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.
  • @[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.