And by revert we mean “keeps in but now with a dark pattern if you want to disable it”
yet another example of unity shooting itself in the face.
Are people really still using Unity? I feel like all cases should be covered by Godot and Unreal.
I work in gamedev, both on my own game in my free time, and professionally. Projects take years to develop, and Unity was doing pretty ok 6 years ago, when I started my own project. Will I make another one in Godot? Very probably yes, Unity sucks, but moving an existing project is unfeasible.
Another reasons are console ports. Getting a Unity game to run (run, not release/port completely, but that’s an important step) on any console is pretty simple, since all the core libraries are prepared for you and you just include them. For Godot, you have to find someone who already has those libraries.
Unreal is too heavyweight for a lot of games. It’s amazing if you want some kind of realistic-leaning 3D, but the project size and (editor) performance is a huge problem for smaller things. Still better in a lot of things compared to Unity, but it’s also harder to get into, since it’s C++. Unity with C# is way more approachable, especially for students with laptops, who can barely get the editor running (It was a reason why I barely finished my Unreal assignments on college, and stuck with Unity). So, you have a lot of people who grew up on Unity, making it easier to hire for it. And when you are used to one engine for most of your life, with years of experience that’s limited to it, it is difficult to switch (although, almost everyone I talked to who works in Unity has “learn Godot” on their todo list)
I’ve been mostly seeing Unreal recently, when talking to other devs and studios at conferences, and not many new Unity projects. Anecdotal evidence, though.
Also, while I’ll definitely use Godot for any future project (which I already did for some gamejams), I can’t imagine maintaining a large AA(A) codebase written in GDscript. To be fair, it might be because I don’t have any large-scale project python experience (which I also can’t imagine writing a large app with), and IIRC the C# support isn’t as good in Godot yet.
I would add, there are at least two other cases that necessitate Unity
the first is, unity is also used to make software, not just games. anything that has a 3d element can just be made in or with unity. I’m talking AR/VR stuff, builders, simulators, etc. I have a friend who made training software for welders in unity, for example.
the other one is vtubers. while not strictly necessary, the moment you want to model something a bit more complex you will likely have to deal with unity because the vrm format has become the standard (note: very over-simplified)
although they’re not necessarily game cases, they’re related enough that I wanted to bring them up
I’m talking AR/VR stuff,
it’s coming along tho, fyi!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJKQ2ca5zVw&ab_channel=BastiaanOlij
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shbHGhkh4NM&ab_channel=BastiaanOlij
https://www.khronos.org/blog/advancing-openxr-development-godot-xr-engine-enhancements
Yes. I can’t port my projects easily and they’ll be released for free anyway.
I don’t think I can stomach coding in C++ again and Godot has grown but needs some time. I’m ok with waiting for now.
I do love Godot, but some of their API decisions are really obtuse. (Particularly on the 3D side. 2D is already superior to Unity.) They’re cooking but it does need some more time before it will be as easy for beginners as Unity is.
I have no doubt that Godot will win in the end but it needs some more time.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
