Build guides for indie artists and venues who want people standing in a Fortnite world, listening to their music. Every step comes from an island that actually shipped, including the parts that went wrong.
Start at step one with nothing. Finish with a working thing. Every step ends in a checkpoint you can actually see in a playtest.
The PC you need, the software to install, registering with Epic as a developer, getting a Verse file into a project, inviting testers, importing music and publishing.
Countdown to a real date, a venue with its own spawner, synced audio, cue-driven lights and looks, a mass teleport in and out, and a flythrough that doesn't show empty terrain.
Persistable classes, the weak_map budget, autosave that doesn't crash when players leave, and the publish error you can't undo.
Only a few of N nodes are awake. Each rotates on a timer or on first collection, and its HUD beacon follows.
Put players somewhere before the world, explain the game without a wall of text, and send each player through exactly once.
You're comfortable in a visual editor and nervous about code. You have a release, a gig or a launch coming. These guides assume exactly that.
If it didn't come out of an island that actually ran, it isn't here. Where something is still uncertain, the page says so and tells you how to check.
Not "the spawner is configured correctly" but "you die on purpose during a rehearsal and respawn at the venue". Something you can see.
Each warning is a thing that went wrong for us, in front of an audience or the night before. You get it before it happens to you.
Not a language tour. The subset of Verse and UEFN device behaviour that actually cost us time, with the real error text.
The tutorials show the lines that matter. The downloads are the full files behind them, one by one or as a zip per tutorial.
concert_manager.verse
live_event_manager.verse
tycoon_currency_manager.verse
dropper_manager.verse
lobby_manager.verse
A game world is a legitimate live performance stage. The knowledge to use it that way should be public, not locked inside agencies and studios.
Indie Island builds islands with artists (three live concerts so far) and publishes what it learns. These tutorials are the DIY resources the site promised, shared in the open as they're finished.
How Indie Island startedIndie Island is a collaboration between an innovation agency, a new music institute and an Amsterdam venue.
The agency that develops Indie Island. Wij Doen Dingen designs and builds interactive experiences where technology, culture and entertainment meet. Each project is one of a kind, and the lessons from it are shared so others can build and experiment further.
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A non-profit innovation lab for the music industry, working to make new music technology available to everyone. Thunderboom builds fair, safe and accessible tools for artists and music organisations, and develops knowledge in public projects with artists, venues and tech partners.
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An independent music venue in Amsterdam's cultural district, focused on artist development, experimentation and community. Cinetol supports artists trying new things and explores live music formats that go beyond the traditional stage.
Get in touchOn Indie Island as a collaborative initiative to find out what live music can be inside Fortnite.
Cyril de VroomFounder & Chief Innovation Officer, Wij Doen DingenOn who it's for: independent and emerging artists, venues and developers.
Max TielThunderboom RecordsOn bringing the physical and the digital world together in one performance.
Quico TouwFounder & CEO, Cinetol