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I feel like there ought to be a really good open source game engine competing with Unity and Unreal, but I’m unfamiliar with any.
I feel like there ought to be a really good open source game engine competing with Unity and Unreal, but I’m unfamiliar with any.
What I'd like to see is that this fiasco encourages studios to produce their own engines rather than using the pre/existing selection. I'd happily wait another 5-7 years for a new game on a new engine then have a new game in two years that feels identical to others. And then open-source it and let the creativity roam free.
>And then open-source it and let the creativity roam free.
These things are mutually exclusive.
This is the right move. It represents an opportunity to dethrone google in the ad display market, at least for gaming.
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What I'd like to see is that this fiasco encourages studios to produce their own engines rather than using the pre/existing selection. I'd happily wait another 5-7 years for a new game on a new engine then have a new game in two years that feels identical to others. And then open-source it and let the creativity roam free.
Most indie games and devs would not exist without Unity and it makes perfectly sense to use services from 3rd parties. We all do, we all rely on others.
On the other hand, a steady and trustworthy business relationship is key. While I understand Unity, they wanna earn money, I think it is bad to act in such a manner.
Regarding the "look a like" feeling: This only shows, that the market works this way. How could an engine change that?
This really does seem like Unity is destroying their business for pennies. Mobile game display ads seem like a very, very low value business to be in and I would imagine rates are going down all the time. Unity may manage to wipe out AppLovin by burning down the rest of their business, but winning king-of-the-hill on top a pile of ashes does not seem to be a high value position. Edit: It's as if Unreal wants to be ki…
What I'd like to see is that this fiasco encourages studios to produce their own engines rather than using the pre/existing selection. I'd happily wait another 5-7 years for a new game on a new engine then have a new game in two years that feels identical to others. And then open-source it and let the creativity roam free.
In other words, any unity products going forward should be considered suspect. Any new games should avoid the entire company as they are clearly dishonest and have no interest in maintaining whatever contract terms you might agree to today.