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On-premise game engine that helps developers assemble assets, create games & experiences in 3D, manage crashes, and more.
One thing I like most about this software is the community use. Unity is used widely and there is huge technical support available from the community if there are any issues that need to be resolved.
Unfortunately it is not enough for AAA project, and even smaller project can become too messy to be managed using Unity. The lack of more structured tool chain makes Unity a tool for amateur.
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Unity's for you!
Comments: I love it and use it daily to work on my own game. I have been with Unity for 4 years now and it's an amazing engine and getting better by the day. It's so easy a lot of people flip game/apps with how easy to use. I don't endorse that but it gives you an idea of how easy anyone can pick it up and build something.
Pros:
Unity is one of the most easiest engines to use if you're starting with game development. Also if you previously have a C# background, it will be a breeze. The UI is simple but that can also be one it's downfalls. It's a lot inspector/tabs based but it's full-fledged. It's light and it's not as complex to work with like other engines. You can easily follow tutorials online to build games for it, and also Unity it's one of the best engines to build mobiles games if that's one of your desires. Compared to other engines like Unreal Engine, it's easy with Unity to find online support or groups of people that work with the engine and have tutorials. You can look for people on Youtube like Brackeys that can help you get started on your journey of game dev. Unity is free and has some paid tiers that offer a bit more flexibilities in some features, so look at them and take what you need.
Cons:
I wish the paid tiers were a little cheaper and the subscription model could be month-to-month and can be canceled any time. One of the main reasons why I haven't got Unity Pro/Plus it's because my life cna be abrupt a lot of the times and I might need to cancel or pause the subscription, but they don't allow you to do that. Becuase if you're an indy dev, you have to do a lot of expenses and keep track of things. I really wish they did that. Also for full 3D games and really complex ones, Unreal engine is more powerful due to it's C++ nature.
Intuitive Game Development Environment
Comments: I've loved working in this engine for the past 8 years or so -- adding scripts to game objects naturally mirrors the MVC design pattern to an extent. It feels just like putting brains inside bodies, and the whole process is a bit like creating lots of little tiny robot workers to do your job for you and talk to each other. It's as intuitive as playing Checkers; anyone who understands the bare essentials of programming with for loops, if statements, and so forth will have no trouble picking this up. Scripts are small and self-contained -- I rarely write one over 400 lines long, and many are under 200 lines. I've put out a number of casual games with it. Prefabs are useful also -- think of them as visual Classes that you instantiate. You create a game object, put whatever you want on it (scripts, components, children, whatever), drag it anywhere into the window on the bottom center, and it becomes a "factory" that can make copies of itself. One of my favorite code features is the concept of Coroutines -- Unity's way of writing asynchronous methods with a specified delay between one part of a method and another. Want to write an infinite loop that doesn't jam up your processor? No problem -- just create a Coroutine method (type IEnumerator) and add a "yield return new WaitForSeconds (0.5f);" statement inside that loop and it will only iterate every half-second, for example. Unfortunately, cryptic errors outside of my code tend to pop up from time to time, but those usually go away with exiting and reopening Unity. It's also quite a process to migrate your code to a mac for iOS distribution, but isn't it always? Overall, despite the little bugs, slow load times, and over-reliance on plugins, it's a great engine for your 2D or 3D (with each having their own physics systems) game development needs.
Pros:
-Very easy to grasp the game object / component / script system. -Simple to switch between platforms -C# is a high level language, easy for beginners and advanced programmers to pick up. -Automatic garbage collection (but you still need to make sure it's invoked sparingly) -Great break point debugging system with Visual Studio
Cons:
-Bloated, slow, and mildly buggy -Plugins will often conflict with each other and give duplicate library errors when building for iOS -Over-reliance on plugins -Not great for web games; OpenGL is extremely slow to load, and it's like Unicron, devouring browser memory
Unity Game Engine for AAA Developers and Indy Developers
Comments: Overall Unity is A Great Game Engine and Deserves a place in the Game Industry. Were Unreal Engine stands and Many top notch Game Engines also Stand. To Be honest it is a Great Tool for AAA Game Developers as long as you know C# and It is a Great AAA Game Developer Tool for Making Complex Game Like Warcraft. Also Good for the Film. Industry.
Pros:
Unity is a great Program for AAA Developers and People who want to make Professional Games and Online Games also Big Games. Like Warcraft and Many others.Dots is also Great.
