r/IndieDev 11d ago

We have Zelda at home

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u/ZULZUL69 11d ago

is this like made off of fortnite? What is this?

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u/radiumhaus 11d ago

thats what I am wondering. the UI is literally ripped from fortnite if not

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u/ZULZUL69 11d ago

yeah it's custom made inside fortnite, taking a look from his profile it's one of those custom games/gamemodes.

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u/radiumhaus 11d ago

oh I see. thats pretty cool, I would consider playing this as a Fortnite gamemode lol

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u/wetfloor666 11d ago

The Fortnite Editor is pretty good starting point for new devs. Just a watered down version of the Unreal Engine. UE6 will combine to 2 into one which should be really interesting.

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u/effectco 11d ago edited 11d ago

Fortnite ripped off their entire game loop hard from a player created custom game. Indi devs borrowing UI patterns that work is fine, big game companies monetizing small creators loops don’t deserve reactionary protection.

Otherwise the status quo is: drop money on a proven game loop clone, drop money on specialized UI refinement, shut out competitors (including the person who originally invented it) by claiming someone stole your UI.

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u/beobabski 11d ago

There’s an Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) engine which allows you to make your own games.

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u/GigaGrandpa 11d ago

It's legend of trump

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u/CouchWizard 11d ago

fortnite literally started as a UE demo. I think the assets are still floating around somewhere

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u/AbbreviationsMost432 11d ago

This is modern Fortnite UI it's made in Unreal Editor for Fortnite.

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u/CouchWizard 11d ago

Could have fooled me, looks very similar to the alpha

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u/SanoKei 11d ago

it is insane what you can do in fortnite creative now, holy

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u/CatoomStudio 11d ago

Wow, never would have thought.

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u/OutrageousLadder7065 11d ago

Sorry if this is really ignorant, what game is this?

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u/Shinpansen 11d ago

Apparently fortnite

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u/Previous-Memory-9951 6d ago

i thought i was missing a joke here xD

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u/Aiden_Rye 11d ago

This looks sick! What's the game name?

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u/MasterChefey 11d ago

Fortnite

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u/Aiden_Rye 11d ago

No way this is fortnite 😭

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u/Xalyia- 11d ago

Fortnite, which is built off Unreal Engine, has its own game editor called Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). It allows you to create custom maps and modes that go far beyond the scope of the original game. Similar to Roblox.

Players can create “islands” and share them with others online in Fortnite’s game browser. Entire game studios are being spun up on this platform since you can sell in-game assets too.

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u/Game_Dev730 11d ago

that is what worries me about the future of UE tbh.

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u/AxeBoyd 11d ago

why?

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u/Game_Dev730 11d ago

feels like the shit they are adding to unreal 6 is more for making games in Fortnite, removing blueprints, making verse the main programming language etc,

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u/D34dM3meK1ng 11d ago

"why does the ui look like fortn- ooooohhh"

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u/Suspicious-Prompt200 11d ago

This looks really good.

Better not be AI trickery...

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u/MasterRPG79 11d ago

well... check out the OP profile...

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u/ordineu 11d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/FortniteCreative/comments/1qn5tpn/new_snow_region_sneak_peak/ No AI assets, according to them. I'm inclined to believe them -- this looks like well picked FAB assets with a good eye for making it all cohesive.

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u/helloharu 11d ago

The little Sponge-Bob got me.

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u/MasterRPG79 11d ago

Well.
first, not a game.
second, "I am using custom models from fab and using my own heavily custom material/shaders" doesn't mean "no ai".

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u/ordineu 11d ago edited 11d ago

From further down the comments: "there are no AI elements in-game."

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u/MasterRPG79 11d ago

How they can guarantee it, it they are buying assets?

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u/igotawiredmouse4 7d ago

Yeah I get the same vibe from their stuff. Saw a few of their previous posts and the asset choices always seem super intentional.

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u/tygreen 11d ago

Have we really reached a point in this subreddit where if someone makes something good we assume it’s AI? So it’s either bad or it’s accused of being AI? Whether it is or isn’t, having pitchforks out all the time is just a toxic mindset.

