too late, moved to godot 😘
Too late, moved to Unreal.
If this doesn’t work out, Godot will be the next port of call.
I’m a little surprised that unreal is the next choice after unity given how much hate Epic seems to get. I thought about switching to unreal but then I learned that you have to download the epic store to use the unreal engine, and I refuse to do that after the “scan your whole PC and upload your game list” thing they pulled a few years ago.
You don’t, you can compile from source.
Unreal is a top class engine. Yes, it’s proprietary and you always have to be cautious, but right now, it’s an engine that delivers top features that can build great games and isn’t run by Unity. If you win big, you need to pay, but you know that going into it.
Godot is great and improving all the time but it needs maturity.
It was a head vs heart decision and the head won this time.
Damage done. It became a great example of why it isn’t a good idea to rely on an engine operated by a corporate entity, since there’s always a chance your product will be directly affected by some external executive’s random choice.
Docker Desktop now has a license cost for medium+ sized businesses. Docker Engine remains open source, but the desktop UI as well as the tech that makes Docker work on Windows (and Mac?) is now no longer free.
I get that they wanted in on the Pokémon Go and Genshin Impact money printers, but anyone could have seen how much damage to their reputation it was going to cause.
Too little too late. Personally I’ve moved to Godot and am loving it. Have I mentioned that they have stellar documentation yet?
D’awww, did someone’s little cash grab not work out?
I remember so much pessimism last year that people’s complaints will change nothing and that almost every Unity dev is too deep and won’t be able to switch engines.
Well, guess what, so many people did switch and Unity did feel the hurt. The community really did take action.
Everyone’s going to (rightfully) dunk on Unity but I think this is a great move and it’s nice that the engine isn’t going away. Competition is always good, and I’m happy for the devs that did stick with the engine. Lots of studios celebrating on social media with a sigh of relief. I still think Godot is going to eat Unity’s lunch the next few years so they better step it up.
Did they though? I haven’t heard of a single big name studio switching to an opensource game engine.
I only know about the developers of Slay the Spire switching to Godot. Not the biggest name, but still well-known.
Most don’t switch as they have in house skills that would cost to retrain. The real kicker is the big studios of the future that started their projects on Godot. Those Godot games that succeed (like Cassette Beasts or Brotato) may fund the big studios of the future, and you know their leads will be Godot specialists looking for Godot devs.
Other big studios may trial Godot, but when the seed is planted, the trees take 2 to 5 years to mature.
I can only hope the ecosystem will very different in 5 years.