Cons:
I have found no problems with unity that I have Noted in the Game Engine. But the Game Engine is not designed for Amateurs. You have got to have knowledge in the C# Programing Language and Object Oriented Programing
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It really was good, but that was years ago
Comments: Beginning to use Unity for our largest game to date at first seemed like a good decision but in the end turned out to be a tremendously damaging mistake. The version control systems broke entire project folders multiple times. The conversion formats were never transferable. It's not out of the question that Unity's lackadaisical attitude towards Nintendo's Wii U editor prevented hundreds of titles from releasing on that platform (they ended up two years behind schedule of making a functional version for Wii U development). When Windows 10 started force-installing, Unity did not have functional support for Windows 10 for far too long. When trying to use Unity again (of course outside of commercial games, because it's too unstable in my opinion for those) in game jams, it's routinely been put to shame because of being unusable even by experienced Unity developers.
Pros:
When I first began using Unity, it was during Unity 4 and I considered it a wonderful editor to make 3D games. I greatly preferred the Unity approach at the time relative to Unreal. I initially learned how to use Unity by making a horror game for a 48-hour game jam over New Year's.
Cons:
Unity these days is plagued by bugs and I haven't considered Unity "stable" in several years. The company routinely has glaring issues reported by users for years in a row without addressing them, instead opting to add new features, despite the underlying tech not working in the first place. Unity at this point is over-engineered, deeply unstable, and not even optimal in terms of features and usability compared to competitors.
Amazing game engine for beginners
Pros:
Very quick and easy to learn. There is tons of documentation and basically every error message you encounter can be searched up and fixed. It uses C# which is a strong language thats easy to learn and is also quite performant. The physics are decent, but there are so many features that allow you to make cool things with limited programming.
Cons:
The physics are simple at times, mainly for aerodynamics, and the lighting is a little tricky to understand.
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Develop amazing, immersive and interactive 3D games
Comments: Unity is the leading game development engine that allows game development for major operating systems.
Pros:
Games built on Unity can be exported for Windows, Linux, OSx, iOS, Android, Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and popular AR and VR devices. Comes with a real-time 3D rendering capability and supports programing on C#. There is a free version for individuals and students making it more accessible to the starters.
Cons:
Features like render textures and stencil buffer support are expensive. Difficult to optimize large games for performance. The longer learning curve with an old-fashioned user interface.
Beginner friendly App development platform
Comments: I am android and iOS Application developer. My first android game developed in Unity. It is very comfortable to develop the small types of games and beginner friendly. But my opinion very hard to create objects from Unity.
Pros:
I am using paid version of Application really it is very easy to use and more comfortable code editor. Actually my firs application in Unity from my college days. It is more comfortable for new android game developers.
Cons:
I am facing more struggle creating Object but other wise overall platform is very nice to develop android application and games.
Easy game development
Comments: It is really easy to learn and has a great assetstore where you can buy extentions to make the software even more powerful. You get several types of compiling in the main package so you would not have to pay extra just to compile a android app. So the open structure of the software makes it easy to get in and run the learning material and get going. I have been stuck to Unity since i tried it and love the asset system.
Pros:
It is easy to work with, easy to learn and has a free entrypoint from where you can get into the software and learn. You only need a pro licence if you realease and earn.
Cons:
The way they have split the versions in render pipelines. Sometimes i need to buy several asset types if i need to compile in several render pipelines.
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The game dev software I have been searching for
Comments: I have been able to create the games I have drafted on paper and it has also taken my coding skills to the next level learning coding techniques popular in game dev that were totally new to me. Their asset store has tons of free assets to get you going and building a prototype for a game very quickly if you have the coding skills to do so.
Pros:
Writing code in C# and integration with Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code and the ability to run the game code with debugging turned on and setting break points to troubleshoot the code.
Cons:
It takes patience to learn this software, but that was expected as this is a serious game dev product and not some drag-and-drop game creator. It was worth the effort and there are tons of resources online to help learn.
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Best game creation engine I know
Comments: So far Unity is exceeding my expectations in every process.
Pros:
Creating a game with Unity is quite easy and exciting because you don't need to be an expert in game development. The tutorials and walkthroughs show very clearly each step of the process. Creating integrations with other tools is also a task that doesn't take much of your time.
Cons:
I didn't delve too deeply into the process of developing complex games, so I haven't felt any lack or difficulty in using the engine. So far the tool is great for me.
Great for 3D animation
Comments: Unity has been beneficial for us for AR purposes for a long time now and we also love the quality renders and top notch graphics of the particles to use in a project. However, there is still room for some improvements.
