KaiClavier

Would you still recommend Unity now that most of the storm has blown over? I was going learn it originally but then all that happened and now I dunno what engine to learn

Sun, 17 Mar 2024 14:28:39 -0500

There's a lot more I could say about the internal state of Unity, but I'd just consider what kind of games you want to make, and find an engine that matches. The reason I went with Unity in the first place is that it did these 3 things:

All coding can be done with a single non-proprietary language
Doesn't care about a hard divide between "2D" and "3D".
Can export to PC, Web, and consoles with no external tools.

I'm also a big fan of the object-based system Unity has going on! It lets me keep projects incredibly modular, and separate art from code when I need to. (eg: I can have a tween that scales a sprite to be the size of another sprite... and that other sprite I can just resize with editor tools.)

There's a bit more that's made me stay with Unity, but all of those are from the support of 3rd-party developers:

Good controller support (ReWired)
a good animation system (Mecanim, which is now Unity's internal animation system)
a convenient text renderer (Super Text Mesh... I spent 8 years on it! It's hard for me to drop!)
MIDI in *and* out support (DryWetMidi and keijiro's work)
Good tweening library (DOTween)
Good code editor (Rider)

I've been eyeing godot myself since it's similar in concept to Unity, but it doesn't have everything I need on my list, yet. It is quickly approaching though, and since the engine is open-source... I think it'll get there sooner than later.

So, I'd make a list of the kinds of features you want out of a game engine, and start comparing engines! For example, if you only want to make 2D games, maybe GameMaker or Monogame could be worth considering. Unity has a ton of 3rd party support from asset devs, which is what I feel makes it a strong contender for anything still. (I just wish we asset devs were treated with a bit more respect...!) I wouldn't worry about Unity going bankrupt or anything by the way, if that were to happen, either a) some dev would probably upload the source code on github the next day, or b) projects to convert Unity code to Godot code automatically will accelerate extremely quickly.

pixelatedcrown: starting to make the shop actually work as a...

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:05:11 -0500

pixelatedcrown:

starting to make the shop actually work as a shop… shoutout to @ KaiClavier on twitter and their super text mesh unity asset which is making text fun!

vhsspaceport: Hey, @kaiclavier & I put together the...

Sat, 25 Mar 2017 23:51:16 -0500

vhsspaceport:

Hey, @kaiclavier & I put together the @nightinthewoodsgame PS4 theme with Scott Benson’s Art.

Buy it or something

[North America Playstation Store]

Made a game for Global Game Jam 2017! You can play Sinewave...

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:26:25 -0600

Made a game for Global Game Jam 2017! You can play Sinewave Samurai here!

for @tobi707!

Wed, 04 Jan 2017 02:39:24 -0600

for @tobi707!

Aaaand inktober week 4! (Plus 3 days!)

Mon, 31 Oct 2016 19:43:14 -0500

Aaaand inktober week 4! (Plus 3 days!)

Inktober week 3!

Tue, 25 Oct 2016 19:54:55 -0500

Inktober week 3!

Inktober week 2! Been putting these on my twitter!

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 00:02:13 -0500

Inktober week 2! Been putting these on my twitter!

Oops, haven’t been using this blog very much! I’ve been doing...

Fri, 07 Oct 2016 22:32:14 -0500

channelling @dom2d

Oops, haven’t been using this blog very much! I’ve been doing inktober over on my twitter, and here’s the first 7 days!

vhsspaceport: I made a small game for the mystic western game...

Wed, 29 Jun 2016 00:33:11 -0500

vhsspaceport:

I made a small game for the mystic western game jam

[Through the valley of the starbound drifters]

Off to adventure!

Sun, 07 Feb 2016 00:26:19 -0600

Off to adventure!

Super Hexagon (Game & Watch) by KaiClavier

Wed, 09 Sep 2015 19:50:09 -0500

Super Hexagon (Game & Watch) by KaiClavier:

Forgot to post this here! I made a G&W engine that runs off SVG files! Here I programmed it to play a port of Super Hexagon! Give it a shot!

http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=...

Mon, 20 Apr 2015 20:12:33 -0500

http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=39938

Just submitted my entry to Ludum Dare Jam!! The art was done by vhsspaceport!!

I just released my game, Hotel Paradise!It’s about finding your...

Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:08:51 -0500

I just released my game, Hotel Paradise!

It’s about finding your room in a hotel!

Give it a shot!

I’m one month into making my new game, Hotel Paradise! It should...

Mon, 23 Mar 2015 22:40:20 -0500

I’m one month into making my new game, Hotel Paradise! It should be out sometime soon!

Bandannas! These were a ton of fun to make! :D

Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:17:54 -0600

Bandannas! These were a ton of fun to make! :D

Pikachu amiibo I customised for crayonchewer’s birthday!

Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:17:21 -0600

Pikachu amiibo I customised for crayonchewer’s birthday!

Gameboy-pallette things for friends!

Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:16:02 -0600

CrayonChewer

Castazel

Nicogotchi

Quills (FrozenQuillz)

OrigamiDude

LatteMonstr

Kaycee

Takorii

KaiClavier (That's me!)

Gameboy-pallette things for friends!

Fun twitter conversation with VHSspaceport.Careful what you wish...

Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:35:24 -0600

Fun twitter conversation with VHSspaceport.

Careful what you wish for…

“Let’s make a skateboarding game! It’ll be...

Fri, 13 Feb 2015 20:55:22 -0600

“Let’s make a skateboarding game! It’ll be EASY!”