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[Deathly]

This is no way to win back the indie devs they've been leaking to Unreal Engine. To be honest I'd find it hard to recommend Unity to anybody interested in starting out these days compared to 5 years ago. This along with a string of other decisions from Unity will do nothing to support their case.

Unity CEO sparks fury by saying developers who don't consider monetization are 'f***ing idiots'

John Riccitiello shared some interesting thoughts about the changing world of game development in a recent interview.

www.pcgamer.com

How much has UE improved in the space for 2D development?

 

[dwwaino]

How much has UE improved in the space for 2D development?

Due to how bloated the engine is (in a good way) that's probably the one area you could make a case for Godot or Unity. But by 2D that's assuming purely sprites. If we're talking 2.5 or 2D perspective you'd still just about have to default to Unreal at this point. UE is comparable in pricing to indie devs when historically the licensing was restricted to AAA studios. Even with the latest additions to Unity there is still a lot of manual busy work to make your game's basics functional and you will still need to learn C# at some point.

UE is just a no brainer in almost every circumstance now (unless you're looking at 2D sprites as mentioned). It's a breeze to prototype in, visual scripting blueprints are amazing and the only reason you'd be interested in learning C++ would be if you needed to dig into the engine code. In the time you save no longer having to learn to code or getting basic components setup you can spend that time learning a bit of third party software like Blender and Substance Painter. Pair those skills with Quixel which is completely free as long as you're using it inside UE and you can knock out a AAA indie project.

 

[Deathly]

Due to how bloated the engine is (in a good way) that's probably the one area you could make a case for Godot or Unity. But by 2D that's assuming purely sprites. If we're talking 2.5 or 2D perspective you'd still just about have to default to Unreal at this point. UE is comparable in pricing to indie devs when historically the licensing was restricted to AAA studios. Even with the latest additions to Unity there is still a lot of manual busy work to make your game's basics functional and you will still need to learn C# at some point.

UE is just a no brainer in almost every circumstance now (unless you're looking at 2D sprites as mentioned). It's a breeze to prototype in, visual scripting blueprints are amazing and the only reason you'd be interested in learning C++ would be if you needed to dig into the engine code. In the time you save no longer having to learn to code or getting basic components setup you can spend that time learning a bit of third party software like Blender and Substance Painter. Pair those skills with Quixel which is completely free as long as you're using it inside UE and you can knock out a AAA indie project.

That's cool to know and thanks for the answer. I've been in and out of learning the tools as a hobby for a bit now. I remember UE was just not good particularly with sprites and tilesheets like you mentioned on top of needing to navigate the program deeper to do simple things which are right there on Unity.

 

[sataris]

dwwaino any thoughts on Godot vs UE?

 

[dwwaino]

dwwaino any thoughts on Godot vs UE?

Depends on the use case. If you're interested in 2D with sprites then Godot. For absolutely anything else UE. Of course I'm not talking about professionals or experienced developers determining the best engine for their project. This is more for somebody with no experience that wants to get into it as a hobby and might not know what engine to begin with.

 

[Cyber_punk]

CD Projekt Red's stock falls 75% after Cyberpunk mess

CD Projekt’s stock has fallen over 75 percent since Cyberpunk 2077’s release | VGC

A new report has claimed that stock in Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt was fallen by over 75% following the disastrous launch of the game.

www.videogameschronicle.com

They'd want to get Witcher 4 right.

 

[Cyber_punk]

A new single player horror Alien game is in the works. (Unrelated to the Aliens top-down co-op also in development)

Don't get your hopes up too much, as the studio doing it are no-names with a small list of shitty games

The new Aliens game will star a battle-hardened veteran who has a vendetta against the Xenomorphs

New Aliens game will be single-player and likely terrifying in VR

20th Century Games promises ‘an untold Aliens story’

www.polygon.com

 

[dwwaino]

Former Witcher 3 devs form new studio to create a new action game based in feudal Japan

Former CD Projekt developers have confirmed they're working on a new online action game with "procedural solutions" set…

www.eurogamer.net

 

[dwwaino]

A bit hard to make a thread on something we don't have any more info on yet but there is a new South Park game in development.

 

[RPCB]

 

[dwwaino]

The Baghdad stuff has been floating around for a while but I'm surprised at how little leaks there have been regarding the next AC

 

[Cyber_punk]

Won't that type of setting feel too much like Origins?

 

[Mantastic]

Won't that type of setting feel too much like Origins?

If Ubisoft had to release games that weren't similar to previous Ubisoft games they'd never ship a product out the door

 

[Cyber_punk]

If Ubisoft had to release games that weren't similar to previous Ubisoft games they'd never ship a product out the door

I know Basim doesn't tie into it but seems like Japan would be an obvious choice. Fans have wanted that one for many years.

Basim doesn't particularly interest me as a lead character

 

[giggler99]

I like it! I like it a lot! Old school Assassins creed is just what I need to get back on board the Assassins creed wagon!

I get this inch to play assassins creed every once in a while and lately I've ben thinking of buying the remastered Assassins Creed 2 Ezio collection for the ps4, anyone played it? is it worth buying? Or just stick with the originals?

 

[dwwaino]

These rumours are going around again. Though this is one thing I wouldn't mind a remake off instead of just a spit polish.

More reports of a Metal Gear Solid trilogy remaster emerge

The collection is reportedly coming to modern consoles and PC

www.gamesradar.com

 

[dwwaino]

Victoria 3 no longer coming to Game Pass and will be Steam exclusive.

 

[RPCB]

These rumours are going around again. Though this is one thing I wouldn't mind a remake off instead of just a spit polish.

More reports of a Metal Gear Solid trilogy remaster emerge

The collection is reportedly coming to modern consoles and PC

www.gamesradar.com

MGS 1 would have to be a remake if these are actually happening.

 

[Cruyff14]

MGS 1 would have to be a remake if these are actually happening.

One of the GOAT games

 

[RPCB]

One of the GOAT games

For me, MGS 3 was even more great.

 

[Cruyff14]

For me, MGS 3 was even more great.

The only game that comes close as MGS1 to me is VC.

 

[dwwaino]

I doubt this will affect anything but we all knew this sort of thing would happen somewhere sometime with this purchase.

UK's competition regulator to undertake in-depth investigation of Microsoft-Activision deal

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has concluded its initial investigation of Microsoft's acquisition of Activi…

www.eurogamer.net

 

[SnakeMan86]

Looks an absolute hoot

 

[dwwaino]

Looks an absolute hoot

This game looks so cool. I love really dumb shit. It is a nice change from all the super realistic games that take themselves too seriously.

 

[Cyber_punk]

^ Playing it on day one for sure when it comes to game pass