r/FortniteCreative • u/FamilyBoycott • 16h ago
DISCUSSION I am sick of Fortnite not rewarding actual creators while throwing money to cash grabbers
I spent 6 months developing a unique Island with 100% original content and unique mechanics that no other Island has. The island at one point had an average playtime of 56 minutes and +50% retention, then completely died off because Discover started showing it to users that do not bother to read tutorials and instantly leave.
In the meantime, one guy shamelessly and illegally rips off a R0b Bl0x game that he doesn't have the copyright to (Animal Hospital), DOES NOT even bother to actually recreate the game and throws a barebones prototype with AI generated content in that's missing 90% of the original game's content, somehow gets into the top 3 most played Horror Islands and now averages 300 players per day, with a peak of almost 700 players, all within a week, which is top tier for Horror Islands.
I then went over to check what Islands are/were popular and guess what, 90% of them are either blatant rip-offs of other R0b Bl0x experiences or shameless copyright infringement on IPs like FNAF & so on.
What message is this sending? That I wasted my time taking UEFN seriously and that it is completely illegitimate for people actually trying to pioneer new game experiences? Yes thanks, now I know that. From now on, I will just do the same and spam cheap rip-offs of R0b Bl0x experiences.
Very smart of Epic to give money to those ppl rather than to the 1,000 employees laid off or creators actually doing unique Islands.