Epic Games will share 40 percent of net Fortnite revenue with island makers
Epic Games comes with a ‘Creator Economy 2.0’. The company will pay out 40 percent of Fortnite’s net sales to creators who create islands for the game. This also includes the islands that Epic creates itself.
As part of the Creator Economy 2.0 program, Epic Games will distribute forty percent of Fortnite’s net sales monthly to all island publishers. That amount is divided among independent island makers and Epic’s own islands, including the popular Battle Royale mode. Revenue comes from the Fortnite item shop and “most real money purchases.” According to Epic, the amount creators receive is based on the island’s performance. This takes into account issues such as popularity, engagement and the extent to which the islands attract new players. Users can via a Creator portal register for the program.
The payment program will be available as part of Fortnite Creative, which became available in 2018. This allows users to create their own ‘games and experiences’ within Fortnite and then make them available in the form of islands. Previously, island makers could already earn money with their creations, in the form of Support-A-Creator. However, that required players to use an island creator’s code when making in-game purchases on the Fortnite Store, after which the creator would receive five percent of the purchase amount. With the Creator Economy 2.0 program, creators automatically receive their share of sales.
On Wednesday, Epic Games also released released a test version of its Unreal Editor for Fortnite, which is available through the Epic Games Store. With this UEFN, island creators will have significantly more options to create content for Fortnite. According to Epic, this editor has ‘many of the same features’ that the company itself uses to create Fortnite. Users can, among other things, import their own assets with the Unreal Editor. As part of UEFN, Epic is also coming with a Verse scripting language. Epic already announced the arrival of the Unreal Editor for Fortnite last week.