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Most impressive feature of Unity is its high quality of the particle system. The graphics of renders and the lightings of the animations are top notch. We mostly use Unity for AR purposes and it is most impressive among its competitors.
Cons:
One con is the complex coding in the software which could be difficult for a first timer or a non-coder and sometimes the projects become very large sized but other that that it has been most useful for us.
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Everything You Need to Get Started
Comments: I am still a huge fan of Unity and hope to see it continue to flourish. It has been rocky at times, but we have stuck with it and made several games in game jams and prototypes that we continue to refine and expand upon.
Pros:
Unity is easy to use compared to other game engines, free for your first $100k, and has plenty of features and great documentation. It is a great place to start and has a vibrant community and asset store to add and integrate anything you might need for your next game project.
Cons:
Lead times on bug fixes can be long (sometimes months to years) and some of the issues seem rather apparent to have been missed in testing or reviews.
Unified game development framework and IDE
Comments: Does an awful lot for you in terms of game development while still giving the developer options such as how much to define in code or via the UI.
Pros:
Good integration with Visual Studio (the scripting language is C#). Takes care of scene management and the entity component model while providing enough that can be controlled via the UI that non-coders can get working results. Excellent documentation and new user on-boarding with lots of tutorial and starter content and assets.
Cons:
Would be great to have a built in paint program for creating quick placeholder sprites when prototyping 2D games. In the latest version a lot of the 2D tools need to be installed via the package manager (such as 2D Sprite Editor and Tilemap) even when the project has already been defined as 2D - would be better if there was another project type which had these pre-installed.
A great engine for small to mid-range project
Comments: We had a great time working on Unity, we pushed the engine to its limit at the time and this allowed us to be featured in many show at Unity's booth. However, as we switched to Unreal3D for the following project, we found a better fit for our needs in that engine. Unity would still be perfect if we had to go work on a less demanding project, less demanding platform and/or 2D projects.
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Unity3D is an easy to understand engine, with an intuitive organisation that allow any new developer to get a grip quickly on a new project. Things are getting more complicated as you progress, but support from the community of users makes it easier. The architecture of the folders is simple and allow raw assets to get along easily with integrated ones. This engine is perfect for 2D project and coming up with a prototype in a quick and efficient manner. Starting a 3D project will require more time and optimizations, but the latest versions of the engine are getting better at this.
Cons:
The main challenge we encountered with our project on Unity was, at the time, the port of the game to consoles. It was very demanding and a lot of updates on the engine were breaking TRC/XR, meaning that we had to wait for fixes before being able to send the builds to console manufacturers and get them certified. On top of that, the engine is trying to compete with other advanced 3D engines, but lack the optimization and "game oriented" architecture that you can find in the heart of other known engines available on the market. This is a great engine for small/mid-ranged project but should be avoided for bigger project that would involve advanced 3D rendering.
Dreams comes True with Unity 3D
Comments: I always wanted to do game development though I am not in the field of Computer related Engineering but still Unity helped me a lot to make my dream come true. I use it not everyday but atleast in a week and have developed so many basic and some mid-range games in which mostly games are 3d open world, so I can say that making an open world game is really more preferable with Unity 3d. I would suggest every newbie to try Unity atleast once if he just wants to develop a game for not a big purpose. Though testing the Unity games on an android device is quite harmful as it may drain battery because Unity 3d cannot export the optimized game for all devices. So many big companies are using Unity 3d for big purpose too but they have a team of specialists who knows coding really well but an indie developer can't do any big with Unity but can surely try his hands on it.
Pros:
I have always had a passion of Game development and was so much interested in making my own game for fun, Unity 3d helped me a lot doing this in last few years. Unity 3D is one of the best Game Development Engine out there which is open for everyone. The download and setup for Unity 3D is really easy. Unity 3d doesn't require a much memory though to keep it working on a flow we should have atleast 8gb of ram. Unity 3d supports almost every 3d model format. There are a lot of features already present in Unity 3d like to make a terrain or a plain and there are almost every essential geometrical shapes present. Unity 3d has a Professional-looking User interface which makes the work even more exciting. Unity 3d has an asset store from where we can get so many useful models, animations, scripts etc which are quite helpful in quick development purpose. Though there is a lot of work to do in game development to get the best outcome, Unity makes every outcome worth the effort and atleast satisfies us. The best part of Unity 3d is that it can export the game project to a windows .exe file, android app file and for so many other platforms including Consoles. With Unity 3d, we can make 3d as well as basic and even advanced 2d games which are more interesting though requires a hard and detailed work. Unity 3d has the power that so many big company names are developing Battle Rpyale Games with it. Unity 3d Games are quite easy to load and hence gives a high quality output.
