pluralistic, 8 months ago to unity

"#Unity isn't a game engine. It's a advertising and malware network that merged with a popular game engine as a delivery channel and now wears its corpse as its skin"

-#RobBeschizza

https://boingboing.net/2023/09/17/game-developers-flee-unity-after-exorbitan-price-plan-announced-but-not-everyone-can-get-out.html

gamingonlinux, 8 months ago to unity

This is fucked up. No other words for it. A REINSTALL is charged to game devs. #Unity

akien, 8 months ago to unity

So, big news yesterday. I'm appalled at the impact this will have on the #Unity ecosystem, and #gamedev at large. There's just no way this can lead to anything good for anyone.

#GodotEngine is getting a lot of positive attention in reaction, so I want to address a few things. 🧵

alfredbaudisch, 8 months ago to unity

Planning on moving from #Unity to #godotengine? Last year I wrote a guide "From Unity to Godot: Game Objects and Components in Godot?"

#GameDev

https://alfredbaudisch.com/blog/gamedev/from-unity-to-godot-where-are-my-game-objects-and-components/

Fenreliania, 8 months ago to unity

If you have been using #Unity and you wanna jump ship to the nearest competitor, #GodotEngine is gonna be your best bet. The structure of a project isn't exactly the same, but it's similar enough that it won't take long to adjust.
Below, I'll give a few tips and talk about pain points you might run into, to help you try it out properly, and make an evaluation. #GameDev

mttaggart, 8 months ago to unity

Actually, big thanks to #Unity for elegantly demonstrating a huge part of the risk model of proprietary software.

gamingonlinux, 8 months ago to unity

Terraria dev Re-Logic donates $100K to Godot Engine and FNA, plus ongoing funding https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/terraria-developer-re-logic-donates-100k-to-godot-engine-and-fna/

#Unity #GodotEngine #FNA #Terraria #GameDev

brody, 16 days ago to gamedev

I'm not a "Linux Guy" really but I started re-evaluating it lately, and I think it might not just be for the Tech Weirdos anymore. It can absolutely be a daily driver for a lot of game developers now!

https://brodybrooks.com/posts/2024-linuxgamedev/

#GameDev #IndieDev #Linux #PopOs #LinuxMint #UnrealEngine #Unity

gamingonlinux, 8 months ago to godot

Go learn some Godot Engine with Humble Bundle, great timing! https://www.humblebundle.com/software/everything-you-need-to-know-about-godot-4-encore-software?partner=gamingonlinux (partner link)

#Godot #Unity #GameDev

lertsenem, 8 months ago to twitter

Anyway after #Twitter, #Reddit and #Unity, I hope Discord is the next company to take decisions stupid and harmful enough that more people switch to FOSS alternatives. 🤞

byobattleship, 8 months ago to unity

If you're dumb enough to buy a new engine this weekend, you're a big enough schmuck to come to Unity!

Thanks to the following people for doing most of the work!
https://mastodon.xyz/@Xibanya
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@supsuper
https://domdinh.com/
And 917, whose socials will be pasted in here as soon as they get back to me

#unity #indiedev #indiegames

A parody of the Big Bill Hell's comedy car ad. Voiceover text: Fuck you, indies! If you're dumb enough to buy a new engine this weekend You're a big enough schmuck to come to Unity! Incomplete packages! Pipelines that break down! Install fees! If you think you're going to find a bargain at Unity You can kiss my ass! It's our belief that you're such a stupid motherfucker You'll fall for this bullshit—guaranteed! If you switch to Unreal Shove it up your ugly ass! You heard us right! Shove it up your ugly ass! Bring your games! Bring your assets! Bring your user data! We'll sell it! That's right! We'll fuck your users over! Because at Unity You're fucked six ways from Sunday! Take a hike—to Unity Home of Challenge Compiling! That's right! Challenge Compiling! How does it work? If you can change your code straight in runtime And not get compiler errors You get no splash screen! Don't wait! Don't delay! Don't fuck with us! Or we'll rip your nuts off! Only at Unity! The only engine that calls you a fucking idiot! Hurry up, asshole! This event ends the minute after someone installs your game And it better not be pirated or you're a dead motherfucker! Go to hell-Unity! The industry's filthiest And exclusive home of the dumbest motherfuckers in charge of a game engine-guaranteed!

shana, 8 months ago to unity

This is a work of art

From https://www.reddit.com/r/unity/comments/16i5fev/you_know_you_fucked_up_when_your_shitty_decisions/

#unity #gamedev #art

unfa, 8 months ago to gamedev

The Unity's new "softened" pricing and policy changes are NOT good enough and they don't fix anything.

