Fortnite Creative
Fortnite Creative is a sandbox game, developed and published by Epic Games, part of the video game "Fortnite". It was released on December 6, 2018 for Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Nintendo Switch, and Android. Gameplay. In the "Fortnite" meta-game, players can create structures on a private island and share them with up to 16 players (including the owner) for various multiplayer game modes with customizable rules. Players can place, copy and paste, move and erase objects, including ground tiles, items, and game buildings. There are limits to the amount of structures on an  island. Players place objects from a palette with items of their choosing. They can also choose to build from predetermined structures like buildings. "Fortnite Creative" loads into a hub island from which other islands can be accessed, most prominently those deemed popular by Epic Games and in the community. Players have the option to play custom games where they can practice their skills, compete against friends, or play minigames. Each player can have up to four private islands that they can build on. In the game, players can walk, jump and fly. Players edit the world using a mobile phone  that their character holds in the hand. After a minigame is played, the island is reset to its previous state before the game started. The islands could previously be nominated to appear in The Block, a 25 × 25 tile area in "Fortnite Battle Royale", which replaced Risky Reels in the top right corner of the map in Chapter 1 Season 7. In Chapter 1 Season 8 The Block was moved to the northwest of the map, replacing the motel. Development. During the development of Creative mode, Epic Games prioritized completing quickly over creating a perfect mode upon release. Because  of this, there were several bugs upon release. Due to their focus on speed, Epic Games created the prefabs system, instead of the full selection of blocks seen in other creative mode games. Epic Games was able to launch "Fortnite Creative" earlier than planned. Epic has updated creative mode several times since it was launched, fixing bugs, adding new buildings, and new island types. A scoreboard was added during the 8.40 patch. While Epic has used "" to perform a number of promotional events, such as virtual concerts, Epic partnered with "Time" to create a special "Fortnite Creative" area dedicated to  celebrating the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 2021. Release. The game mode was announced on December 5, 2018. A trailer was released and Epic Games partnered with nine YouTubers to create demonstration videos of the meta-game. "Fortnite Battle Royale" season 7 battle pass owners were able to play the game starting December 6. Players without a battle pass could join islands created by players with a battle pass. The meta-game was released for all players on December 13, 2018. Reception. "Fortnite Creative" has been compared to the  2011 sandbox game "Minecraft". Henry St Leger of "TechRadar" wrote that this "Fortnite" installment shies away from taking inspiration from the battle royale game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" towards taking inspiration from "Minecraft". He called the meta-game "basically a blueprint" and wrote that it could become a "serious rival" to "Minecraft" due to "Fortnite" infrastructure and player base. The meta-game was expected to keep a healthy player base for "Fortnite". "Polygon" Ben Kuchera wrote that the game is "a powerful new tool" and that "[sharing] your own maps and game modes, or just using the tools to create wild  videos, is going to go a long way toward keeping Fortnite fresh for the foreseeable future." Players have recreated various structures in "Fortnite Creative"; these include the "Star Wars" starship "Millennium Falcon" and Castle Black from "Game of Thrones". Others have used musical tiles (which can be found inside of the Creative Inventory) to perform songs popular as Internet memes. Maps from other video games such as "Counter-Strike" and "Call of Duty" have also been recreated in the meta-game by players. Locations and plots from TV shows and movies such as survival drama television series Squid Game have  been recreated in the Creative gamemode.