Epic Games has shared videos of multiple Fortnite Creative 2.0 demos, showcasing the potential of the custom map-making sandbox. Custom game modes have long been a staple in Fortnite, but few players would disagree that Creative Mode has some significant limitations. Fortnite Creative 2.0 is looking to offer creators new opportunities to make game modes that Fortnite wasn't able to support prior. Exactly what can be made with Fortnite Creative 2.0 is up to players to discover.

Fortnite Creative was first launched in 2018, a sandbox meta-game allowing players to customize islands to create unique game modes for other Fortnite players to try. In the years since, Fortnite players have created a number of popular custom game modes, like prop hunt, death runs, kart racing, and more. Epic Games frequently encourages Fortnite players to try Creative modes, too, by rewarding experience or cosmetics. It often also highlights specific high-quality game modes.

The next chapter for Fortnite Creative has now arrived. It's officially named Unreal Editor, though it's more commonly referred to as Fortnite Creative 2.0. It's a free application that can be downloaded on the Epic Games Store and features dramatically improved tools allowing Fortnite fans to create custom game modes using Unreal Engine 5. To build up excitement for Fortnite Creative 2.0, as well as offer a sample of what it's capable of, a number of demos and videos have been released.

Videos that have been released for Fortnite Creative 2.0 include a gritty battle against a giant robot in an industrial factory, replete with in-engine cinematics, a first-person roller coaster, a recreation of the original Fortnite map, and more. Perhaps the most important video is a trailer for a game mode named The Space Inside. This is an adventure mode that mixes escape room gameplay with first-person adventuring. It's one of the most exciting offerings for Fortnite Creative 2.0's launch.

Epic Games isn't content to sit back and hope creators make incredible new game modes on their own, as it did with the first Fortnite Creative mode, though. It's also launching Creator Economy 2.0. Epic will be paying cash out to creators directly, no Creator Codes are required. Payments will go out based on a mode's popularity and player retention. Among the possible ways to encourage custom map creation, paying creators is a great option.

What kind of custom game modes Fortnite players will make remains to be seen. What's clear is that this is an opportunity for new and exciting game modes of a higher quality than anything that came before. But whether creators are able to use Epic's new tools to make those game modes remains to be seen. Fortnite players likely won't have to wait long to start seeing the fruits of Fortnite Creative 2.0.