A newFortnitecreation tool is on the way
Epic is launching its Unreal Editor forFortnite, and itsarriving very soon. The creation application will let users design and publish content directly intoFortnitestarting June 25, 2025.
This creative tool has beentalked about beforeby Epic CEO Tim Sweeney, as a way for people to build in-game content and release it inFortnite. Thanks to thenew store pagefor the Unreal Editor forFortnite(UEFN), we’ve got details on what exactly that entails.
The UEFN will allow users to import meshes, textures, animations, and audio. Animation, gameplay design, custom content, and more are all in store. Plus, it will have a Live Edit tool for real-time collaboration and revision control, as well.
Epic plans to share more details next week, during itsState of Unrealtalk at GDC 2023.
Tap into the unreal
A few FAQs on the Unreal Editor forFortnitepage clear up a bit about how this differs from other creation tools, asFortnitealready has Creative mode. UEFN is a PC-only editor with a range of tools. Rather than Creative, where you’re controlling a character to build and edit islands, UEFN has more similarities with the tools and workflows used to developFortniteBattle Royaleitself. It’s planned to be built out and evolve through its Beta launch.
The result could be a fair bit of user-generated content, a laRoblox. Which, givenhow massiveRobloxis, makes sense. I’m curious to see just what people can do with these tools, but also very curious about what plans look like for publishing and potentially monetizing this new wave ofFortnitecontent. Hopefully we’ll learn a bit more during next week’s State of Unreal chat.
