The Artistic and Technical Approach to Lighting in Fortnite: Battle Royale | Unreal Fest Bali 2025

This session recorded at Unreal Fest Bali dives into the art principles of ‘Fortnite: Battle Royale’ through the lens of a lighting art director.

We dig into conceptual principles that make up a compelling scene, then show how these concepts can be used in approaches to world lighting, biome-specific lighting adjustments, and considerations around scaling lighting across platforms.

We also take you through the Day Sequence plugin—a collection of actors and assets that you can use to automatically generate a 24-hour day cycle. These components make it simpler to set up a time of day system while having more artistic control over the sun, moon, stars, and atmosphere. We demonstrate how you can use the Day Sequence plugin to create visually compelling differences in Fortnite islands.

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