The video below explains the major changes in the editor between Unity 3 and Unity 4. More specifically, it goes over changes between Unity 3.5 (the latest version when Unity 4 was released) and Unity 4.0. It doesn’t include an introduction to Mecanim. That’s a large enough topic that it needs its own video (or videos), and when I post that I’ll add a link here. Property Drawers Unity 4 also includes an upgrade called Property Drawers. These are a way to make working with scripts in the inspector a lot more powerful,...
read moreStarting to learn Unity, or want to brush up on things like lightmapping and terrain? 3DBuzz has an hour-long set of tutorials on everything from opening the editor to particle systems, audio, and physics. (hat tip to Jeff Lowe)
read moreIn the last post, I took a look at the free non-commercial and commercial-royalty licenses for CryEngine’s SDK and Epic Games’ UDK. In a nutshell, both allow you to download and play around with the engines for free, and charge a combination of fees and/or royalties on commercial games produced with the engines. That makes either one an attractive way for a single developer or garage startup to break into game development. So which should you choose? Both Unreal and CryEngine offer fantastic features, from WYSIWYG level editors...
read moreYes, you heard that right – CryEngine and Unreal Engine, the behemoths of game design, can now be had for free. Both Epic Games and Crytek have released their SDKs to the public for free non-commercial use. In both cases, these are the complete engines, with most of the bells and whistles, but minus access to the engine source code and certain features – not a bad price to pay to save a million dollars. The idea, of course, is to get younger developers excited about the technology and to create a built-in, ready to hire...
read moreWhile Unity itself is free, the $1500 price tag for Unity Pro and additional $1500 each for Android and iOS licenses per user stops most casual developers from making the plunge. However, Unity has partnered with student software distributors to offer Unity Pro on a student license for about $100, with addons like the asset server and android licenses bringing the total to $200. There are also classroom licenses with a substantial discount. In the land of video game development, where engines like Unreal can run upwards of a million...
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