20 Jan 2010

Awesome Unity game TumbleDrop now on iPhone!

Author: Will Goldstone | Filed under: Showcase
Awesome Unity game TumbleDrop now on iPhone!

Wrote about this back last year when I first heard that Hayden Scott Baron’s excellent TumbleDrop was making its way onto iPhone after massive acclaim on the web player platform.
A simple and adorable platformer that’s bound to see your other half wrestling your iPhone or iPod touch from your clutches, the game involves you guiding [...]

7 Dec 2009

Starlings Indie Game

Author: Will Goldstone | Filed under: Showcase
Starlings Indie Game

Starlings is an independent game developed by Russ Morris that I’ve been keeping an eye on for a while now. Its an original concept, something often rare in the gaming world these days (sorry to sound quite so cynical!) which involves the player building a flock of starlings from just a single bird in flight.
A [...]

3 Dec 2009

Amazing HelloEnjoy Unity Ident

Author: Will Goldstone | Filed under: Showcase
Amazing HelloEnjoy Unity Ident

This amazing interactive ident by London studio HelloEnjoy really shows off the power of Unity on the web. Running perfectly, Carlos Ulloa’s drive around-a-logo handles perfectly too and shows what can be done with a simple beautfiul design and a cut down scene. The model looks fantastic, and even leaves skidmarks on handbreak turns!
Massive props [...]

1 Dec 2009

Unity 2.6.1 upgrade released

Author: Will Goldstone | Filed under: Articles & Press
Unity 2.6.1 upgrade released

Unity Technologies have just released Unity 2.6.1 incremental release. This version fixes a few bugs that were lurking in 2.6 and also adds in web player support for Safari 64bit in Mac OS X Leopard (10.6) – as UT have rewritten the player specifically for that browser for even slicker performance.
Full release notes and bugfix [...]

29 Oct 2009

Unity 3D Game Engine, now totally FREE!

Author: Will Goldstone | Filed under: Articles & Press
Unity 3D Game Engine, now totally FREE!

In a most unprecedented move, Unity Technologies have announced that with the release of the fantastic new version 2.6, that Unity Indie will no longer be a commercial product, but instead provided as a free download.
Coming from Open Source roots, and using the Open Mono Library as a core part of Unity, the UT team [...]

29 Oct 2009

Unity 2.6 Released

Author: Will Goldstone | Filed under: Articles & Press
Unity 2.6 Released

After much agonizing testing and scrutinization, the latest iteration of Unity game engine, version 2.6 has been released. Boasting a host of new features, along with, as usual, improved performance and support for its peer applications, Unity 2.6 offers the following key advancements -
Improved Streaming & Asset loading
For those of you using Unity to create [...]

First Unity book published "Unity Game Development Essentials"

Hi all, so this is some shameless self promotion on my part but hey, its been 10 months of work so I feel justified! I’ve finally finished my book on Unity, called “Unity Game Development Essentials” which is going to press with Packt Publishing this week.
It has been available through the publisher’s RAW program in [...]

25 Sep 2009

Muse Games 3D game portal

Author: Will Goldstone | Filed under: General
Muse Games 3D game portal

Just came accross this excellent 3D game portal with a focus on Unity. Called Muse games, the site offers several playable games and an emphasis on community and giving new developers the chance to get their game seen on the site, and even sold via Muse’s exposure pipeline.
I’m really impressed by the professional look of [...]

10 Aug 2009

CMUNE Hiring Unity Developers / Paradise Paintball game

Author: Will Goldstone | Filed under: Jobs
CMUNE Hiring Unity Developers / Paradise Paintball game

Got a mail from Sriram Krishnan at CMUNE, a very talented next-gen 3D social gaming company who are looking for Unity developers to join their team. To get a taster of their work, take a look at the excellent Paradise Paintball game on their site.
Here are the details of the vacancy from Sriram -
“We’re looking [...]

10 Aug 2009

Boxgame – Awesome Unity Indie game

Author: Will Goldstone | Filed under: Showcase
Boxgame - Awesome Unity Indie game

The talented Sophie Houlden has again flexed her skills and brings us her latest Unity project – the aptly titled BoxGame! A really awesome conceptual platform / puzzler, boxgame sees you attempted to find a door by navigating the cubic map. Really enjoy this game, feels like a homage / blend of Portal and Braid, [...]