Summary
I have spent about a year and a half in UEFN and I gave my latest map at least 50+ hours actively working in the editor and I am wondering if I have been shadow banned, or the system thinks I am a bot. I built this game with 10 unique custom weapons with their own models, vfx, range and damage stats and have loads of advanced features such as leaderboards, stat boards, powers, hidden areas, fov changes, etc. Now I am stuck behind maps that advertise custom weapons but have none of them and are click bate. I took all the steps in my power in order to make it on discovery. I advertised it on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, brought friends on the game, no issues with publishing/listing, 3 updates in the first week, >2 % click through rate, >30 minutes average play time, >10% retention rate, trailer, A/B thumbnail test, square thumbnail. I didn’t get any impressions outside of my friends/social media until about 5 days later I got denied from Epic’s picks for “Your island did not showcase innovative elements or unique features that set it apart from existing islands.” This is complete nonsense considering I have a feature that maybe a handful out there have but not implemented the same. It probably has to do with it being a red vs blue which I have been driven to make because nobody is clicking on my original game modes. At that point I spent about 2 hours at 4 AM on a Wednesday at 34 in the browse section of TDM reaching 78 peak players with >30 minutes average play time. Now a week later it is almost completely dead. I have no problem failing and learning from my mistakes, but I feel as if I got to the starting line and there was an invisible barrier.
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What Type of Bug are you experiencing?
Assets
Steps to Reproduce
Spend years making games in UEFN.
Expected Result
Being given a chance to succeed.
Observed Result
The system might have thought I was a bot.
Platform(s)
PC
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Additional Notes
Please could somebody find a reason why I was never given a chance?