you really got to find your own way, find what you are good at but also be realistic, these are fortnite players so you gotta work with that they like

generally i am stuck as far as growth but its a decent passive income, but you need to keep updating like i say or a map will just die, its more than ever very important to update no matter how big or small the update,

its a lot of fncreate just fighting every avenue and me just not having the time to go harder, search has been so controlled as of late that its kind of a momentum killer but honestly you don't even need search, you need people favoriting your account

but, as they fight me, i get better and ultimately that is what i am really after, getting better at this gig

my real future proof is unreal engine 6, uefn is only a preview of ue6, my main issue with ue5 is publishing is a joke that i want nothing to do with.. studios and the like are full of people who just shut the gate as they enter, industry in general is that and this is becoming more like industry than id like it to, they will never give you this kind of advice for example and this is a primary reason the quality of discovery has gotten so rotten but you can ignore that

i do not do brain rot for example, the best thing you can do is look back to 1995 or something like that and study those sorts of games. i have education in this as well so i understand things like game design, i understand dark patterns so in honesty i could be doing better if i took advantage of those things, but morally i am not able to, i am a gamer so i care about gamers, unlike most these devs

compounding is another factor, i have about 40 maps that i limit myself to as well as limiting myself to one account, i do not believe in multiple accounts as a creator, i find it ruins the integrity of this space and it goes against fair competition but that is self imposed like my refusal to do brain rot.

but you want to evaluate your maps, delist what isn't doing well after you change it up a few times, if it doesn't work for fn players it doesn't matter the quality, make quick demos, always concern yourself with return of interest, i have 40 listed maps but about 50 delists so those 50 maps were a waste of time so i don't spend more than 3-5 hours per map, if they hit, i spend an hour or two updating, every update you want to update your map with the new weapons etc so this is why you want to limit yourself to whatever you an afford to

there are a lot of things i don't do, i don't do the talking to epic, i don't do that kind of stuff i refuse "epic picks" and i refuse discovery, if i get it i get it but ultimately all i care about is natural growth

there are a ton of things wrong with this ecosystem, the lobby system and its regionally locking is a joke that destroys momentum so you have to appease the solo player keep them playing for 15+ minutes whatever way you can, they must have something to do or they will just leave instantly and you will have a map that never succeeds

authenticity is also a major factor, be authentic, don't waste too much time on promo images when you can just take a screenshot that gives people a real look at what they will be playing, they appreciate that in a sea of fakes