How Epic Games Uses Horde to Make Builds Better

Discover how Epic Games leverages Horde, their comprehensive suite of development services, to optimize build processes for major projects like Fortnite and Unreal Engine in this 24-minute conference talk from Unreal Fest Orlando 2025. Learn the proven strategies and best practices Epic Games employs to dramatically reduce build times, costs, and breakages while minimizing downtime across their development workflows. Explore Horde's powerful capabilities including remote execution, automated build and test systems, and mobile/console device management that support Epic's large-scale game development operations. Gain insights into Epic's internal methodologies for maximizing throughput and maintainability, including techniques for creating author-performant build graphs, optimizing resource allocation, and effectively utilizing Horde's build health monitoring tools. Understand how Epic implements strategic branching techniques and workflow optimizations that keep their development pipelines running smoothly. Master the approaches that have proven successful in real-world, high-stakes development environments where build reliability and efficiency are critical to project success.