wave_walnut

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Report: Unity narrows controversial Runtime Fee policy in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[–] wave_walnut@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

At least Unity should remove retroactive effect from their new pricing terms. Then negotiation with users would start.

Stride Game Engine - Unity's Licensing Changes: Discovering Stride, a Community-Driven Open Source Engine in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[–] wave_walnut@programming.dev -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not at this time, but since Visual Studio runs on both Mac and Linux, it could happen in the future.

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Stride Game Engine - Unity's Licensing Changes: Discovering Stride, a Community-Driven Open Source Engine (www.stride3d.net)
 

Explore the key differences between Unity and Stride, a C#-based, open-source game engine powered by .NET 6 (soon .NET 8). Learn how Stride's flexibility and native .NET support offer a unique development experience.

Why do game developers love mechs? - gamedeveloper.com in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[–] wave_walnut@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

Because mech has rigid body and gamedev likes controlling rigid body

Garry Newman: The new Unity pricing would have cost him $410,000 of lifetime revenue in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[–] wave_walnut@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm now interested in UPBGE, a fork from Blender with game engine. It seems useful for learning modeling and gamedev.

Garry Newman: The new Unity pricing would have cost him $410,000 of lifetime revenue in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[–] wave_walnut@programming.dev 62 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I think the reason beginners want to use Unity is because that is what they will need as professional game developers. But if professional game developers stop using Unity, then there is no reason to use Unity, no matter how beginner-friendly pricing it is.

Why Linux is better for (most) developers! in c/programming@programming.dev
[–] wave_walnut@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

Thankful to communities, building dev env on Linux is easier than that on Windows.

State of .net/c# cross platform frameworks in c/csharp@programming.dev
[–] wave_walnut@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I'm learning PWA (Progressive Web Apps) which is just HTML+JS web page installable on Android. About MAUI I've tried last year and felt it's growing technology and difficult to layout UI parts (tend to force WinUI flavor on default).