Unity game engine 3.0 will support Android, PS3 and IPad

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27558/PreGDC_Unity_Announces_30_Platform_Support_For_PS3_iPad_And_Android.php

by tomh- • 16 years ago

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tomh-2• 16 years ago

This will be the first serious game engine to be released which has Android support. Hopefully we can see some ports of the popular iPhone games running on android in the near future :)

illumin82• 16 years ago

This is awesome. I've been learning 3d game programming on Unity 2.6 and found that I can rapidly prototype things in only minutes and publish to Mac, Windows, as well as a number of browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari).

The only thing they seem to be lacking somewhat is the ability to integrate well with 3rd party source repositories. Using git or subversion is a no-no, but apparently they have a "Unity Asset Server" that is used as a source control mechanism.

Honestly, with their liberal indie license (free if you make less than $100K per year), multiple platform support, and dead simple rapid development environment, I can see Unity becoming the platform of choice for most indie developers.

windsurfer• 16 years ago

Can I ask what the problem is with source repositories? Are the source files just giant binary blobs?

illumin82• 16 years ago

Apparently the project directories contain a number of pre-compiled bytecode files that tend to get moved around a lot as you make changes in the editor. This makes it difficult to track assets like you would with a typical source control system.

teamonkey2• 16 years ago

I think you can use 3rd-party source control with Unity Pro, just not the free/indie version.

I do agree though. Having tried a number of indie game engines over the years, Unity doesn't seem to suck at all.

sadiq• 16 years ago

No announced Linux support though?

An Android port would make that far easier but it's not a given.

Linux is well and ahead as the top requested feature too:

http://unity.uservoice.com/forums/15792-unity

teej• 16 years ago

> Linux is well and ahead as the top requested feature

Likely requested by the fabled "vocal minority".

SwellJoe2• 16 years ago

I've upvoted you because it's probably true...it probably is a vocal minority (Linux users are very vocal and a minority).

But, I also think it would increase the appeal of the platform for a lot of developers. Developers love Linux at a rate far beyond that of the population at large. I see maybe 20-40% Linux users at even non-OSS oriented gatherings of hackers. I do all of my hacking on Linux, and wouldn't have any interest in working on any other platform for development (even Mac OS X pales in comparison, for me, due to the oddity of its UNIX environment, and the inflexibility of its windowing system; also lack of middle-mouse button paste is a minor but frequent impediment to productivity for me). So, while I've had a few game ideas over the past few years, and would like to have a nice, fun, environment to work in for building them...I'd never take the plunge if it didn't work under Linux, because developing without Linux is like a day without sunshine.

jcl• 16 years ago

I guess, technically, Android support is Linux support. Apart from the fact that any Android device is running Linux, there are ways of running Android apps under Linux, including the official SDK emulator and other environments:

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/05/canonical-de...

ZeroGravitas• 16 years ago

Does Unity for iPhone support Vorbis and Theora?

Raphael• 16 years ago

The compiling process likely converts media appropriately.

lutorm2• 16 years ago

I wonder how long they are going to be using the "Unity" name, given that there exists another engine which has had the trademark name "Unity 3D" since 1999 or so... Don't people do at least a little basic research before naming a product?

teamonkey2• 16 years ago

This engine has been sold commercially since 2005. I can't even find any reference to the other engine you mention.

lutorm2• 16 years ago

The other has been used since 1999. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_Online

EDIT: appears to be USPTO trademark reg # 75824303, filed on Oct 18, 1999.

Unity game engine 3.0 will support Android, PS3 and IPad

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