The Creative Juice Podcast
Creative Juice is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to Fortnite Creative and UEFN game development. It brings together game developers, business professionals, and gamers for authentic, casual, and humorous conversations about creativity, industry insights, and real-world success stories. Episodes are recorded with video using tools like Riverside and later distributed as audio on major podcast platforms. Each episode lasts between 30 minutes and 1 hour and features in-depth interviews with top talent and studios—all while keeping the focus on uncovering what fuels each guest’s creative juice.
This is not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Epic Games, Inc.
The Creative Juice Podcast
He Built Fortnite Games for LEGO, Oral-B (10M Plays!), Adidas & More (CEO Hannes Van der Haegen)
Hannes Van der Haegen (aka UtaSmoota) went from full-time dad and software architect to building one of Fortnite's most successful studios: Team Unite.
In this episode, we cover:
• How Hannes built a 10M-player Oral-B game
• Creating viral Fortnite maps for LEGO, Adidas, and Gillette
• The real strategy behind discovery, retention, and brand work in UEFN
• Why modular Verse code is the secret weapon for scaling maps
• The most painful bugs and workarounds from Fortnite 1.0
• What’s next for Team Unite and the future of UEFN
📱 Follow Hannes:
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/UtaSmoota
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannes-van-der-haegen
• Team Unite: https://www.teamunitefn.com/
📱 Follow me on socials:
• Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/@ImmatureG/podcasts
• Twitter: www.x.com/immaturegamerx
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