• CrypticCoffee@lemm.eeEnglish
      91·
      2 months ago

      Too late, moved to Unreal.

      If this doesn’t work out, Godot will be the next port of call.

      • UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world
        9·
        2 months ago

        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.

        • CrypticCoffee@lemm.eeEnglish
          8·
          2 months 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.

          • UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 months ago

            Interesting, I didn’t know that was an option. All I could find in my admittedly quick search was about installing it from the epic store. I’ll keep that in mind for next time.

  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
    901·
    2 months ago

    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.

        • ridago@programming.dev
          11·
          2 months ago

          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.

          • EvenOdds@lemm.ee
            2·
            2 months ago

            Rancher desktop on Windows has done well enough as a replacement for docker desktop for me

          • towerful@programming.dev
            1·
            2 months ago

            Thankfully containers are open source.
            Everything is “docker this” and “docker that”. But podman is viable, and there are other container systems.
            The container format is so ubiquitous it’s FOSS. I mean, it’s kubernetes.

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
      13·
      2 months ago

      I got personally screwed by this when I sunk the cash into Substance Painter / Designer, and then they “joined the Adobe family.”

      At this point any software in my pipeline that’s not FOSS would be considered a point of vulnerability.

  • Charzard4261@programming.dev
    861·
    2 months ago

    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?

  • popcar2@programming.dev
    291·
    2 months ago

    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.

  • Kissaki@programming.devEnglish
    27·
    2 months ago

    we’ve made the decision to cancel the Runtime Fee for our games customers, effective immediately. Non-gaming Industry customers are not impacted by this modification.

    Unity Personal: […] Unity Personal will remain free, and we’ll be doubling the current revenue and funding ceiling from $100,000 to $200,000 USD. […] The Made with Unity splash screen will become optional for Unity Personal games made with Unity 6 when it launches later this year.

    at its heart, it must be a partnership built on trust

    well… as much trust as you can get back after such activities.

  • Pennomi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    271·
    2 months ago

    They clearly shit their pants when they saw everyone leave. I wonder how many developers will return. I know I won’t.

  • Wooki@lemmy.world
    211·
    2 months ago

    Today. Unity is cancelling the runtime fee today.

    Nothing stopping them doing a Microsoft and bringing back Recall.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
    211·
    2 months ago

    Great, but why were no one but the bean-counters consulted when coming out with the blatant money-stealing scheme in the first place?

    You have a lot of trust to build back because Godot has come a decently long way.

    • CrypticCoffee@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      But some won’t consider it. I was 2 months into a project and abandoned it. I’m now knee deep into another project in Unreal. If this doesn’t go well, it’ll be Godot, or Bevy or Armory. Unity is dead to me. It’s still the same company run by the same board and I do not trust them.

    • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
      34·
      2 months ago

      I think they only cancelled the “this applies retroactively to previous versions” bit. They removed some of the egregious parts of the runtime free, but otherwise kept it.

  • KellysNokia@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 months ago

    Closing the stable door after the horse has made a 12 hour flight, settled in a new country married with children, recently gained citizenship and is a well respected member of the local school board.