Some developers are seriously considering de-listing their games from online shops when the Unity Runtime Fee kicks off at the start of next year, meaning some titles built on Unity could end up being temporarily — or permanently — unavailable. Here's what developers are saying about the Unity Runtime Fee on social media, and what games could be impacted.
  • Refurbished RefurbisherEnglish
    17•10 months ago

    Fair enough.

    Also, speaking of alternatives, people should check out O3DE. It’s based on Amazon Lumberyard, which itself it based on CryEngine, but it’s FOSS and managed by the Linux Foundation.

    Interestingly enough, Epic Games is a premier member, along with many other companies.

    • @[email protected]English
      15•10 months ago

      Epic games funds a lot of open source game projects, they’ve funded blender and Godot multiple times.

        • @[email protected]English
          8•10 months ago

          The more game developers there are, the more potential talent they have. The more game developers there are, the more games there are to sell.

          They also understand that Unreal isn’t super accessible for beginners.

          • Refurbished RefurbisherEnglish
            5•10 months ago

            Could also be to prevent a potential antitrust lawsuit, since they have a de facto monopoly on AAA game engines.

            Kind of like Google funding Mozilla.