Cons:
Although Unity 3d has a professional user interface but it's way of working that is C# coding is pretty much tough and requires a good coder though it is a problem only if you target to develop a unique and a big game. Unity 3d has almost all the amazing features but the output sometimes doesn't worth it(not always), as per as my own personal experience I can say that the games made with Unity 3d are not well optimized to work in different types of devices and especially if we are exporting the game project to work on Android, it is not that much optimized which results in battery drain of some devices though this bad affect is nearly negligible in a new and powerful Android device. Unity has an asset store which is useful but the prices are like bad jokes to the newbies in Game development and for small businesses too, the prices are really high. The setup of Unity for basic use is simple but to export the game projects to Android, it is quite difficult to set everything up. Sometimes it can't support the high texturized models or can't optimize the overall game to work fluent with those models.
Great game engine for small-medium sized 2D and 3D game dev projects
Comments: Working with Unity is great for a prototype or a small 2D / 3D game. It performs much better than the competition because it's less bulky which unfortunately also leads to more limitations. It's a trade off. Their asset store is great and that can save up so much time, it's unbelievable. All in all it's a pretty fast paced work environment.
Pros:
Unity has been around for several years now and it's perfected some of workflow for small and medium 2D and 3D games. Good pricing One of the best parts is that you can make games in Unity and not have to pay anything if you don't mind their logo appearing at the start and you don't earn more than 100k $ revenue per year. If you do go above the threshold or don't want the logo, the pricing starts at 40$ a month per user. Shorter development period Compared to the competition (such as Unreal Engine, CryEngine, Lumberyard) small-medium sized games in Unity have a shorter development time. This could partially be due to the fact that it uses C# as it's programming language for scripts. Another thing which could contribute to it is their "prefab" system in which someone can create anything and encapsulate it into a prefab which can then just be drag-dropped on another project and it would mostly work. Their asset store is full of them, and it's one really huge asset store. Huge community A big drawback with other game engines is their small community. Luckily, Unity has an enormous about of people using the software, some friendlier than others. Kinda clean UI The UI is pretty consistent and clean. I love a clean workspace and Unity is rather good at that.
Cons:
Unity is known for having mainly 2 bad things: extremely bad support for multiplayer games and limitations once the project becomes too big. Regarding the multiplayer, there are built-in solutions one can buy off the asset store. Regarding the project's size, that can be fixed by adding a lot of instancing thus not creating a seamless world unfortunately. The community is big and that's a plus but unfortunately it's not amazingly mature. Unity Technologies is updating Unity quite a lot and that leads to a lot of useless tutorials and docs to follow. There's nothing worse than spending an hour or two following some instructions to find out that at the end you're stuck by not having the same menu/options as the other person. The animation blending too could use a lot more work and some of their behaviors are a bit bugged but noting too severe. The interface is too small on 4k screens. The scaling is quite horrible.
unity has to be the best gamming software out
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is quite possibly of the most famous game motor, particularly for new autonomous engineers. A lot of enormous names have likewise been created on Unity like Pokémon Go, Assassins' Creed: Identity, and Angry Birds Epic. It's a notable stage in the gaming business and really a state of the art game motor, also free for more limited size projects. Solidarity offers both the instruments to foster your new game, in addition to the choice to test it too. The games are versatile for different stages, and it's not difficult to utilize, likely the fundamental purposes behind its prosperity. Contenders, for example, Unreal could have the edge in certain region, so it's critical to resolve which is the best game motor for you.
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There should be a few disadvantages to picking Unity as a game motor, or there wouldn't be contenders. Certain elements have been portrayed as lacking by certain experts and it very well may be a stage behind several different stages. Here are a portion of the inconveniences of utilizing Unity. Not appropriate for difficult tasks Solidarity is great for fledglings and those at more significant levels of schooling, yet if you truly need to dive profound and work for a bigger scope, maybe another game motor could work for you. Stunning offers the choice to construct AAA games with a bigger scene of things on the screen immediately. Solidarity is most popular for versatile game turn of events. It relies upon the kind of undertaking you need to make. Begin without any preparation Solidarity doesn't offer the likelihood to construct your game from an establishment or layout. You need to begin without any preparation. While it gives a wide library of devices in the resources store, you'll have to make your game yourself.
