Ask HN: Would you pick Unity for game development?

1 pointsnodra1y ago4 comments

Curious if anyone feels like it’s fine now and their price model is fair or if they feel uneasy about starting a project in it. If you’re not using it, is Godot good enough for you or your business?

4 comments

spidey11y ago

I personally wouldn't but I have a leaning towards foss tools where possible, currently using godot, blender and gimp, my gamedev holy trinity.

Godot is good enough for a lot of 3d games especially if you have stylised art that doesn't need the highest fidelity rendering.

If I was trying to make a high production, high realism, commercial 3d game I would probably look at Unreal engine over Unity because I think the former is better but also Unity have shown they're willing test the limits of money extraction from their licensees, Unreal so far haven't pulled any similar nonsense as far as I'm aware.

nodraOP1y ago

I was going to look at Unreal after I’m done messing with Godot. Unreal is a lot when you open it up. A little intimidating.

getwiththeprog1y ago

As a game customer, I see many unoptimized Unity games and no longer buy them.

a961y ago

Absolutely not. The kind of stunts they've pulled mean I wouldn't ever base anything I do on Unity (unless I was specifically paid to).

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