Working With Squid Game Islands

Ready to play for keeps? You can now create Fortnite islands with assets and content from Squid Game using Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) and Fortnite Creative!

You can use Squid Game-themed devices, island templates, props, galleries, and NPCs to create a Squid Game-inspired gameplay experience. It's all ready for you to create high-stakes challenges masked as childhood games.

Create puzzles and conundrums for your players. Think of the simple games of your childhood, and try to use their nostalgic facade to hide the twists and turns you’re setting up for your players!

Squid Game Island Templates

You can start building Squid Game islands with custom project templates in UEFN, under the Brand Templates tab. The following templates are available: 

• Squid Game Starter Island (UEFN only)

• Minigames Mastery Template (UEFN only)

• Social Deduction Template (UEFN only)

Squid Game Starter Island

Get started on your own Squid Game island using this deviously fun twist on Greasy Grove. Let the games begin!

Minigame Mastery Template

Discover ways to build exciting new mini-games with devices and mini-game examples that'll help you create your very own Squid Game! Read more about this on the Minigame Mastery Template page.

Social Deduction Template

Sneak and sleuth your way through the Squid Game Social Deduction examples. Learn how to use devices to build all kinds of social deception. Read more about this on the Social Deduction Template page.

Other Ways to Create Squid Game Islands

You can also make a Squid Game Island using any starter island on the Island Templates tab in UEFN, and selecting Squid Game from the Brand dropdown. In Creative, you can build a Squid Game island using the Squid Game Flat Grid starter island, or the Squid Game XL Flat Grid starter island.

After you create your island, you will have access to Squid Game curated assets to build and design your gameplay. The feature set includes assets like Squid Game characters, devices, galleries, widgets, audio, and more. You can access the feature set in the respective Squid Game folder in UEFN and Creative.

UEFN Content Browser	Creative Content Menu

  To learn more about accessing brand feature sets, see Accessing Brand Content.  

Publishing Islands

To publish Squid Game islands, you must be a member of the Fortnite Developer Program and you’ll need to opt into additional terms and conditions in the Creator Portal, which confirm you’ll agree to share 15% of your engagement payout for Squid Game islands with Netflix (see fee schedule). If you’ve already opted into the terms and conditions to publish other IP islands (like The Walking Dead Universe or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), you don't need to do this again for Squid Game. Your island must follow the Squid Game Brand Rules rules.

IARC Audience Restrictions

Any Squid Game islands that you create must have an age-appropriate rating. The Creator Portal is set up to guide you through this process, as part of the island publishing workflow. As a general rule, you should create your island with all audiences in mind.

The table below shows each Rating Authority and region, and their age-appropriate rating for a Squid Game island.

Squid Game Characters

You can populate your islands with Squid Game non-player characters (NPCs). This includes a variety of contestants wearing the iconic green jumpsuits, the pink-suited guards with three mask decal options (circle, triangle, square), a black-suited games manager, and the Front Man. 

You can access these characters from the following devices:

• Guard Spawner

• Character Device

• NPC Spawner

Games Guard Manager	Games Guard Soldier	Games Guard Worker
Games Manager	Front Man	Glass Bridge Survivor
Dalgona Destroyer	Ddakji Defender	Flying Stone Fighter
Green Light Guardian	Jegi Juggler	Marble Maven
Pentathlon Perfector	Tug of War Titan	Gong-gi Great

Devices

There are special Squid Game versions of several devices, which you can use to enhance your Squid Game island. The Gift Box is a special Hiding Prop device that you can customize, which has the same device options as any other hiding prop. The Llama Bank is a special Progress Based Mesh device that is ideal for a visual indicator of how successful each player is in a mini-game. The colored Gonggi shapes are special versions of the Carryable Spawner device, which you can set to explode or cause damage when it is thrown. Each Gonggi color is a separate device.

You can combine the Disguise Kit with the Disguise device, to turn players into Squid Game guards, managers, or contestants. 

You can use the Voting Group and Voting Options devices to set up a voting system. Players can vote to eliminate or damage other players in tense and high-stakes scenarios!

Gift Box (Hiding Prop)	Llama Bank (Progress Based Mesh)
Green Gonggi (Carryable Spawner)	Purple Gonggi (Carryable Spawner)
Red Gonggi (Carryable Spawner)	Yellow Gonggi (Carryable Spawner)
Disguise Device	Voting Group and Voting Options Devices

Items

Throwables

The Red Ddakji, Blue Ddakji and Flying Stone are new damage items that can be equipped and thrown, inspired by classic childhood games. Use them to add some light-hearted combat to your island, or for throwing at targets in a mini-game. Or you can come up with something totally new!

Blue Ddakji	Red Ddakji	Flying Stone

Disguise Kit

Use the Disguise Kit item with the Disguise device to change a player's appearance to a Squid Game character.

Invitation Card

The Invitation Card can be used like the keycard objective item to gain access to special areas and complete game objectives. 

Squid Game Dynamic Team Emotes

Provide opportunities for players to create or leave teams with Squid Game emotes. These specialized emotes are attached to the dynamic team-making system, and help keep to the theme of the show.

The Social Deduction template includes a new room that shows how to use the Dynamic Team Emotes. To learn more, see Create Temporary Teams Through Emotes.

Galleries

Now you can build islands using Squid Game-themed Galleries inspired by the iconic environments from the television show, including the cornfield, dorm room, colorful stairway, and playground.

Cornfield

Squid Game Cornfield Gallery A	Squid Game Cornfield Gallery B	Squid Game Cornfield Prop Gallery

Dorm

Squid Game Dorm Gallery	Squid Game Dorm Prop Gallery

Playground

Squid Game Playground Gallery	Squid Game Playground Prop Gallery

Stairways

Squid Game Stairway Gallery Blue	Squid Game Stairway Gallery Green
Squid Game Stairway Gallery Pink	Squid Game Stairway Gallery Yellow
Squid Game Stairway Prop Gallery

Some props in these Galleries are available as static meshes in UEFN for additional implementation.

VIP Masks

You can use the VIP Mask props along with a special Niagara VFX system to apply the masks to your players. To see how this is done, check out the Carryable Spawner device room in the Minigame Mastery Template in UEFN.

Cuddle Team Leader Doll

The Cuddle Team Leader (CTL) doll prop is available as a control rig asset for custom animation, without using the Prop Mover device. You can find the additional doll assets under the All > Squid Game > Doll folder. 

To use the asset, drag it into your island, and a Sequencer tab should open. You can move the individual controls for the doll and keyframe them in Sequencer. With Sequencer, you can have the animation respond to events. 

To learn more about animation, see Sequencer and Control Rig, and Gameplay Events in Sequencer. 

The Doll folder also includes the following files:

1. Physical material: Sets how the material of a mesh dynamically responds to objects in your island.

2. Physics asset: The physics and collision areas for a skeletal mesh.

3. Skeletal mesh: A 3D mesh that is constrained to a skeleton for animation.

4. Skeleton: The bone hierarchy used in the skeletal mesh asset.

These are assets that support the control rig asset. 

Audio

There are various sound assets in the Audio and VO (voiceover) folders. You can use these assets to add cues for props or audio for characters. The voiceover audio includes the announcer, CTL doll, recruiter, and guard.

To learn more about using these assets, see Audio. You can also add audio tracks in Sequencer. To learn more, see the Audio Track Unreal Engine documentation.