Unity is a great engine for new and experienced game developers.
Comments: It made game development a lot easier. We actually created a virtual reality game and they even had full support for that out of the box when VR was in its early stages. I really enjoyed working in the engine compared to others I've used because of how much time it saved and how easy it was to work with.
Pros:
Unity is very easy to pick up and play with right away. The tutorials on the website will allow you to create a fully working game within hours of first installing it. Unity also has a community store where you can buy art or programming assets to help you quickly prototype your game. It has a lot of built in features that are easy to work with as well. I've personally used the networking and it took something that was very intimidating at first and made it very easy to grasp and implement. You can build you game to a ton of different platforms including web, Xbox, Playstation, PC, and mobile just by clicking a button. Everything works out of the box. Unity also has a large community so finding answers to questions is pretty easy with a quick google search. The last pro I'll mention is the dev team seems to address issues with the engine quickly and they are constantly adding new features.
Cons:
There isn't much I didn't like with unity. The only negative experience I had was when the engine started to crash after my project would be open for about an hour. It was an issue with my project specifically, because I had other projects that it didn't happen on. The customer support team didn't really do a great job getting back to me, I would wait weeks at a time for a response. That was a few years ago though, so things could have changed. The only other thing that was difficult in Unity was version control. This largely had to do with the binary files, and I don't know if other engines have a good solution for that. Unity does have a few packages in the store you can buy that are supposed to help but we had no luck with them.
Unity is changing the games industry for the better
Comments: Unity has opened up games development and made it accessible to many more people than ever before, it offers industry leading tools and capabilities with a relatively low cost of entry. The community and support network around Unity is second to none and many great games have been made with the platform.
Pros:
When we started out in the games industry, there was a time when 90% of your development effort went into the creation of a bespoke "game engine" for whatever game you were making. 10% of the effort went on the unique elements of the game that you were working on. Unity has been part of a middleware wave that started around 20 years ago (such as Renderware, and many other engines before it) which provide a platform for game creation without positioning itself to being the master of a specific type of genre or game type. This has opened up the world of game development to hundreds of thousands of people, because now you no longer need the low-level expertise of developing a rendering engine, it's already there, and although it's maybe not as cutting edge as a bespoke engine of the bigger AAA titles, it is more than adequate for 99% of the games development world. Particularly indie studios who need low costing solutions to games development. Unity is great, it offers cutting edge graphics, amazing physics, animation, scripting and platform compatibility for a very reasonable price (it's free for personal use up until a certain amount of revenue) - it's simply not cost efficient any more to consider developing your own bespoke engine. And what's more, there's a huge and very helpful community of people out there who have probably faced any problem you encounter during development, a quick google and you have your answer.
Cons:
Unity doesn't have many drawbacks, if anything it's maybe *too* easy to use in some cases and causes asset rippers (or "flippers") to be able to make and publish very low effort titles onto platforms such as Steam for a small profit. Sadly there's no real way of preventing this (and it's certainly not Unity's issue) Unity doesn't have many flaws, it could perhaps offer some better landscaping and world creation tools (a minor point) and it's 2d game creation abilities are definitely improving but not as good as it's 3d development side. Beyond that, Unity is a wonderful tool for any game developer and is here to stay for a very very long time. It just keeps improving.
Is unity the best Game engine?
Comments: When I was considering a game engine for my projects I looked at several different engines such as Unity, Unreal, and CryEngine. By far the easiest engine to use was Unity. There were many people telling me that Unreal would offer better graphics capability but with the advances to the Unity platform, it is getting to pretty even. With the new pipelines that Unity has in place, a developer can choose the pipeline that makes sense for the type of game they want to build. From tiny games to full-featured high-end games Unity has an option for the pipeline. Overall, I am very happy with the Unity platform and will continue to use it for my development projects. I particularly like that with the available paid assets in the asset store even if you can’t program very well you can get a visual scripting extension and still make a complete game using node-based programming.
Pros:
Pros Unity is really easy to get started with. There are a number of tutorials online made by Unity that allow you to learn while doing. The game engine has access to an asset store that currently has many free assets available for download to use in your projects. Over the past few years, Unity is continuing to develop a better engine with more tools to help developers make great games no matter the skill level.
