Unity’s Runtime Fee debacle cost it the trust of several indie developers, and led to Slay the Spire 2 being made in Godot.

  • Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’ve got to imagine Epic is pretty pissed at Unity right now. Both had a pretty sweet gig “competing” against each other.

    But since Unity’s brain-dead maneuver, we suddenly have a foss alternative to both, and they might actually have to innovate now.

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      8 months ago

      As much as I like to shit on Epic, but UE 5.x is pretty much innovative with each minor release. Watching the release videos of what the engine can do in realtime is always impressive. They are used as realtime backgrounds for movie sets.

    • WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Yes but at the same time Unreal doesn’t really compete with Unity at all when it comes to 2D games. Unreal is primarily meant for 3D games and maybe you could make a 2D one work in it but Unity has a lot more resources for 2D games. That’s why games like this switched to Godot instead of Unreal cause Unreal wasn’t really an option. I could be wrong but when Ive made some projects in Unreal it didn’t really seem to have any options for 2D games like Unity has.

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      8 months ago

      Considering Epic is funding Godot iirc, I’m sure they’re more than happy with their competitor shooting themselves in the foot.