Fortnite - Everything we know!

[Vexta]

Hey guys, here is everything we know about the game at the moment!

http://www.cinemablend.com/images/sections/37698/Fortnite_37698.jpg

-You need to scavenge for supplies and survive in the open world.
-Zombie like creatures come out at night and it seems you need to fend them off and defend your home!
-There is also a ghostly purple creature.
-You blow up buildings to scavenge supplies and build a fortress.
-You hole up inside your fortress at night to defend against the oncoming creatures.
-No platform announced as of yet!
-The stylized action game is actually hard to pin down to a single genre. It has various gameplay elements that vary by time of day. During daylight, the multiplayer experience will focus on building up a fortress through teamwork and sharing resources. This fortress becomes crucial when the sun goes down and the undead rise. It’s during this phase of the third-person perspective game that shooting zombies takes over - http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2011/12/10/epic-games-new-franchise-fortnite-blends-survival-horror-with-tower-defense-strategy/
- Combines survival horror with "tower defense" like strategic gameplay
- Build a fortress during the day, defend and shoot zombies during the night
- Multiplayer (only?) experience
- Developed with Unreal Engine technology (not explicitly citing UE3 oddly)
- Similar to Minecraft more than the other games being mentioned (according to Lee Perry)
- No publisher yet (trailer was apparently used to catch the eye of publishers rather than gamers), which explains...
- Unclear on which platforms it'll release
- Unclear on what pricing model it'll use
-According to Digital Spy 'Describing it as a building and survival title similar to Minecraft'
-Fortnite will feature different mechanics depending on the in-game time of day. Players gather materials and build structures during the day to ward off the enemies that attack during the night. Resources can be shared with other members of the community.
-The game switches to a third-person perspective at night when zombies attack, and takes on shooter mechanics.





Tweets by Lee Perry
-I see lots of questions asking if #fortnite is freeform construction. It is. It's not scripted or just boarding up existing structures.
-#fortnite and it stands to reason if you can build a world, anything can be destroyed. That's about all I'm tossing out there for now :)'
-@fhilipk: You can thank @notch for some of the new followers.” haha, I thank him every day :). #Minecraft was an inspiration for sure.
-Question - “chance of weapon crafting/traps, lvl system, underground exploration, Boss fights, team survival mode, rare loot? #Fortnite” Answer - Chances? High.



You may want to add this, or parts of it.

The creators of Gears of War and Unreal came to Comic-Con today to finally talk about their next game, Fortnite, a "a co-op sandbox survival game," according to producer Tanya Jessen.

Jessen says the new property is about exploration, scavenging gear, building fortified structures and fighting waves of encroaching monsters hellbent on killing you and your friends.

"Building is really the core of the game," Jessen says. "Everything you find allows you to build and improve your structure."

Epic showed playable prototypes of the game, showing multiple ways players will be able to upgrade weapons — in this case a crossbow that can be outfitted with explosives and electric shocks.

Design director Cliff Bleszinski revealed during the panel that Fortnite would be the first game to take advantage of the company's Unreal Engine 4 tech.

"This is a PC designed game, shipping exclusively on the PC," Bleszinski said.

Maybe add this as well: https://twitter.com/therealcliffyb/status/223499640035737600

"To be clear - Fortnite is PC primary and first, but we wouldn't rule out the possibility of other platforms later"

Seems to me like they are almost testing it out on pc first to see whats good/bad/popular.

[SirDizzy]

The little goblin looking dudes seemed to be demons or something supernatural, glowy eyes and phasing in and out of the ground.

[Anthony*Carmine]

i want that game is there any kind of release date?

[Vexta]

i want that game is there any kind of release date?

Nope, nothing so far.

[Threnody]

Here's all I know:

- Combines survival horror with "tower defense" like strategic gameplay
- Build a fortress during the day, defend and shoot zombies during the night
- Third person gameplay
- Multiplayer (only?) experience
- Developed with Unreal Engine technology (not explicitly citing UE3 oddly)
- Similar to Minecraft more than the other games being mentioned (according to Lee Perry)
- No publisher yet (trailer was apparently used to catch the eye of publishers rather than gamers), which explains...
- Unclear on which platforms it'll release
- Unclear on what pricing model it'll use

[WARRIC]

Is it me or does this look like valves Team fortess 2?

[Sly.]

- Third person gameplay
Where was that said?
Not that I'm agianst 3rd person but you cannot really tell from just the trailer as it's filmed with a camera and is more of a matinee and doesn't show real gameplay yet.

[Threnody]

Where was that said?
Not that I'm agianst 3rd person but you cannot really tell from just the trailer as it's filmed with a camera and is more of a matinee and doesn't show real gameplay yet.
Here, give this a read:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2011/12/10/epic-games-new-franchise-fortnite-blends-survival-horror-with-tower-defense-strategy/

"This fortress becomes crucial when the sun goes down and the undead rise. It’s during this phase of the third-person perspective game that shooting zombies takes over."

[Sly.]

