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That will be a turn of events for the ecom space, everyone loves Klavyio and uses it in their stores.
Oh yeah. I learned how to create the 3D game Galaga from a platform called 3DBuzz, which had no association with Uniy the game engine. I was learning C++ at the time in 2010 in class.Man, that story really takes me back to when their game sharing forum was still open. I would spend hours on that site when I was a kid downloading and sifting through projects and uploading my own.
The program really grew and evolved, and the licensing fees and overall cost of operations are a lot more merciful, at least for PC exports. Only problems I see with it are that porting to consoles is a pain in the a$$, and it's really only good for 2D games.
Unity seems to be backpedaling hard, with tons of employees jumping ship, so hopefully things will return to a state of semi-normalcy, as I would hate to see tons of devs have their hard work knocked down over such a backwards business decision. That being said, it seems like the damage to the brand has already been done.
Middleware
I'm not a game developer. I'm a software engineer for financial products, but I think Open Source software is the way to go. What do you think about Godot Engine @EmotionEngine ?
Start with Godot then. MonoGame is excellent for 2D, but I haven't used it for 3D and I'm not sure it is that great for 3D anyway. Do your own research though, I don't have hands-on experience on this area. There are some 3D games made with it Showcase | MonoGame, so maybe it's viable.
Yeah, frameworks require a bit of work as they give you the basics. There's also MonoGame Extended, and Nez, which provide with more stuff. I'm not Carmack either and I made a small game on MonoGame
I like it more than Godot, but YMMV. It really depends on what you are productive on. There are basically 2 types of developers, the ones who like just code, and the ones who are happier with an editor. If Godot clicks for you, then that's great! It's a great engine and I believe it'll only get better. Please let us know it goes.
I actually enjoy writing code and creating art assets. Matter in fact a guy at my old job saw what I was able to do and said I'm actually more of a Technical Artist. A person who is proficient in both realms and it's fairly rare. I'm almost done with placing a sprite character I created in along with sprite sheet in Godot.Yeah, frameworks require a bit of work as they give you the basics. There's also MonoGame Extended, and Nez, which provide with more stuff. I'm not Carmack either and I made a small game on MonoGame
It should work well on Linux, some of the Godot developers use Linux for development.Damn you @EmotionEngine , now I want to make a game in Godot
I was trying it out the other day, but it doesn't work very well on my Linux setup. I have a couple of problems with the window and popups. Maybe it's better on Windows.
UPDATE:
An open letter to our community
To our community:
I’m Marc Whitten, and I lead Unity Create which includes the Unity engine and editor teams.
I want to start with this: I am sorry.
We should have spoken with more of you and we should have incorporated more of your feedback before announcing our new Runtime Fee policy. Our goal with this policy is to ensure we can continue to support you today and tomorrow, and keep deeply investing in our game engine.
You are what makes Unity great, and we know we need to listen, and work hard to earn your trust. We have heard your concerns, and we are making changes in the policy we announced to address them.
Our Unity Personal plan will remain free and there will be no Runtime Fee for games built on Unity Personal. We will be increasing the cap from $100,000 to $200,000 and we will remove the requirement to use the Made with Unity splash screen.
No game with less than $1 million in trailing 12-month revenue will be subject to the fee.
For those creators on Unity Pro and Unity Enterprise, we are also making changes based on your feedback.
The Runtime Fee policy will only apply beginning with the next LTS version of Unity shipping in 2024 and beyond. Your games that are currently shipped and the projects you are currently working on will not be included – unless you choose to upgrade them to this new version of Unity.
We will make sure that you can stay on the terms applicable for the version of Unity editor you are using – as long as you keep using that version.
For games that are subject to the runtime fee, we are giving you a choice of either a 2.5% revenue share or the calculated amount based on the number of new people engaging with your game each month. Both of these numbers are self-reported from data you already have available. You will always be billed the lesser amount.
We want to continue to build the best engine for creators. We truly love this industry and you are the reason why.
I’d like to invite you to join me for a live fireside chat hosted by Jason Weimann today at 4:00 pm ET/1:00 pm PT, where I will do my best to answer your questions. In the meantime, here are some more details.*
Thank you for caring as deeply as you do, and thank you for giving us hard feedback.
Marc Whitten
An open letter to our community | Unity Blog
An open letter from Marc Whitten to the Unity community in September 2023.blog.unity.com
It does not and it appears that most are still upset. This just took a little of the sting out of it.
Yeah, but somehow it does weird things. So did Unity, but I was expecting that. Maybe it's my desktop environment (although most software works fine).
Did you install it manually or through a package manager? Sometimes manual installs might miss something.
I've already seen some people returning to the fold. As I expected, a candy, an apology, and a "I won't beat you again" promise, and all cool. They'll rant again when the next slap comes up, but there'll be another candy, another apology, and another promise. Unity looked doggy as F for years, and now they just confirmed it grandiosely. People sticking with them know what to expect in the future.
I still think Godot is your best bet (from the open source options; UE otherwise), since you mentioned you aren't keen on coding your own superset on top of a framework, you want 3D capabilities, and sounds like you liked working with the Unity editor.
I just download it from their website and run it as is. It's supposed to work fine that way.
So very true. The 2.8 update is when they changed perception. It was a big deal that actually lived up to the hype. Incredible tool and I use it for my 3D game assets. It's definitely used in professional settings now.
Not sure about this. I agree with most software being fine on the web. But things aren't that simple even for something like Figma (it works better as a desktop app compared to the web version).
Do you need the fanciest graphics to make it a success?
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