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NOT_SLENDERMAN_ · 2012-10-07 18:20:24

So, there's this game programming thing called Unity which is free. It looks really good, but I have questions.

1. do you have to have a company to make and show the games online?

2. do you have to have a company to sell the games?

3. Is it hard for kids? (like, I'm talking about ages 8-12)

4. what can you do WITHOUT coding?

5. is it a waste of space on your computer?

please answer these questions. haters/complainers please don't complain, because BOBBYBOB3, my alt account tends to get angry/complaining people instead of much help.

Thank you.

SeptimusHeap · 2012-10-07 18:30:13

NOT_SLENDERMAN_ wrote:
So, there's this game programming thing called Unity which is free. It looks really good, but I have questions.

1. do you have to have a company to make and show the games online? No

2. do you have to have a company to sell the games? Probably not

3. Is it hard for kids? (like, I'm talking about ages 8-12) Probably

4. what can you do WITHOUT coding? Nothing. It's a programming language.

5. is it a waste of space on your computer? No

please answer these questions. haters/complainers please don't complain, because BOBBYBOB3, my alt account tends to get angry/complaining people instead of much help.

Thank you.

There you go.

transparent · 2012-10-07 18:33:48

I've never used Unity so these answers may be helpful to me as well.

NOT_SLENDERMAN_ · 2012-10-07 18:35:34

Now... all we do is wait.

transparent · 2012-10-07 18:39:04

Uh, someone has already answered your questions?

maxskywalker · 2012-10-07 18:41:27

Oh yeah, I love Unity.

1. No, I don't think so.
2. I think that you MAY have to pay $5,000 (8050 pounds, roughly) to sell games for money. This may just be for an upgraded version, though. I forget; go to their store to find out.
3. I don't think so.
4. A lot! Nothing that really makes a full game, though, but the requirement for coding is very minimal.
5. Absolutely not!

And just a note: if you want to avoid getting hate because of your account, it might be wise not to tell people that you are the alt of that account, even if they already know.

NOT_SLENDERMAN_ · 2012-10-07 19:12:23

transparent wrote:
Uh, someone has already answered your questions?

no, well, not until maxskywalker came.

NOT_SLENDERMAN_ · 2012-10-07 19:16:39

maxskywalker wrote:
Oh yeah, I love Unity.

1. No, I don't think so.
2. I think that you MAY have to pay $5,000 (8050 pounds, roughly) to sell games for money. This may just be for an upgraded version, though. I forget; go to their store to find out.
3. I don't think so.
4. A lot! Nothing that really makes a full game, though, but the requirement for coding is very minimal.
5. Absolutely not!

And just a note: if you want to avoid getting hate because of your account, it might be wise not to tell people that you are the alt of that account, even if they already know.

thanks skywalker! and it's 500 bucks, I think but idk

technoguyx · 2012-10-07 20:46:05

The only experience with Unity I have is downloading it, checking out a sample project, not understanding anything and then closing it, but:

NOT_SLENDERMAN_ wrote:
1. do you have to have a company to make and show the games online?

2. do you have to have a company to sell the games?

No and no. You are free to do basically whatever you want with your developed game, and you may sell it as an individual (at least you can in a mobile App Store, idk how to go about selling a PC game).

You can even sell a game made with the free version. (See Can we sell games and make money with the free version of Unity?)

NOT_SLENDERMAN_ wrote:
3. Is it hard for kids? (like, I'm talking about ages 8-12)

It might be - it's meant for pro developers after all, though easy to use. It all depends on the kid in question. wink

NOT_SLENDERMAN_ wrote:
4. what can you do WITHOUT coding?

You will need to do at least some basic coding if you want to do something interesting. I'd say you shouldn't get your hopes up too much - game development isn't easy.

NOT_SLENDERMAN_ wrote:
5. is it a waste of space on your computer?

I remember it's like 200 MB - you figure whether that's a "waste of space" or not.

Nevertheless, it's probably the easiest tool for 3D game development. You won't lose anything if you give it a try c: As for coding, try to look into JavaScript, Python or C# - these three languages may be used for coding in Unity.

EDIT: Now that I'm giving it a look, the scripting looks relatively simple. As long as you understand 3D space coordenates tongue

Last edited by technoguyx (2012-10-07 21:14:21)

slinger · 2012-10-08 02:18:35

SeptimusHeap wrote:
NOT_SLENDERMAN_ wrote:
So, there's this game programming thing called Unity which is free. It looks really good, but I have questions.

1. do you have to have a company to make and show the games online? No

2. do you have to have a company to sell the games? Probably not

3. Is it hard for kids? (like, I'm talking about ages 8-12) Probably

4. what can you do WITHOUT coding? Nothing. It's a programming language.
5. is it a waste of space on your computer? No

please answer these questions. haters/complainers please don't complain, because BOBBYBOB3, my alt account tends to get angry/complaining people instead of much help.