The dreaded "runtime fee" stays!
The nuts CEO & board stays!
They got what they wanted.
They WILL do this again.

Self-reported install counts will still be a nightmare and I am sure Unity will track this silently anyway.

Unity already twice silently altered their ToS.
Another "pinky promise"? SUUURE.

Finish your Unity games, and never look back.

#GameDev #Unity #Gaming #Godot #Tech #Games

NullTheFool, 8 months ago to gamedev

For those who want to take a look at Godot after the new Unity per installation fee announcement, here are some good tutorials that may help you.

#GameDev #Godot #Unity

NocturneGames, 8 months ago to unity

Things just got (more!) serious... @kenney has renounced their support for #Unity and will no longer endorse it. Kenney has had a profound effect on the indie community by giving many aspiring devs assets and tools to get them started, so this is pretty major IMHO. The next gen of gamedevs will be wanting access to those assets so they can just MAKE something, and Unity will no longer get that traffic. This must have been a tough decision, but I for one support it 100%.

#gamedev #indiedev

glassbottommeg, 11 months ago to unity

Come on guys, give #Unity a chance

PixelPerfectEngine, 8 months ago to gamedev

If you're a #gamedev working with #pixelart artstyle, and looking for an engine to use, maybe after all the #unity debacle? Then I can suggest my own.

• Written in D (quite similar to C#, save for the underlying framework).
• Pixel-perfect graphics, no "pixel misalignment" due to mismatched assets.
• Retro-inspired GUI.
• Unicode text rendering from real bitmap fonts.
• Built-in palette-swap effects, real-time color lookup.
• Relatively low overhead and footprint (3-5MB executable files).
• Software synthesizers for audio, one even has some feline-looking sine wave.
• No per-install monetization BS, instead you can support me via either Patreon (https://patreon.com/ShapeshiftingLizard) or Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/shapeshiftinglizard)
• Fully #opensource, you can both check what's under the hood, or even completely modify the code for your own liking.

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YoSoyFreeman, 8 months ago to unity Spanish

Ok, let me clarify this:

-Unity merged with a malware company last year.

-Unity is now saying it will be able to detect what is a first install. Which is impossible. Because some kind of malware would be needed to work on your system to be able to tell unity.

Oh, wait. Do you see where I'm going? #unity #gamedev #IndieDev

gamingonlinux, 8 months ago to unity

Unity introduces new fees for game devs based on revenue and game installs https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/unity-introduces-new-fees-for-game-devs-based-on-revenue-and-game-installs/

#Unity #GameDev

kornel, 8 months ago to unity

Now that everyone is pissed at #Unity, #Godot is having a moment.

It's fascinating that #Epic saw that coming. The way to screw your #2 competitor is to help your #3 competitor:

https://godotengine.org/article/godot-engine-was-awarded-epic-megagrant/

kmeisthax, 8 months ago to AdobePhotoshop

Hey, remember a decade ago when #Adobe decided to charge a revshare on people using cross-compiled game engines in #Flash and everyone jumped ship to #Unity ? i.e. the exact thing Adobe was trying to prevent?

Oh, I was just wondering if anyone else did.

Something something history rhymes.

alfredbaudisch, 8 months ago to unity

The "Oh No, #Unity has Done it Again" Sale!

My #GodotEngine course "Ultimate Godot User Interfaces Course (Game GUI and Inventory Systems)" is 80% off for the 1st time ever!

10h of content. Learn how to create complex data driven UI, dynamic systems w/ database of items & custom resources &+! #Godot :godot:

👉 Available on itch, DRM-free: https://splitpainter.itch.io/dynamic-inventory-system-and-ui-with-godot-course

ℹ️ The Dynamic Inventory System built in the course is open-source: https://github.com/alfredbaudisch/GodotDynamicInventorySystem #GameDev #Unity3D

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gamingonlinux, 8 months ago to gamedev

Here's some alternatives to the Unity game engine https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/heres-some-alternatives-to-the-unity-game-engine/

#GameDev #Unity #Gaming

js, 8 months ago to unity

Sorry, what company removes their TOS they published a couple years previous for transparency, because it had a low view count?

🥺 no-one read our legal documentation
🥺 so we removed it
🥺 s-sorry
🥺 pls don't leave us we're only a small company
🥺 who made $1.808B, from June 2022 - June 2023
🥺 a 48.25% YoY increase
🥺 just a little guy
🥺 why are you doing this to me

#unity

gamingonlinux, 7 months ago to unity

Unity CEO John Riccitiello is leaving 'effective immediately' https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/unity-ceo-john-riccitiello-is-leaving-effective-immediately/

#Unity #GameDev