Games @lemmy.world ekZepp @lemmy.world 1y ago

Unity ...It Just Keeps Get Worse

To say it's been a bad week for Unity is the understatement of 2023. First they announced a terrible new Pricing scheme, then their customers revolted, as the week goes on though, it gets worse and worse for Unity, from threats from an employee shutting down their offices, to more studios threatening to leave, to scummy secret changes to their terms of service and back door deals with clients to get around the Unity Runtime Fee in an attempt to bury a competitor.

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Am I the only one that wishes these video posts had some text explaination for those of us at work and unable to watch videos in the middle of the office?
- Done 👌
  
  Thank you!
  
  Excellent work srgnt
- I've found this useful: https://www.summarize.tech/
  
  If it does what it sounds like, it really should be integrated directly into Lemmy or Lemmy clients.
  
  Nice tool
  
  looks very useful but the description is pretty sus haha
  
  Get a summary of any long YouTube video, like a lecture, live event or a government meeting. Powered by ChatGPT.
  
  government meeting?
  
  That's one for the bookmarks. What an incredible site.
- I've had that thought about 6 separate times this morning sitting at a hospital. I miss RIF showing me the link before I go to it.
- Doesn't this? (Jerboa) image
  
  Yeah it was added by op. (thank you op!) Very kind
One gripe I have with this video is that he said the situation at the unity office - namely the supposed death threat by an employee against their employer - was "understandable". It absolutely isn't understandable. No matter how shitty your tech CEO is, unless they happily throw puppies into a wood chipper in the office, death threats are definitely not understandable.
- What if they only indifferently throw puppies into a wood chipper?
  
  I’m ok with it then
  
  They still shouldn’t do it in the Office. They should do it at home, like all others puppies-in-wood-chippers people I know. Boundaries, Karen!
- I assumed the threat was from a developer whose life's work is ruined by these terms. I wonder what the employee's motive was.
  
  I presume a day off work.
  
  Boss needed a bomb threat called in
- Agreed
- Active evil vs passive evil.
  
  What’s the difference between puppy-chippers and starving out families with policy changes?
- I wonder now whether that means that you feel that egg industry CEOs deserve death threats...
  
  https://youtu.be/udSiluTAOaQ?si=QF7odI0WUCXdUmWS
Holy shit, I had no idea about that whole quid-pro-quo bullshit. That’s crazy. Also, that’s definitely super illegal.
Anyone know off the top of their head what the price difference is between Unity and Unreal now? And are there Unity engine alternatives that people can seek?
- there is no "price difference" they use a completely different pricing model, unity is SaaS, and moving to pay per install. Unreal is free, if you make more than a million dollars then you have to pay 5% royalties to epic.
  
  there is no equating the two
  
  Wouldn't the new Unity pricing model be somewhat comparable to the current Unreal pricing model?
- Pretty sure godot is pretty up there from what I hear but that’s the extent of my knowledge.
  
  Godot is great at 2D and would be a great replacement for those games but lacks a lot of 3D stuff Unity users would miss. If someone is doing a 2D game tho... Godot is a fantastic option to go with.
  
  Is Godot a full engine? I thought it was a UGC platform (like Roblox)
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