Unite Nordic kicks off this week and in addition to the announcement of free mobile development, other exciting parts of the keynote include new features being moved into the free version, and some of the additions to Unity 4.2 that’s currently in beta and due for release soon.
As of today, Unity has announced that it’s basic products for developing for mobile – that means iOS, Android, and soon Windows Phone 8 and Blackberry (currently in beta) will all be available to export to as part of the Free version.
This fantastic list of things a developer should know is both incisive and funny, but crammed with absolute common sense. Created by tutor Kaye Elling to seemingly give her students a kick in the right direction, this is something I wish I’d had when I used to teach! Bravo Kaye, its awesome work. Take a […]
If you’ve been hiding under a rock the past year, you probably haven’t heard of the VR headset that is sweeping the tech and game industry right now – the Occulus Rift. In the past few months, dev kits have been arriving on desks around the globe, and some amazing projects are emerging..
In case you missed the launch back in March, Unity Technologies have just launched the first drop of their ‘Learn’ project – a series of tutorial modules, and a larger project called ‘Stealth’. Go there directly now…
Unity’s latest version 4.1, is now available for download, go get it from the official site, and check out some of the new features - http://unity3d.com/unity/whats-new/unity-4.1 Some of the Highlights include the addition of a full memory profiler, a custom material inspector, 2D blend nodes for the new Mecanim animation system plus support for Apple Airplay, […]
Simogo, developer of the awesome award winning Beat Sneak Bandit have now released their latest game – Year Walk. They’ve been promising something special for a while, and they’ve definitely delivered. Year Walk is based on a possibly made up Swedish folk tale about ‘Year Walking’ where a person can walk into the future and […]
Legendary Ultima creator Richard Garriott, aka ‘Lord British’ makes his return to RPG creation with Shroud of the Avatar, and is blazing his way through a $1m Kickstarter to fund it.
At the time of writing, Garriott’s firm ‘Portalarium’ have reached $650,000 from over 10,000 backers!
Amazing to watch the growth of Unity usage the past few years, from small indie games to a point at which large industry stalwarts like Sega are making use of Unity to deliver awesome results. Sonic Dash is the game in question…
As you may know this site is partnered with unity3dwork.com (see the links bar at the top), and to extend this and provide a more seamless way of posting jobs, we are happy to announce the launch of videogamework.com – a new site aimed at making job posting and application simple.
Spotted this blog post from the awesome Danny Goodayle, in which he’s written up a great starter guide for setting up your machine for iOS development with Unity. He covers everything from Build Settings, to the Apple specific stuff like profiles and certificates that can be really daunting when you start out.
From their press release, AI solution Rain One now offer a free ‘indie’ version of their popular AI solution, that you can download here – “Since its January 21st launch on the Unity 3D platform, Albuquerque based Rival Theory has seen over 2000 downloads of their artificial intelligence engine RAIN{indie}. With RAIN{indie} developers can add […]
This beautiful game from Cardboard computer (@cardboardcompy) is going to be released in 5 episodes. The first is out now and having played through it I can tell you it’s excellent – well written, atmospheric and intriguing. It reminds me of Another World, mixed with Interstate 76 and Lucasarts adventures (some of my favourite games) […]
This gorgeous looking shooter harks back to the fps multiplayer online mayhem of the early unreal tournament games, and looks a heck of a lot of fun to boot. You can play online (its a Unity title after all) and its also neatly tied into facebook, check out the trailer below or just go play […]