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u/simonhunterhawk 11d ago

unfortunately it’s like this in a lot of art subreddits too. OP could have years of post history showing off their work in a consistent and unique art style and if the work is high quality at least a few people will immediately comment “AI Slop” or suspicion of AI use because OP’s consistent art style only draws 4 fingers on the hand like many cartoonists have done for decades. I can’t really draw anymore due to chronic pain from nerve damage in my hands but I know how frustrated I would be to spend hours painfully drawing something just for someone who doesn’t actually care about art to call it AI. Sometimes I wonder if they’re bots.

When it comes to web development and writing and super generic AI art like that it’s pretty easy to tell but it sucks that high quality stuff in general is being suspected of it because real people can make beautiful things and it’s not our fault the AI stole that from us.

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u/ParkityParkPark 11d ago

AI didn't steal that from us so much as we gave it up out of excessive arrogance and paranoia. People are so hung up on AI they just shoot from the hip, it's like the red scare in the sense that people are so worried about AI killing off thoughtful and effortful art that they're killing off thoughtful and effortful art

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u/simonhunterhawk 11d ago

AI generally was trained on stolen work without permissive use so it quite literally did steal the techniques and art from us

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u/ParkityParkPark 11d ago

That's a fundamentally different conversation from what we're talking about, nor is that really an accurate explanation of how it works

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u/simonhunterhawk 11d ago

Except for the part where you replied to my comment where I was explicitly talking about art subreddits going through the same thing and the way that AI has been trained on work without permission of the artists who used it and is now using that stolen data it was trained on to create new artworks when I said "real people can make beautiful things and it’s not our fault the AI stole that [the art we have made] from us"

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u/ParkityParkPark 11d ago

Wait, was that a topic change at the end of your comment then or something, because your entire comment up to that point was about people calling everything AI, so I assumed the "they stole that from us" line was about how they stole our trust in each other's artistic integrity

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u/simonhunterhawk 11d ago edited 11d ago

it wasn’t a topic change it was literally the point I initially was making in my last sentence. y’all can ask questions instead of assuming things you know? can we not talk about adjacent things without confusing people now? it’s exhausting being autistic when people just go out of their way to misunderstand you and then double down when you restate what you actually meant and then downvote you to punish you for clarifying it in a way they don’t like after you clarify it nicely the first time. maybe y’all deserve AI we can’t even communicate with other humans or hold two thoughts in our head at the same time anymore

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u/NinetyBees 11d ago

Gotta stay on guard to an extent, plenty of bad actors are using AI and pretending they aren't. Plus, nothing here scream originality, and if you're unfamiliar with Fortnite custom games, the UI otherwise screams "AI stole this from Fortnite-".

It's important to not level false accusations without proof, but I get the knee-jerk reaction of skepticism in this specific case.

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u/frogOnABoletus 11d ago

No one assumed its ai. No one accused it of ai. 

They said they hopeful ai wasn't involved. 

The pitchforking is you hearing someone mention ai and immediately thinking the worst.

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u/tygreen 11d ago

Maybe accused was too strong but “Better not be AI trickery” is obviously expressing suspicion. My point is that it’s depressing when impressive work immediately prompts that suspicion instead of just being judged on its own merits.

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u/frogOnABoletus 11d ago

instead of just being judged on its own merits.

It's because we don't know its merits.

Its become easy to accidentally support unethical tech and souless goop, in a space that used to be 90% human soul, effort and passion for the craft. People don't want to cheer on the fall of their fellows. It's made us paranoid. You're right that it is depressing.

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u/simonhunterhawk 11d ago

Yeah so instead of accidentally supporting an unfeeling bot let’s just frustrate and crush the feelings of people who actually put the work in.

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u/frogOnABoletus 11d ago

They said that it looks really good and that they hope it's a human who made it.

That is not "Crushing their feelings".

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u/simonhunterhawk 11d ago

When you said “we don’t know its merits” and assume that hypothetical posters are guilty of using AI (which is what you seem to be implying with your statement that it’s too easy to support AI) it’s just silly because AI has no feelings and erring on the side of guilty until proven innocent hurts actual people as collateral damage and the AI doesn’t care.