Cons:
Cons It’s not really a Con but if you create a product that nets you more than $100,000 in revenue you have to upgrade to plus or pro versions that have a monthly fee to use.
Experienced user
Comments: I believe most of the things I've already mentioned in the Pros text box but as an addition, i can say that I've done quite a number of games using this engine and it never failed me, neither the engine nor the community. I have amazing respect for the teams behind this engine as their work can surely be seen with each update they come. It's an amazing engine that i highly recommend.
Pros:
Playing with Unity for a bit over 3 years I've managed to fiddle with everything this engine has. Was able to check its progress update after update and I must say that they deliver what they promise. It's an easy to learn piece of software with an amazing community behind and lots of places to learn how to master it. Almost every idea that comes to mind can be implemented with ease in Unity. I said almost because it's a mature engine with a great number of features that might not be good for small projects and could only cause overhead, minus that is now out of the question with Unity Tiny. In the end all i can say is that it's a gorgeous software that is only getting better.
Cons:
There were things that dragged Unity down in the past but with each progressive update they fixed their flaws or are fixing as we speak, so in the end, i cannot say that there are any major things i do not enjoy in using Unity.
A fantastic, fairly simple game engine with tons of scope and potential
Comments: Overall my experience with Unity has been very, very good. I have used it in a wide variety of jobs and sectors, from mobile apps and PC games, to conventional software and animation demos. It is easy with a small learning curve and there is so much potential to use Unity to build just about anything, it's a pleasure to use.
Pros:
What I like most about using Unity are two main things. The first thing is its sheer ease-of-use - it's quick and easy to build playable prototypes and work that can be debugged in real time, thanks to its component system and C# IDE integration. The second thing is that there is tons of potential to make just about any software or app using Unity, despite it being primarily known as being a game engine. Mobile apps, conventional software and games are all easy to build using Unity.
Cons:
What I like least about this software is its occassional unreliability - particularly to do with compilation failures and occassional crashes when using external packages using its built in Package Manager. It is not always made obvious as to why crashes occur and why compilation is not always possible when using external packages and it can be difficult to debug at times. There is also no autosave feature that I'm aware of which is a problem.
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Great for 2D, Good for 3D, features are okay, pricing is mostly fine
Comments: Overall its not as bad as some people will make it out to be. Its a strong competitor and having competition is good as it leads to quicker innovation and ultimately a better tool for developers. The pricing is great for smaller teams and if you dont like the runtime fee, simply use a version lower than the 2023 LTS one.
Pros:
The barrier to entry is £0. The personal subscription is free and you can (soon on the 2023 LTS version) make $200,000 with no fee. The runtime fee changes in 2024 shouldn't scare you as for most of us they are irrelevant and aren't bad at all. As for features, i find that its best for 2D games but has also improved a lot in the 3D department. This is also due for a further upgrade with Unity 6. The asset store is also huge and has all sorts of plugins, characters, templates, etc... that you can use how you'd like.
Cons:
There is more of a learning curve. The UI has been improved but some bits could do with more tweaking. Plus its C# with a not as good blueprint (no code) option compared to other game engines. This means that you will need to learn C# to a much higher degree and can make the learning curve quite high and slow.
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Why Unity is the best engine for VR projects.
Comments: Overall, Unity is the best development engine for VR projects due to its vast Asset Store and the ability to easily preview while developing. These factors are why I would prefer Unity over its competitors.
Pros:
Unity's Asset Store offers a vast collection of assets, plugins, and tools that can be easily integrated into my project because VR projects for brands often require rapid development, utilizing the Unity Asset Store can be a significant time-saver. Also with unity you can easily configure my VR applications to each headset brand.
Cons:
What I don't like about Unity is the inability to easily transfer project files between my workstations. As I travel frequently, I wish I could work on my projects while on the go.
Unity is simple yet powerful tool for developing cool VR games
Comments: Overall great as it serves my purpose well.
Pros:
The learning curve is not very steep. This is the thing I like most about this product. It may not better when compared to Unreal Engine but the USP of Unity is that it is simple to use and yet can help us design cool VR games. I personally use it to design immersive VR engineering experiments for research and it is definitely serving the purpose. Especially with assets that can be just imported, Unity is a very useful and simple tool for everyday development.
Cons:
The cons are mostly not enough features as compared to Unreal Engine 5. Even though Unity is immersive, it's details when it comes to Ray tracing and other minute details are no match for Unreal. If Unity can improve its details and immersion, it can seriously compete with Unreal just because it's easier to use.