Why legendary developers are jumping onto Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN)!
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Epic's Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) potentially presents a huge new platform rivaling Roblox. Why are some of the most experienced developers in the world like Alex Seropian (founder of Bungie and Industrial Toys/EA) and Pete Hawley (100 Thieves) so excited by UEFN? What does a former Roblox developer, Arthur Trusov, think about the platform especially in comparison to Roblox? Find out now! OUTLINE: 0:00 Intro 1:45 Why UEFN? How big is this opportunity? 8:30 Leaving Roblox and comparing Roblox to UEFN as a dev platform 11:35 Technical limitations of UEFN 12:50 Veterans going creator platforms, young guys going to professional development platforms 13:19 Potential developer economics from UEFN 16:16 Alex on the longer term opportunity with UEFN 17:57 Pete on the difference between console vs. UEFN development, how 100T ties UEFN + AAA dev together 22:00 developing around UEFN’s challenges 24:07 Arthur on how Roblox devs would think about UEFN economics 27:19 What are the good parts of developing on UEFN vs. Roblox 31:30 What improvements to UEFN should Epic work on next? 37:37 Did UEFN launch too early? 40:34 What is keeping Roblox devs to jump to UEFN? 43:05 Future predictions for UEFN 48:07 Team sizes and time for UEFN games 50:18 Company intros and final message 👇 EPISODE LINKS: - Pete Hawley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petehawley/ - Alex Seropian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander... - Arthur Trusov: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthurtru... SUBSCRIBE TO GAMEMAKERS: - Spotify Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3Cpyq7i - Newsletter: https://gamemakers.substack.com/ 😃 —CONNECT WITH ME! — • MY INSTAGRAM → @jokim1 • TWITTER → @jokim1 • LINKEDIN → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jokim/ — POPULAR CONTENT — 🤑 Economy of the Metaverse with Tim Sweeney    • Economy of the Metaverse | Fortnite C...   ℹ️ How to Build the Amazon of Game Companies    • Building the Amazon of Game Companies...   🔮 Gaming Trends | A Look Ahead at 2021    • Mobile Gaming Trends in 2021 | Joe Ki...   🖥️ The Future of PC Gaming    • Future of PC Gaming | David Brevik, S...   🔴 Games Industry M&A    • Games Industry M&A: Keys to Success w...   🔴 Netcode for Multiplayer Games    • Netcode for Multiplayer Games | Glenn...   🔴 IDFA Deprecation Product Impact    • Apple IDFA Deprecation: Product & Too...   🔴 Trip Hawkins on the New High Score    • Trip Hawkins | The New High Score (Pa...   🔴 LiveOps F2P Best Practices    • LiveOps - F2P Sales Best Practices 2020   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamemakers/message
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