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A fresh report into Unity's hugely-controversial decision to start charging developers when their games are downloaded has thrown fresh light on the situation.

MobileGamer sources say Unity has already offered some studios a 100% fee waiver - if they switch over to Unity's own LevelPlay ad platform.

The report quotes industry consultants that say this move is an "attempt to destroy" Unity's main competitior in this field: AppLovin.

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[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

I loathe seeing ads in any medium whatsoever, especially a medium I use for escaping this ad-filled apocalypse of a world we all live in. Why on Earth would I willingly force ads onto people who have generously supported me doing the thing I love most?

Disclaimer: I haven't made any games yet, but someday "soon"...

[-] TechieDamien@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

When "soon" comes, take a look at Godot. You won't be screwed by them because it is FLOSS. Have fun!

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Can Godot compare to unity in terms of features? I admit the last time I looked at it was probably over 2 years ago but it was very bare bones and could only do 2D graphics. Since the project I was developing at the time was a 3D game I kind of ignored it after that.

[-] dandi8@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Godot 4 is, apparently, a big rewrite and doing 3D shouldn't be a problem now.

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