It’s during this phase of the third-person perspective game that shooting zombies takes over.
Oh... should have read more carefully. *self-facepalm* :/

[CommanderRown]

Nice thread Vex! :) Super-pumped for this one. Love how it's combining all of those genres.

[Vexta]

Here's all I know:

- Combines survival horror with "tower defense" like strategic gameplay
- Build a fortress during the day, defend and shoot zombies during the night
- Third person gameplay
- Multiplayer (only?) experience
- Developed with Unreal Engine technology (not explicitly citing UE3 oddly)
- Similar to Minecraft more than the other games being mentioned (according to Lee Perry)
- No publisher yet (trailer was apparently used to catch the eye of publishers rather than gamers), which explains...
- Unclear on which platforms it'll release
- Unclear on what pricing model it'll use

Nice! Thanks for that!


Nice thread Vex! :) Super-pumped for this one. Love how it's combining all of those genres.

Ye! Many sites have said there is no specific genre for the game. Excited :).

[Vexta]

Turns out the game becomes a Third Person Shooter at night time!

[Simburgur]

Colour me impressed. Very excited for this.

[lll VIKING lll]

thatnk you Vexta for another great thread and i will getting this game ..when my son saw the trailer he was like i want too play that

[Jaggs]

So it is Horde Mode but with the build timer on 12 hours instead of 30 seconds.

(Joking of course.)

[Vexta]

thatnk you Vexta for another great thread and i will getting this game ..when my son saw the trailer he was like i want too play that

No problem, I'm extremely excited about this game as it seems like on where I can play instead of having to worry about a lot of things!

[Tear08]

Argh, even with this thread increasing my knowledge 10-fold, I still don't have anywhere near enough information as I'd like...here's to hoping there's more info on this Game soon...

[Karried]

This is just speculation.

I was thinking maybe the camera man or camera will play an integral part of the game during the day. It being the 'builder' as the Oracle was in Forge for Halo.

Just speculation, sometimes trailers have things in it that are essential to the gameplay.

[Vexta]

This is just speculation.

I was thinking maybe the camera man or camera will play an integral part of the game during the day. It being the 'builder' as the Oracle was in Forge for Halo.

Just speculation, sometimes trailers have things in it that are essential to the gameplay.

What do you mean? What was the builder?

[Vexta]

Lee Perry on Twitter - -From Lee Perry - 'I see lots of questions asking if #fortnite is freeform construction. It is. It's not scripted or just boarding up existing structures.'
-From Lee Perry - '#fortnite and it stands to reason if you can build a world, anything can be destroyed. That's about all I'm tossing out there for now '

[Tear08]

Lee Perry on Twitter - -From Lee Perry - 'I see lots of questions asking if #fortnite is freeform construction. It is. It's not scripted or just boarding up existing structures.'
-From Lee Perry - '#fortnite and it stands to reason if you can build a world, anything can be destroyed. That's about all I'm tossing out there for now '
Begs the question of whether or not Worlds can be randomly generated...because at this point, with near to nothing to go on, I'd still say it's pretty damned likely...

[Tear08]

Lee Perry
“chance of weapon crafting/traps, lvl system, underground exploration, Boss fights, team survival mode, rare loot? #Fortnite” Chances? High.
It just keeps getting better...

[Vexta]

It just keeps getting better...

Nice, Lee's dishing out a little info atm!

[HandFuL oF sKy]

From the way this sounds and from potential I will probably play this way more than Gears..Lol.

[Tear08]

From the way this sounds and from potential I will probably play this way more than Gears..Lol.
Have to say I agree with you...though it is mainly because I'm getting so damned tired of Shooters lately, hence the need for something Fresh and interesting, just like Fortnite...

[Bugz]

I'm so damn hyped for this game! I'm playing MC as we speak.

[xxdrif7xx]

sounds awesome to me. Cant wait for release.

[Lambent Veteran]

You should rename this too, Fortnite Info Thread. :D

[the taco ninja]

From the way this sounds and from potential I will probably play this way more than Gears..Lol.
same here....i need a break from shooters,need something like this to freshen things up

[Kmack11]

Already from the little tidbits and trailer, I'm hyped. Going to be really fun. Co-Op is slowly taking away my interest from competitive multiplayer.

[Film]

Hope it's 4 players, only noticed 3 in the trailers, but i'm sure they could fit 4 players into the mode.

If so, i'm sold, just the price will need to be something small for a game like this, depending on what they do with it.

[P3NNYW3LL]

Can't wait! Might release summer or fall of next year hopefully

[Karried]

What do you mean? What was the builder?

In almost every build type game that has some depth (not CoD Zombies type), there's is ALWAYS a camera system involved, where the player has full control to construct their creation. (Minecraft, Forge, Far Cry map creator)

In Halo 3/Reach in Forge mode, the Oracle was the builder, and served as a camera system. If you don't know what an Oracle is, if you ever played Halo, 343 Guilty Spark was an Oracle.

I'm rampantly speculating that the Camera will probably play an important role in Fortnite, as the whole trailer was shot through it. A good guess, is what I'm taking.

[Sly.]

