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MossBear@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Why stay at all whether they revert it or not? They’re egregiously incompetent and if they’ve done this sort of thing once, they’re going to do it again. Developers should go where their support will help make something better (Godot) and not stick with the crusty old Unity hag that is constantly pawing at their pockets hoping for the jingle of coins.

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Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Because changing the engine in an existing project is a huge pita that requires many, many hours and possibly in some cases a full rewrite.

This also applies to games that would be released in 2023 or 2024.

Nobody should be considering Unity for a new project, but it’s understandable to make either decision for many existing projects.

Ripping out the engine of your game isn’t a trivial thing.

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- douglasg14b@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Many many hours is a massive understatement.
  
  Thousands and thousands of hours is more appropriate
  
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- cozycosmic@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I agree, although a lot of the work going into a game is the game design, art, and iteration, and not just the programming and rigging. And it may actually be a catalyst to rewrite parts better
  
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  - Hadriscus@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You’re completely right
    
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- MossBear@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  In this case it sounds like they were talking about their next game rather than a current project.
  
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  - null@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    “has been hard at work these past 2+ years”
    
    That doesn’t sound like a current project to you?
    
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    MossBear@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I didn’t click through and was going based on the headline. My mistake.
    
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  - Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Their next game would be a current project.
    
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    MossBear@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah, you’re right. I was thinking of it in terms of current project -> next project, but I see that’s not what was meant.
    
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cjthomp@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s a significant effort to change engines

Even though it’s just one dev, they’re giving Unity a reason to revert. If you just say “Yo, I’m OUT!” then they’ve already lost you and they have no reason to revert on your behalf.
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- MossBear@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If Developers were in a relationship with Unity, it’d be the sort where Unity always comes home drunk and is verbally abusive, but they stick around with the belief that Unity will change.
  
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