Unity 5 released with upgrades, full-featured free version

Post by duaneb » Wed, Mar 04, 2015, 1:07 AM UTC

mattmanser wrote: post #110

ffn wrote: post #27

I really love that these game engines are doing this. As a hobbyist game dev with a day job and a night-shift (tfwgf), one of the biggest hurtles that keep me building on html5 instead of on desktop was the demand that I had to pay $$ upfront before I have any idea if I can even finish what I'm building (much less how the market will receive it). I mean, I don't mind paying the engine company their demands if I can m…

Unity's been free for years, you've fallen for their advertising to upstage Unreal. "Finally offering a free version" Honestly, it's been free for ages. Not only that but Microsoft had XNA which was also a free game engine that they only discontinued last year so you're wrong thinking that html5 was the only option. I don't think you really researched the market much if you thought that. Plus if you are serious about…

Post by eropple » Wed, Mar 04, 2015, 2:39 AM UTC

duaneb wrote: post #121

mattmanser wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unity's been free for years, you've fallen for their advertising to upstage Unreal. "Finally offering a free version" Honestly, it's been free for ages. Not only that but Microsoft had XNA which was also a free game engine that they only discontinued last year so you're wrong thinking that html5 was the only option. I don't think you really researched the market much if you thought that. Plus if you are serious about…

To be fair, XNA's support was atrocious (non-existent?) off of microsoft platforms.

Post by runevault » Wed, Mar 04, 2015, 3:31 AM UTC

kelukelugames wrote: post #44

Unit is really easy and fun to use. Here are my three favorite tutorials. Takes around 1 - 2 hours to go through each one if you know how to program. http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules/beginner/2d/2d-co... http://pixelnest.io/tutorials/2d-game-unity/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dP7R-GbFkM I was able to put my high school friend in a platformer within a day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpiZF7bjQ3U&fea…

Post by Romdeau » Wed, Mar 04, 2015, 3:37 AM UTC

fr0styMatt2 wrote: post #116

ffn wrote: post #27

I really love that these game engines are doing this. As a hobbyist game dev with a day job and a night-shift (tfwgf), one of the biggest hurtles that keep me building on html5 instead of on desktop was the demand that I had to pay $$ upfront before I have any idea if I can even finish what I'm building (much less how the market will receive it). I mean, I don't mind paying the engine company their demands if I can m…

What does 'tfwgf' mean? I tried Googling that and it lead me to some weird places, but still no answer!

Post by ianlevesque » Wed, Mar 04, 2015, 4:25 AM UTC

noio wrote: post #104

curiously wrote: post #42

so im at crossroads here. I downloaded UE4 engine yesterday but now that Unity is free I'm also taking a look at it to see what I can do with it. Does the cloud build service lets you build iphone games without an apple machine? What about for submitting games on the Apple market? Also, what does unity do better than unreal? Is unity suitable for building mobile games and high concurrent multiplayer games?

Cloud build will probably send you iOS builds, but testing for those devices through that service is going to be a pain. I'd say you really want to run things in the simulator for a quick testing cycle.