If you want to build your own 'Fortnite,' these courses can help

If you go to a public space and spot a group of kids (or maybe even adults) huddled together and hunched over their respective smartphones, they're most likely doing either one of two things: playing the ever-popular game Fortnite as if their life depended on it, or watching a stream of someone else playing the same game.

To the uninitiated, Fortnite is a Battle Royale-style game that launched a little over a year ago. As of now, Fortnite's userbase is nearly 80 million strong, and it's only going to grow from here.

What makes Fortnite so addictive? How did the developers make it amazingly immersive? And how do you even begin to conceptualize and design such a game? If you've ever wanted to build your own successful mobile game, the courses below could very well help you reach the top of the app charts: Read more...