Such a shame you're wasting our time to play a lucky roulette the moment we publish a map now if we don't have connections for special banner or standout collection tabs or we don't pay for sponsored row which is monopolized by farmers or favoritism for epic pick's
I had so much drive to make horror games but you guys made discovery the biggest gamble ever if you're a small dev, you treat spam/low quality maps the same way as effort projects in the NEW tab, where is the Sophistication Score that were filtering out these maps? @FNCreate
It might be a pretty rough month for UEFN maps as most players are playing BR now 😬 #UEFN #FortniteCreative
313 rin rin ☁️ 🫧 | HORROR UEFN DEV retweeted
Hey @TimSweeneyEpic, @FNCreate
I've been creating Fortnite maps since 2023, and UEFN has genuinely changed my life and my family's life. I'll always be grateful to Epic Games for giving creators like me this opportunity.
With the old Discover system, even small creators had a fair chance to succeed. I understand the changes were meant to improve Discover and reduce spam, but unfortunately, the new system has made it much harder for independent creators to reach players.
Right now, it feels like most exposure comes from Epic's Picks, sponsored rows, or already established creators. For someone without a large following or a marketing budget, it's extremely difficult to compete.
I'm not asking for guaranteed success. I just hope every creator has a fair chance to get their maps discovered again.
I truly appreciate everything Epic has done for us, and I hope you'll consider improving Discover for independent creators.
313 rin rin ☁️ 🫧 | HORROR UEFN DEV retweeted
313 rin rin ☁️ 🫧 | HORROR UEFN DEV retweeted
I tracked every new Fortnite map that hit the NEW row from Aug 31 to Oct 23. (20,000+ maps, hour by hour.)
How a launch goes: → ~40 minutes in NEW → players spike, then leave → 1 in 4 maps lands in a genre row ~2 hours after the spike, when most of the players are already gone → genre rows sort by live players, so it drops out again within hours
Epic's own docs say: "Islands that perform well graduate from the testing pipeline."
So I checked.
I took the new maps that performed well by Epic's own stats: top 25% for playtime, favorites and recommendations, launched with 100+ players, no Sponsored. 167 maps. All of them dead within a week.
Good engagement does help early. New maps in the top 25% for playtime, favorites and recommendations kept their players to day 3 more often. By day 7 that edge is gone.
Discover doesn't graduate new maps. It sorts the ones that already have players. @FNCreate @HaroldAtEpic
There is so much more I can say which makes things even worse.
313 rin rin ☁️ 🫧 | HORROR UEFN DEV retweeted
🚨 THE WAIT IS OVER, DISCLOSURE DAY HAS ARRIVED! 👽
You thought we were alone? Think again.
THE DAY I MET ALIENS is OUT NOW! 🛸
An encounter that changes everything, and something much bigger on the way…
🗺️ 3358-7632-4388
#UEFN #FortniteCreative #Fortnite #Horror @FNCreate
🚨 THE WAIT IS OVER, DISCLOSURE DAY HAS ARRIVED! 👽
You thought we were alone? Think again.
THE DAY I MET ALIENS is OUT NOW! 🛸
An encounter that changes everything, and something much bigger on the way…
🗺️ 3358-7632-4388
#UEFN #FortniteCreative #Fortnite #Horror @FNCreate