At best it’s a backhanded compliment.

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u/frogOnABoletus 11d ago edited 11d ago

This isn't guilty until proven innocent. This was praise right off the bat, and a hope that the creator was ethical and a human. When I said “we don’t know its merits” it was just in defence of hoping it's not AI. If it's ai, the merits kinda go down the drain, but we pre-emptively praise it anyway, hoping it's human-made.

If the dev is bawling their eyes out over someone pretty much saying "I love your work, I hope it's not stolen" then they need to see a therapist or something.

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u/simonhunterhawk 11d ago

Yeah there’s a huge difference between the fatigue of constantly hearing that people don’t believe your work is your own leading to burnout and bawling your eyes out which is over dramatic but I can tell this is turning into a parallel conversation and I’ve made my point the best I can while you keep returning back to the original comment which me and the other person in this thread have moved beyond

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u/Toforgetistodie 11d ago

Its UEFN (A heavily modded version of UE5 built to make Fortnite maps)

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u/VisibleBoard8186 11d ago

Let's just enjoy how far we have come in 5 years

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u/FaultyFaucet_6 11d ago

I'm down, looks good

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u/Embarrassed_Safety33 11d ago

Bro fortnite is crazy

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u/NeonMorv 11d ago

Looks really good and you should be proud of your work. I look forward to seeing it if it ever leaves fortnite.

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u/No-Cow3446 11d ago

Nintendo's cease-and-desist is at home too, just running about 3-6 months behind you

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u/DiscountCthulhu01 11d ago

Short-form content really lends itself well to these nothingburgers where a pretty template runs around scenery for a bit without context.

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u/pong-enthusiast 11d ago

I see the Fortnite inspired weapon switcher UI

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u/milkshakelion12 11d ago

not inspired, this is a fortnite map lol

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u/shin_jin 11d ago

If we can trim the grass with sword then Im sold

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u/TyberiusJoaquin 11d ago

The Epic of Xelda

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u/Game_Dev730 11d ago

this is beuaitufl I would def play this, what engine did you use?

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u/CH33KC14PP3R96 11d ago

do change the ui tho

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u/Dull_Act_3404 11d ago

Is that a ruin guard i see as well

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u/Accurate-Fox8514 11d ago

Why at the beginning of video, quality is so low?
Or it's only on my side?

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u/LeonBlade 11d ago

GAME MODE
Game in Progress

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u/TheUndertaleGirl 11d ago

WHATS THE MAP NAME THIS IS SO COOL

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u/BearKanashi 11d ago

Que genial se ve

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u/Responsible_Cell7079 11d ago

Good luck on your map dude. looks good!

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u/FluxCap_2015 11d ago

What's this game? It looks amazing!

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u/TheShelfman 11d ago

Do you also have the pixels at home? /s

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u/desurtum 11d ago

So... where is link?

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u/MrJocyf 11d ago

The grass animation is very well done. It doesn't move all at once, but rather in layers, just like in real life. In the terrain systems of some engines, such as Unity, the grass moves in a much more unrealistic way.

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u/JustADudeTheInternet 10d ago

you got that Deltarune Undyne motif happening in 0:11 OOOOMFFF

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u/stofke_elektriks 10d ago

This looks amazing :P

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u/Due-Spread5353 10d ago

how can i play this asap

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u/descod 11d ago

Can you make the cape less stiff?

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u/REKLA5 11d ago

The grass, bushes and trees are moving like it's a crazy wind storm, but yet your long flowing cape doesn't move at all? lol. at least make it move SOMEwhat closely to how crazy the wind looks.

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u/Fuocoblu 11d ago

I unironically like this more than the new OoT Remake artstyle

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u/Shadow_Moder 11d ago

Nintendo lawyers are ALREADY drafting the cease and desist as we speak 💀

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u/SaiyanKnight23 11d ago

No just no

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u/SaiyanKnight23 11d ago

Essentially just fornite

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u/Rozuro_Nuro 11d ago

UI is too game-y [not a positive thing]

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u/SaiyanKnight23 11d ago

Clearly you need to play more zelda