In March 2023, Epic Games released the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). This editor allows users to create Fortnite experiences using the power of Unreal editor.
Epic Games created a new programming language called Verse for UEFN. Epic Games has big plans for the Verse language. It will evolve to become one of the standard languages in the creation of the Open Metaverse.
One of the goals of the Verse language is to be simple to learn as a first programming language. This can be true if the person directs his studies to the essential features of the Verse language.
The Verse language is multi-paradigm and has many features. You'll probably come across snippets of Verse code on the internet where you won't be able to understand what the code does, even if you know programming. Do not freak out. Study the essential features of Verse and you will soon understand the power of this new programming language.
I will write programming tutorials in Verse language for UEFN in a similar way to my tutorials of UnrealScript, Blueprints, and Unreal C++.
My tutorials do not require programming experience, but I hope that the reader has already installed Fortnite/UEFN, knows how to create a project, and knows the basic operations of editing in UEFN. You can see these initial steps in the Epic Games documentation: Getting Started in UEFN.
In Part I we will program a mini game to see the Verse language being used in practice. Verse features will be explained as they are used in the mini game.
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