Thank you.
There you go.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought it was an IDE of sorts hmm

NOT_SLENDERMAN_ · 2012-10-08 08:07:00

technoguyx wrote:
The only experience with Unity I have is downloading it, checking out a sample project, not understanding anything and then closing it, but:

NOT_SLENDERMAN_ wrote:
1. do you have to have a company to make and show the games online?

2. do you have to have a company to sell the games?
No and no. You are free to do basically whatever you want with your developed game, and you may sell it as an individual (at least you can in a mobile App Store, idk how to go about selling a PC game).

You can even sell a game made with the free version. (See Can we sell games and make money with the free version of Unity?)

NOT_SLENDERMAN_ wrote:
3. Is it hard for kids? (like, I'm talking about ages 8-12)
It might be - it's meant for pro developers after all, though easy to use. It all depends on the kid in question.

NOT_SLENDERMAN_ wrote:
4. what can you do WITHOUT coding?
You will need to do at least some basic coding if you want to do something interesting. I'd say you shouldn't get your hopes up too much - game development isn't easy.

NOT_SLENDERMAN_ wrote:
5. is it a waste of space on your computer?
I remember it's like 200 MB - you figure whether that's a "waste of space" or not.

Nevertheless, it's probably the easiest tool for 3D game development. You won't lose anything if you give it a try c: As for coding, try to look into JavaScript, Python or C# - these three languages may be used for coding in Unity.

EDIT: Now that I'm giving it a look, the scripting looks relatively simple. As long as you understand 3D space coordenates

Could you explain a bit of the website-animation-buttons and stuff in more plain english? I didn't really "get" the site

johnny9822 · 2012-10-17 23:30:11

Its really a great program and the coding isn't that hard to learn. But, if you like Scratch's drag and drop programming style and want it in 3d, there is a plug-in for unity that lets you program in almost the exact same style as scratch. It costs $45.00 (around 27 pounds and you can get 50% off if you're a student), but is definitely something worth looking into if you don't want to learn the real complicated stuff yet. Code on smile

Plug-in: http://www.hutonggames.com/index.html

Last edited by johnny9822 (2012-10-17 23:45:42)

technoguyx · 2012-10-18 07:39:18

slinger wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought it was an IDE of sorts

It is.

NOT_SLENDERMAN_ wrote:
Could you explain a bit of the website-animation-buttons and stuff in more plain english? I didn't really "get" the site

I don't think I can do much if I've never used it. hmm I found these tutorials that teach the very basics.

NOT_SLENDERMAN_ · 2012-10-20 09:51:04

smile

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bananaman99 · 2012-10-20 13:10:06

It's free and was used to make Slender. Need I say more?

technoguyx · 2012-10-20 13:14:45

bananaman99 wrote:
It's free

The Pro version - which includes many more features such as playing cutscenes - is not, however. You also have to pay $400 to develop for mobile (Android, iOS) devices.

BOBBYBOB3 · 2013-02-24 18:08:51

johnny9822 wrote:
Its really a great program and the coding isn't that hard to learn. But, if you like Scratch's drag and drop programming style and want it in 3d, there is a plug-in for unity that lets you program in almost the exact same style as scratch. It costs $45.00 (around 27 pounds and you can get 50% off if you're a student), but is definitely something worth looking into if you don't want to learn the real complicated stuff yet. Code on

Plug-in: http://www.hutonggames.com/index.html

I'll look into that. Oh, and if you forgot, this is NOT_SLENDERMAN's alt account.

jji7skyline · 2013-02-24 19:37:00

I've had Unity for a while, but haven't had time to past the splash screen tongue

I'd love to learn it though big_smile

Necromaster · 2013-02-24 19:46:16

Making an MMO in Unity

It's called Delve

scratchisthebest · 2013-04-02 08:25:43

Bamp in case anyone else is interested.

Oh and
5. Yes b/c no linux support D:<

playzooki · 2013-04-02 15:39:00

659 Megabytes???!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Zeusking19 · 2013-04-02 16:16:20

NOT_SLENDERMAN_ wrote:
So, there's this game programming thing called Unity which is free. It looks really good, but I have questions.

1. do you have to have a company to make and show the games online?

2. do you have to have a company to sell the games?

3. Is it hard for kids? (like, I'm talking about ages 8-12)

4. what can you do WITHOUT coding?

5. is it a waste of space on your computer?

please answer these questions. haters/complainers please don't complain, because BOBBYBOB3, my alt account tends to get angry/complaining people instead of much help.

Thank you.

We use unity at my game studio, so I am gonna go and answer all this:

1. Nope.
2. Nope.
3. Unless you know C#, Javascript or Boo you wont be getting anywhere. Try Stencyl. So in simple, Yes.
4. Practically nothing except for putting objects onto the scene.
5. No.

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