Posts tagged unity 
Notch launches Drop, inspired by Super Hexagon, Fez and letters
In lieu of his Ludum Dare game, Notch today launched a Unity game called Drop, available online for free. Notch is, of course, the mastermind behind Minecraft, and Drop is a quick exercise in rapid wordsmithery, spinning and catchy tunes. Notch attributes inspiration for Drop to Super Hexagon, the ...
Unity ending Flash support
Multiplatform game engine Unity is getting a little less multiplatform. "As of today, we will stop selling Flash deployment licenses," CEO David Helgason announced. " We will continue to support our existing Flash customers throughout the 4.x cycle." Helgason said that the decision to stop ...
Unity and 'Nintendo Web Framework' offer new Wii U dev tools
Announced during GDC yesterday, the Wii U's "Nintendo Web Framework" allows developers to use HTML5, Javascript, and CSS to make apps that can run on Wii U, supporting both GamePad and Wiimote controllers. We'd guess this would be most useful for app development, given the web focus of these ...
Sony and Unity enter 'strategic partnership' for tools optimized for PlayStation platforms
Sony has announced a partnership with Unity that will result in tools built for "optimized deployment" to the PlayStation 4, PS3, Vita and the PlayStation Mobile platform. Games developed on the "Unity for PlayStation" platform will be able to take advantage of system-specific features – like ...
Unity co-founder Nicholas Francis leaving to make games
Unity Technologies, licensor and proprietor of the popular 3D engine Unity, co-founder and COO Nicholas Francis revealed he will step down from the company. His next project: making games. "So I will be leaving Unity in order to join your ranks and dedicate myself to creating games," Francis writes ...
'The Drowning' controls distilled to taps and swipes
The Drowning will forgo traditional emulated joysticks seen in other touch-interface shooters, instead opting for taps and swipes as the chief means of control. ...
Will work for Wasteland 2: inXile asks fans to create its Unity assets
Wasteland 2 is hosting a crowdsourcing experiment that feels more like a straight-up art contest: interested artists can create game assets in Unity, based on concept images, and inXile will review the entries. inXile will pay and credit artists to use any designs it likes in-game, with other ...
Wii U support coming to Unity engine
Nintendo has announced the Unity engine will be supported on Wii U, inking a deal with licensee Unity Technologies to offer its popular developer suite. The Unity engine is used by developers large and small, from the likes of Square Enix to smaller outfits like Rekoil Games (of Rochard fame). ...
Playdead's Project 2 uses Unity, may share 'ideas' with Limbo
Almost everyone knows about Playdead's Limbo, but the followup to that project, so far known only as "Project 2," is still shrouded in secrecy. Project 2, revealed a little while ago in a Danish grant report and listed as a 2014 release, is being developed in Unity, according to game director Arnt ...
Get your Kinect to Mars [update: Kodu experience on PC only]
If you want to experience what it's like being on Mars with NASA's Mars Rover, but don't want to die from the incredibly toxic atmosphere – and who wants to go through the hassle of traveling to Mars just for a gruesome death? – fire up your Xbox today. A free Mars Rover Landing app on ...