Good guess Karried!
Now that I think about it, it could have been a hint.

[Vexta]

In almost every build type game that has some depth (not CoD Zombies type), there's is ALWAYS a camera system involved, where the player has full control to construct their creation. (Minecraft, Forge, Far Cry map creator)

In Halo 3/Reach in Forge mode, the Oracle was the builder, and served as a camera system. If you don't know what an Oracle is, if you ever played Halo, 343 Guilty Spark was an Oracle.

I'm rampantly speculating that the Camera will probably play an important role in Fortnite, as the whole trailer was shot through it. A good guess, is what I'm taking.

Good speculation. So the camera will enable you to leave your character and look around. I see, that's a pretty good speculation!


You should rename this too, Fortnite Info Thread. :D

Not enough info yet :D

[Fishead John]

I'm so damn hyped for this game! I'm playing MC as we speak.

Yeah in between League of Legends and Tribes breaks I've built myself a castle in 3 days. My friends Lucky 38 is surrounded in my Courtyard now though lol.

[Cygnus X-1]

This game sounds like an awesome concept.

[Nevermind1982]

This game looks like so much fun. Can't wait.

[Nerf The Bayonet]

Just a thought: maybe it's one massive, massive world we all inhabit? So you can travel round and visit other people's forts and team up, or steal their supplies, or just walk round admiring what everybody else has built? Man, I'm getting more and more pumped for this game the more I think about it.

[Tear08]

Just a thought: maybe it's one massive, massive world we all inhabit? So you can travel round and visit other people's forts and team up, or steal their supplies, or just walk round admiring what everybody else has built? Man, I'm getting more and more pumped for this game the more I think about it.
As awesome as that would be, I don't think it's all that likely...but damn, never has there been a time where I hope I'm wrong more than this...

[Hey You]

I'm really looking forward to the game, will most likely be the first Epic game I buy.

[Kelsey1b]

Is it me or does this look like valves Team fortess 2?
That's what I thought as soon as I saw it! Couldn't think any different!

[Leisure Muffin]

i want that game is there any kind of release date? Seeing as there isn't even a publisher yet, I wouldn't expect it until 2013.

[Tear08]

Seeing as there isn't even a publisher yet, I wouldn't expect it until 2013.
As much as it pains me to say it, I agree...as much as I'd love this game to be in Drive sooner, I don't think it'll even be gracing the Shelves for another year or so...but hey, a crap-ton of info would ease the pain...(!)

[Wriermati]

I cant wait for this game i hope that it will be on most platforms it surely looks worth to buy it (unless its free :D probably not)

[Wikus]

I think the Multiplayer is going to be similiar to Minecraft and have a lot of players in and can grief ,team-up and build what ever you want anywhere in a randomly generated world

[Wikus]

And I also think Fortnite is definitely going to be on pc because CliffyB said they were going to work on pc games in the years to come

[Desert pengu1n]

this looks like it could be incredible, really looking forward to hearing new info like release date, and more details about the game itself

[Tear08]

this looks like it could be incredible, really looking forward to hearing new info like release date, and more details about the game itself
Oh dear lord how good it'd be to have some information on this game...

Remember those Rage-Inducing-ly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQhRmt-o3dA&lc=CC9aMd5C7mD7w9y4zGZiWdDhclCv7aV_7kAoER7y5wU&feature=inbox) vague Tweets we had about Fortnite...?...Yeah, I'd kill for a couple more of those right now...

[king-mark]

You may want to add this, or parts of it.

The creators of Gears of War and Unreal came to Comic-Con today to finally talk about their next game, Fortnite, a "a co-op sandbox survival game," according to producer Tanya Jessen.

Jessen says the new property is about exploration, scavenging gear, building fortified structures and fighting waves of encroaching monsters hellbent on killing you and your friends.

"Building is really the core of the game," Jessen says. "Everything you find allows you to build and improve your structure."

Epic showed playable prototypes of the game, showing multiple ways players will be able to upgrade weapons — in this case a crossbow that can be outfitted with explosives and electric shocks.

Design director Cliff Bleszinski revealed during the panel that Fortnite would be the first game to take advantage of the company's Unreal Engine 4 tech.

"This is a PC designed game, shipping exclusively on the PC," Bleszinski said.

[Skilled]

Damn, I wish it was free form construction. I'll probably still buy because it looks good.

[king-mark]

Maybe add this as well: https://twitter.com/therealcliffyb/status/223499640035737600

"To be clear - Fortnite is PC primary and first, but we wouldn't rule out the possibility of other platforms later"

Seems to me like they are almost testing it out on pc first to see whats good/bad/popular.

[gregyuko]

Definitely buying this! i can see 3rd person working like in gears... was expecting fps tho. wonder if the melee weapons are going to flow in 3rd person. I'm also pretty curious about the whole blueprint setup. Are these preset buildings we get to chose from or are we constructing these blueprints as well? will we actually be tearing apart a world (minecraft)? or is it more about looting (borderlands)? i've seen both games referenced to this one. I've never had so many questions about a game!

[darksin]

Well, nothing to say...