Commented - gamedev

Garry Newman: The new Unity pricing would have cost him $410,000 of lifetime revenue (i.vgy.me)

This is of course not including the yearly Unity subscription, where Unity Pro costs $2,040 per seat (although they may have Enterprise pricing)...

(Partial rant) Why are gaming communities for multiplayer games so often filled with toxicity? Why aren't game developers doing more to stop this?

There are plenty of multiplayer games I adore. However, it seems like every community has these “brain dead”, patronizing, or out right toxic elements that are just nasty. I’d rather debate politics than make suggestions in some gaming communities because the responses are just so … annoying....

I work at an Unity-adjacent company - Here's what's happening

Per the CEO in today’s meeting:...

Apple’s Vision Pro: what will it do for the gaming industry? (gameanalytics.com)

Migrate to Unreal Engine, License, Royalty, Useful Info, Your Options (www.youtube.com)

I made a video to help Unity devs quickly navigate things before they make decisions. Watch is not necessary I copy paste my video description below with all the links I shown in video. If you like to hear my thoughts or opinion then watch I don’t mind, I don’t use youtube video to make a living....

QOTD: If you could go back in time, what advice would you give your past self before you started making games?

Its Monday so we’re continuing on with the daily questions of the day!

Unity tweaks new install fees as developers threaten to jump ship (www.gamedeveloper.com)

The Death of Unity - gamedeveloper.com (www.gamedeveloper.com)

Unity apologises. (www.pcgamer.com)

Epic Games says its titular store remains unprofitable (www.gamedeveloper.com)

What are some actually decent marketing strategies for an indie game?

Discoverability is probably the second biggest hurdle when it comes to developing a game (the first is actually having something to publish)...

Unity apologizes to devs, reveals updated Runtime Fee policy (www.gamedeveloper.com)

(noob question) Is it possible to make a Windows game that works across all versions of Windows between Windows 95, all the way to Windows 11?

I’ve done hardly any game development in my life (making a simple Gamemaker game at high-school in 2016 or 17, & making a box fall in Unity a couple years back; so you can call me a complete noob. But I was just wondering: If I for whatever reason wanted to make my game work natively on a Bunch of different Windows versions,...

Why do game developers love mechs? - gamedeveloper.com (www.gamedeveloper.com)

Unity plan pricing and packaging updates | Unity Blog (blog.unity.com)

Effective January 1, 2024, we will introduce a new Unity Runtime Fee that’s based on game installs....

QOTD: What game development tools or software do you find most essential and why?

Going to start doing daily questions of the day here about misc game development topics. Probably also going to start some over in !game_design as well...