Build Your First Island in Fortnite

Ready for your first foray into Unreal Editor for Fortnite? Follow the steps in this tutorial and at the end, you'll have a sweet little one-person shooter mini-game!

Get the basics of how to build a game in Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), how to playtest the game in Fortnite, and even a taste of how you can use Verse to tweak your gameplay.

Before you know it, you should have a playable shooting gallery mini-game — but even better, you'll have a smooth introduction to UEFN and how it works to help you put a game together!

You'll learn how to:

1. Create and save a project.
2. Find and place assets (also sometimes called objects).
3. Customize your gameplay with devices.
4. Playtest your game.
5. Streamline device interactions with Verse.
6. Use set dressing to establish a theme.

Complete each of the steps below in sequence to create a working single player shooting gallery mini-game!

Ready to Jump In?

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  1. Create and Explore a Project

  Set up your project, navigate the viewport and change some island settings from UEFN!](/docs/documentation/en-us/fortnite/first-island-01-create-and-explore-a-project-in-fortnite.md)

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