Year Walk was built using Unity.
Unity Technologies has announced that it is making its basic mobile tools free to indie developers and small studios.
A free version of the popular engine was already available for building browser and desktop PC games, but making the mobile tools free is a new initiative. iOS and Android tools are the first to become available, while Blackberry and Windows 8 support will follow. As of today, indie devs will be able to publish to iOS and Android from Unity's build menu.
Coming on the same day as the big reveal of the Xbox 360's successor, this might be interpreted as a shot across the boughs of console gaming. Mobile is certainly the biggest threat to the home console right now, with ease of access to the market meaning indie output on smartphones and tablets dwarfs that on the relatively restrictive download services offered by Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.
“We were able to make Unity free for the web and for desktop computers a while ago, but have been dreaming of doing the same for mobile for what seems like forever,” said David Helgason, CEO of Unity Technologies. “Mobile games development is possibly the most dynamic and exciting industry in the world, and it’s an honor to be able to help so many developers be so successful in fulfilling their visions and in building their businesses.”
Unity is a big player in indie development, with a 2012 survey having found some 53% of smaller devs using the engine.
A free version of the popular engine was already available for building browser and desktop PC games, but making the mobile tools free is a new initiative. iOS and Android tools are the first to become available, while Blackberry and Windows 8 support will follow. As of today, indie devs will be able to publish to iOS and Android from Unity's build menu.
Coming on the same day as the big reveal of the Xbox 360's successor, this might be interpreted as a shot across the boughs of console gaming. Mobile is certainly the biggest threat to the home console right now, with ease of access to the market meaning indie output on smartphones and tablets dwarfs that on the relatively restrictive download services offered by Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.
“We were able to make Unity free for the web and for desktop computers a while ago, but have been dreaming of doing the same for mobile for what seems like forever,” said David Helgason, CEO of Unity Technologies. “Mobile games development is possibly the most dynamic and exciting industry in the world, and it’s an honor to be able to help so many developers be so successful in fulfilling their visions and in building their businesses.”
Unity is a big player in indie development, with a 2012 survey having found some 53% of smaller devs using the engine.
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