How Unreal Engine created 60 new millionaires with Fortnite Creative (UE Miami)

During the State of Unreal keynote at GDC 2024, Epic Games announced that it had paid $320 million to Fortnite Creative creators over the past 12 months.

Join us for an evening exploring the growing trend of User Generated Content (UGC) in games and discover how platforms like Fortnite Creative empower creatives to build careers doing what they love.

Learn how Fortnite Creative works and how you can start creating and publishing your own content to the Fortnite player base.

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📋 Schedule
7:00pm -- Doors open, mingle with guests
7:15pm -- Start of event, opening segment by host
7:20pm -- Start of scheduled talks
8:40pm -- Open announcements - open segment for anyone to make announcements, show demos, works in progress, etc
9:00pm -- End of event (hard stop, building closes at 9pm), head to Julia & Henry's for post-event social

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🎤 Open announcements
- Are you stuck with a problem in your project, and looking for suggestions?
- Any tips you've learned and want to share?
- An upcoming event you want to promote?
- Are you hiring, looking to be hired, or just want to introduce yourself?
Feel free to share with the audience during the open announcements segment!

📣 Want to speak next month?
We're looking for community-sourced lightning talk topics. Please send the host a direct message if you'd like to give a 10-minute lightning talk on a topic covering game development or design.

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📍 Directions
The event will take place at MAGIC @ Miami Dade College.

🚗 Parking
If you are driving in for the meetup, there is FREE parking located in Building 7, which is just two blocks away from our location. When you arrive, let the attendant know you are coming to the Unreal Engine Miami event at MAGIC, in Building 8.