{"id":242218,"date":"2024-07-11T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/11\/someone-put-doom-inside-fortnite-because-why-not\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:14:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:14:54","slug":"someone-put-doom-inside-fortnite-because-why-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/11\/someone-put-doom-inside-fortnite-because-why-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone put Doom inside Fortnite – because why not?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At this stage, hearing the words \u201csomeone got Doom running on\u2026\u201d should hold no power over us. Id software\u2019s 1993 classic can run on basically anything with a screen. But we still collectively lose our minds when someone comes up with a novel method to deliver the Doom Marine to us.<\/p>\n

This week, Jackson Clayton, a software developer, managed to get Doom running inside Fortnite. A game within a game.<\/p>\n

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But can #Fortnite<\/a> run DOOM?<\/p>\n

Obviously I can’t publish this, but it was a great way to learn more about Materials and PostProcessing in #UEFN<\/a> #FortniteCreative<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/POlf4obJlm<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jackson Clayton (@JKClayton_FN) July 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The way Doom has been incorporated into Fortnite<\/a> is clever. It looks like the player character is in the iconic opening level in Doom, E1M1<\/a>, until they hop out a window and start building Fortnite structures \u2013 no word on if they can stop the onslaught of hell.<\/p>\n

How did someone get Doom inside Fortnite?<\/h2>\n

Clayton talked about his ingenious methods with Kotaku<\/a>. He started by opening E1M1 in the Ultimate Doom Builder level editor and exporting the entire level as a 3D model.<\/p>\n

He then used the Unreal Editor for Fortnite, an Unreal Engine app that allows users to design, develop, and publish content into Fortnite, to bring the iconic first level of Doom into the modern battle royale game.<\/p>\n

A lot of the work was in getting the look just right after importing the model: \u201cIt was mostly removing Unreal\u2019s fancy effects to make everything unlit and unfiltered,\u201d said Clayton. \u201cI used Unreal\u2019s material system to give the Doom Marine [sprite its] choppy spinning effect, and a PostProcess material to pixellate the screen and show the gun.\u201d<\/p>\n