Comments on: Indie developers rejoice, Unity is free!

By: Minifig

Minifig — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:49:47 +0000

Cool, thanks. (I was having some strange browser issue which kept reloading the page every time I clicked the download button. I tried it on my laptop and it worked though.:) Sadly my internet speed is crawling with 3 downloads now: Unity3D, Ubuntu 9.10, and Windows 7 student edition[only $30.00]. So I will hopefully be able to try unity tomorrow. Thanks for all the help!

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:48:44 +0000

http://unity3d.com/unity/download/.

You essentially download the full thing, and when it first runs it’ll tell you you need a license version. Click ‘get a license online’ (or something like that) and it’ll take you to a webpage which gives you two buttons ‘Free version’ or ’30 Day Free Trial’ which is for Pro… So just click ‘Free version’ and it’ll all snap together in a few seconds, and you’re on your way!

By: Minifig

Minifig — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:23:41 +0000

I have never actually used unity before, but that was only because of the price tag. Now that tag is gone and I may give it a whirl.
If I could only find the download button…

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:13:38 +0000

Definitely a bold move, and I would also go so far as to call it amazing.

Aside from snapping the screenshot above, I’ve never stepped into Unity. I was working on a project that used Torque… Torque seems very strong, yet flexible with regard to physics and all… Can’t say how Unity performs in that regard, though I know it’s been used for some pretty high-profile programs… What I can say just from my brief step into Unity is that its UI is pretty slick, really quite friendly for software of this caliber.

By: Minifig

Minifig — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:59:09 +0000

This is amazing news!
I’ve played a few games made with unity, and all have been very satisfactory.