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Unity Indie now free

by jdeseno on 10/28/09, 11:20 PM with 8 comments

  • by teamonkey on 10/29/09, 12:13 AM

    One thing that people on here might find interesting: Unity uses Mono as an embedded VM. Three .Net languages are officially supported as scripting languages (Boo, C# and a ECMAscript-a-like). Yes, C# is used as a DSL.

  • by stevejohnson on 10/29/09, 1:26 AM

    This is a pretty big deal. Unity is a fantastic way to make games. It has sophisticated graphics capabilities and seamless cross-platform integration.

  • by glaze on 10/29/09, 5:57 AM

    This is a very good news. I've been using Unity for a few months and frustrated to adjust my clock to an earlier date to get more evaluation days :-)

    Unity is a high quality and very practical product. I'm using it to develop an iPhone game. New features with this release seem good, like version control support, better C# integration and optimizations.

  • by pufuwozu on 10/29/09, 4:33 AM

    I've just been playing with it. It's extremely cool.

    Definitely recommended if you have any interest in games development.

  • by reedlaw on 10/29/09, 6:08 AM

  • by wmblaettler on 10/29/09, 1:27 PM

    Though this is good news, it still appears that you have to pay at least $399 to publish to an iphone.