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Day 74 — Demo Island, Log Cabin, and Curated Grid

Cozy GameFortnite / UEFN

Context

Today, I set up a demo island with the new log cabin. I had to address several issues setting up these one-off curated islands, but it's worth it so I can use these in the future for events and other things. I realized that the 25x25 islands are pretty small (which I already know) especially for the log cabin and other modern demo house I built, so I spent half of the day expanding to a 50x50 grid. I didn't have much success unfortunately. A lot of the code was breaking at this new size.

Log Cabin Demo GIFLog Cabin Demo GIF

Curated Demo Islands

I created a curated demo island featuring the new log cabin. This required a lot of manual setup, but it will be useful for future events and showcases. The process surfaced several edge cases in the codebase that only appear when working with one-off islands.

Grid Expansion Challenges

Attempted to expand the grid from 25x25 to 50x50 to better accommodate larger demo homes. The increased size quickly revealed limitations and bugs in the current code, making it clear that true scalability will require significant refactoring.

Summary

What I accomplished:

  • Set up a curated demo island with the log cabin
  • Attempted to expand the grid to 50x50
  • Identified code limitations for larger islands

What I learned:

  • Manual curation is valuable for events and demos
  • The current codebase is tightly coupled to 25x25 grids
  • Scaling up will require deeper architectural changes