Creature Callout – Submissions Open June 26

General Announcements
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Submit your Creature-based islands from June 26 at 12 PM ET through July 13, 2026 at 12 PM ET for a chance to be featured in a limited-time row in Discover once publishing opens on July 23.

Selection Criteria

We’re looking for games that:

Deliver an immersive experience featuring creatures. Bring players into a world built around creatures, whether that’s caring for a pet, training a companion, exploring a critter-filled environment, or taking part in an animal-inspired adventure. Environments, tone, and gameplay should feel cohesive and grounded in the creature theme.

Support gameplay that’s best with friends. Design experiences that encourage players to interact with one another—competing in creature training challenges, cooperating to nurture and grow creatures together, or inventing entirely new ways for players to interact within the creature world.

Meaningfully incorporate Fortnite Sidekicks. Games that make purposeful, engaging use of new Sidekick features like Cosmetic Sync, Plumpton Village assets, and Pet Care items will receive extra consideration.

Provide clear onboarding and accessible gameplay for a wide audience. Players should quickly understand their role, objectives, and how to interact with creatures and the environment. A smooth first experience makes all the difference.

Submission Requirements

  • Developers may submit one game for consideration.
  • All games are welcome—new or already published—but must showcase creature-based gameplay. We recommend making creative use of the content and features provided by Epic, though it’s not a requirement to do so.
  • Your game should be fully functional, well-designed, polished, and meet the criteria listed above.
  • Include the following videos in your submission:
    • A fly-through of the entire island
    • One round (or a representative sample) of gameplay
    • A trailer

How To Submit

  1. Go to the Submission form
  2. Select “Creature Callout” from the drop-down menu
  3. Submit between June 26 at 12pm ET and July 13, 2026 at 12pm ET
Creature Callout – Submissions Open June 26
Creature Callout – Submissions Now Open
Kreaturen-Appell – Einreichungszeitraum beginnt am 26. Juni
Llamada de criaturas: ya se admiten propuestas
크리처 공모전 – 제출이 시작되었습니다
生物题材作品征集——现已开放提交
نداء لمبدعي تجارب المخلوقات - باب التقديم مفتوح الآن
Конкурс островов со спутниками — приём заявок открыт
Appel à la création de créatures – Ouverture des soumissions
Kreaturen-Appell – Einreichungszeitraum hat begonnen
クリーチャー・コールアウト — 申請受付開始
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@Flak OOoooheee, Guys! Yay. I’m so excited about this new cozy like category in Fortnite. This is awesome.

Thank you so much for all the new assets, and the opportunity to get more cozy farming and pet simulator games notices.

QUESTIONS

  1. Will the Skeletal Animation in Scene Graph which is currently in experimental, move into beta or publish island ready by 23 July? (I’m wondering about this, as I have several pets and animals I’ve created in the past, which would be great to have in a creature map with animations in scene graph.)

  2. When you say 1 island per developer, does this mean 1 map per Fortnite Creator profile? Or we can submit 2 to 3 islands for consideration? (So if for example 2 developers on a team, can each developer on the team submit an island, which then would be essentially 2 islands per Fortnite Creatire profile :slight_smile:

  3. Will there perhaps be any tutorials upcoming on how to use the Sidekick NPCs with UI and how to add the skillset for each sidekick? (For example, for pet races, each pet has it’s own unique skillset, for example Sidekick 1 has skills to run fast at 20km/ph, but is not so clever, while Sidekick two can run at 18km/h at that specific level, and is more clever. How to add these leveled skillsets to the pets so that players can upgrade the sidekicks in the game. This is to create leveled gameplay, etc.

Thank you!
Blessings.

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Exciting stuff!

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Can you add the missing stuff in creative mode?

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Hello! First time trying to participate in a callout. I just want to know, If we cannot publish our map how can we fill the island code in the submission form? I can keep adding systems from July 13 to July 23? Thank you!

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  1. Nothing to report right now, but it’s looking like it will be later in the summer.
  2. It’s one Island per publishing entity. So whatever it would show up as in Fortnite - one island per that. You are encouraged to assess what is most likely to succeed and focus your efforts on it.
  3. No tutorials yet, but check out the livestream livestream where the team goes over some customization and answers technical questions.

Good luck, @bergice2 :slight_smile:

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@Flak Hi there. I was just trying to submit for the Creature Shoutout, but I don’t see the Creature islands in the list to pick from on the form.