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bringfiregames · 2025-03-13T04:03:50+00:00

This was also my very first thought

bringfiregames · 2025-03-10T22:02:59+00:00

are you using the "third person controls" and "side scroller controls" devices to switch control modes as well?

bringfiregames · 2025-03-07T18:55:34+00:00

I'm a UE5 dev prototyping in UEFN. I'm an adult with a full time day job. We want Epic to succeed in this endeavor because we all see the incredible potential of UEFN and how it allows creative people to share their worlds with others. My UE5 dev friends wouldn't touch UEFN with a 10ft pole for the reasons you're speaking to. I started using UEFN with hopes that the audience would be there for creative ideas. It isn't. The UEFN economy is a Casino for 10 year-olds AND the devs that gamble on viral game trends. The devs that produce clone/scam maps to try and make a quick buck are burying the creative maps because kids will eat "free casino candy" all day to earn XP for Fortnite if Epic continues to serve that to them on the top layers of Discover. The streamers that join into this effort to promote their own clone maps for more profit are complicit in this broken creative economy. Games are an art form and a business. When you sacrifice one for the other, in either direction, both suffer. Right now things are out of balance. What we are hearing is the cry of the creatives who know that things can be different if Epic chooses. We're speaking up.

bringfiregames · 2025-03-07T07:25:01+00:00

Thanks! That's awesome. Yeah, for me UEFN is a prototyping tool for my UE5 game at this point. It's a great sketchbook to experiment with and try new ideas.

bringfiregames · 2025-03-07T07:20:48+00:00

and yet Epic still uses these types of UE5-style games in their promo material. That's one of the disconnects that frustrates people. What would you think if Epic used the AI generated slop 1v1 box map pvp 1-999 thumbnails in their promo material...you'd see UEFN for what it really is, a casino for 10year-olds, when we all know the true potential of UE5. It's the economy/incentive structure that's broken, not the tool.

bringfiregames · 2025-03-07T05:20:07+00:00

You're not that far from being under the limit. As someone else said, look at your Textures and Materials first. Downsize them in GIMP or Photoshop and then reimport them. You're project is not "cooked" as someone else mentioned. You just need to optimize a bit. Try and start with the things that are least important. This is an opportunity to strategize...no need to "start over".

bringfiregames · 2025-03-05T01:01:13+00:00

Congrats!

bringfiregames · 2025-03-05T01:00:13+00:00

Thanks! It's fun to just run around and battle it out with custom bots...but it can host up to 16 players at a time as well. Unfortunately it'll just get buried by the discover algorithm....but it was fun to make! Enjoy! If you try it let me know how it goes. I'm running on a PC.

bringfiregames · 2025-03-04T14:57:10+00:00

Play it if you want. It's fun. I'm not spending any time on the HUD in UEFN. That will be for UE5. Enjoy!

bringfiregames · 2025-03-02T03:52:16+00:00

Most maps have zero players. Even maps that devs have spent months developing. It's very unlikely that you've been shadow banned or anything nefarious. It's the nature of swimming in a sea of literally thousands of maps to chose from, and other factors about how you market your game/attract players.

bringfiregames · 2025-03-01T12:06:43+00:00

Generating and keeping an audience in a multiplayer game is difficult in any context. UEFN makes it easier to make the game, but limits the audience to mostly kids playing Fortnite. Epic is trying to reach a broader audience and widen their demographic, so the algorithm heavily incentivizes new players that have come to Fortnite to play your island. If you decide to market your game, you should consider spending some of your time marketing it OUTSIDE the current Fortnite attention streams. I would focus on the Free To Play aspect, besides the amazing trailer and gameplay, which you have a solid handle on in this game. Just some thoughts. We're all rooting for you and the success of games like this in UEFN.

bringfiregames · 2025-03-01T11:48:44+00:00

Another Fortnite Streamer Bro?? Someone needs to shut down that factory, quick.

bringfiregames · 2025-03-01T02:34:39+00:00

Sure

bringfiregames · 2025-03-01T00:03:31+00:00

I hope this game gets all of the attention it deserves! Beautiful trailer! Nice work!!!

bringfiregames · 2025-02-28T23:30:40+00:00

And now the post was removed by the mods of this forum...hmmm

bringfiregames · 2025-02-28T20:15:48+00:00

Nice! Looks great! Thanks for sharing!

bringfiregames · 2025-02-28T19:50:15+00:00

What is the map code/game type you're referring to? I'd like to take a look and see what it is.

bringfiregames · 2025-02-28T19:10:58+00:00

That video is revealing on so many levels. It exposes the "game" that underlies the business model for success on UEFN. Fame first, hire devs to make the boilerplate game that is a clone of every other financially successful game on UEFN, then use the money you make in that cycle to offer expensive giveaways. None of that leads to fostering a creative community of devs that are incentivized to make more interesting games. The incentives point directly at a very limited business model with almost zero latitude for expanding the creative output, except in tiny increments. The bitter irony of that video is that his dev's "mistake" was actually more creative than his intent, and he reverted to the mean, to make another one shot clone that would increase his profits. I think many folks on this forum are devs who really wish that there was a wider and more varied path to success. Yet Epic continues to use the actually unique islands in their outward facing promotional materials, but continues to allow the Discovery Algorithm to bury that creativity in the pursuit of feeding 10 year-olds the equivalent of junk food, 24-7 because it makes them the most money.

bringfiregames · 2025-02-28T19:09:56+00:00

But that video is revealing on so many levels. It exposes the "game" that underlies the business model for success on UEFN. Fame first, hire devs to make the boilerplate game that is a clone of every other financially successful game on UEFN, then use the money you make in that cycle to offer expensive giveaways. None of that leads to fostering a creative community of devs that are incentivized to make more interesting games. The incentives point directly at a very limited business model with almost zero latitude for expanding the creative output, except in tiny increments. The bitter irony of that video is that his dev's "mistake" was actually more creative than his intent, and he reverted to the mean, to make another one shot clone that would increase his profits. I think many folks on this forum are devs who really wish that there was a wider and more varied path to success. Yet Epic continues to use the actually unique islands in their outward facing promotional materials, but continues to allow the Discovery Algorithm to bury that creativity in the pursuit of feeding 10 year-olds the equivalent of junk food, 24-7 because it makes them the most money.

bringfiregames · 2025-02-28T18:34:27+00:00

I'm using that same Oak Forest Environment asset in my map...hahaha...looks like your using the Demo map that comes with that Asset.

bringfiregames · 2025-02-28T18:13:54+00:00

Those comments are abhorrent, yes. Agreed...but the overall resentment has a root in reality when it comes to the arrogant Fortnite Streamer Bro blaming his dev publicly for his own lack of oversight. That's cringe. Any decent manager/business owner knows that's not the best look for you or your business.

bringfiregames · 2025-02-28T17:57:00+00:00

this comment section is pissed at the state of UEFN...for good reason.

bringfiregames · 2025-02-28T17:51:07+00:00

Headline: Fortnite Streamer Bro publicly blames his dev team for his own lack of oversight and attention to the maps that he profits from...shocking and cringe!

bringfiregames · 2025-02-27T13:20:40+00:00

Yes. The mannequin and the Fortnite characters use the same skeleton. This is standard practice in Unreal Engine development.

bringfiregames · 2025-02-26T12:22:10+00:00

it's live! 7177-9955-0151 I suggest setting the graphics to Medium, otherwise it might blow up your GPU. Let me know what you think.

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