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HEY GAMERS! Today, Unity (the engine we use to make our games) announced that they'll soon be taking a fee from developers for every copy of the game installed over a certain threshold-regardless of how that copy was obtained. using Und de contuny, I f------ hate it here. installatio ashold. For eashold. For Jnity is now a n If you follow any indie games, it's thely you'll see many messages ke this on your timeline today. While our game is not developed in Unity, we stand with developers everywhere nited plan optic The Unity Is reverse n te priete shareholders over the products actual users LED Unity (a ced th used by in be cha velopers f their sof their sof ove a ce velo is mean incial hese u added W hot be urtst the ga pers bi en the tru Unity to re hese ch ARGE AUDIEN ALTHOUGH A IS DECISION WILL & DESPITE BEING A SMALL INDIE STUDIO, WE HOPE THAT OUR TITLES IN DEVELOPMENT WILL REACH WHEN THE SHAREHOL ANGE IN DOING BU THAT ECTS PRICES, AFFECT ENDLY CONDITION IMMEDIATELY TED BY THE DEC Fun Fact: Super Dark Deception is made in Unity foes presenficant new chafengeing je in and eams. tinyware Aggro Crab STOP THE GREED UNITY veloper communi profoundly disaj GAMES right out of the gate. It may even cause some publishers to avoid publishing FEE PER COPY L MOVE FORW S BOTH DEVELL expertise we've accumulated over the years and starting from scratch in a new engine. It's something we'd really rather not do GHEST TEAM On behalf of Abstract Digital Team and the developer community, we expect Unity to reverse their action, or we as many developers will be forced to change the engine. ve ayground Well darn... oh, darn... This so shocking it's hard to know where to start Unity, a company and game engine that has long been lauded for its accessibility to and support of small developers, has announced plans tha Unity has just made sarpelling annoncest, meing that they will now lepose a fee on as developers for each installed cop We'bells of Ualty Englas far asarly d pars, and these adden paller changes are deeply disappolaring. They contrailet Usity's prius comments and bench TO CODE YOUR TIC INNERSLOTH Inity to make our gam but fellow game stu ve'd delay content and he elsewhere (as other 't have the time or me it. W--? बिग्गा Pixel la rou decide dis tinu Unity for e deve mer uction of () Per All Fees, have made our game development process economically unsustainable. ello nds, erson studio TOEBUNCH OF pushes Unity's rompted serious, new this sucks of work and acquired skis for a new engine. e use the for Unity to put all and revent this insane decision, before we are forced to abandon year ch AFTER MORE THAN 8 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT IN UNITY, WE WILL BE JOINING MANY OTHER STUDIOS IN LEAVING UNITY AND ALL OF ITS SERVICES FOR FUTURE PROJECTS IF THIS CONTINUES TO BE THEIR POLICY. THIS DECISION THREATENS THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR STUDIO AND OUR PRESENT AND FUTURE PROJECTS, EVEN THE ONES WE HAVEN'T ANNOUNCED YET F--- you John Riccitiello. the Spire CRIT The Mega Crit team has been hard at work these past 2+ years on a new game. But unlike with Slay the Spire, the engine we have been developing it in is Unity. 't know what this mean ou for continuing to stick with us UNITY HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL START CHARGING US DEVELOPERS A FEE TALENTLESS SUP WE HAVE ED FROM 1 AND THE I AROUNDS WE HAVE HAD TO IMPLEMENT TO ACHIEVE SIMPLE STUFF WITH THE ENGINE. The retroactive pricing structure of Runtime Fees is not only harmful in a myriad of ways to developers-especially indies-it is also a violation of trust. We believe Unity is fully aware of this, seeing as they have gone so far as to remove their TOS from GitHub. Unity shocked us with their announcement last night. They said that they'll be taking a fee from developers based on installs. Human Fall Flat is made with Unity... and, you guessed it, Human Fall Flat 2 is also being made with Unity. Despite the immense amount of time and effort our team has already poured into development on our new title, we will be migrating to a new engine unless the changes are completely reverted and TOS protections are put in place. We have never made a public statement before. That is how badly you f----- up. This decision completely disregards the impact on Game Developers & Studios. It's totally inconsiderate ur exclusive choice attainable otherwisi be a great experience for capabilities even furt concerns regarding i This week, Unity announced a new pricing model which is linked to game installations. We don't believe the new approach is reasonable, fair, or workable. Moreover, we fear that it has the potential to adversely impact indie developers, subsequently diminishing the richness and quality of titles available to gamers. can Fugitive back in 2 has empowered craft expansive ope d experienc at far surpass w game, The Pr ourney with e this dr ne developr BRAKL in our de 0:02 nt announcemen ent pipeline. forward, ine. concerns, as well considerat hd reconsider this stra enable us to concentrate on what we excel at: crafting unique games using this exceptional engine. C'MON! greed. 나 FallEN TREE GAMES As we proach the ration of the For he King 2 launch, we can't help but wonder if having this knowledge before we began development would have changed our engine choice completely. Sincerely, FOLLOW ANY GAME DE ELYSEECH OF THESE TEXT SLIDES PO THAT'S BECAUSE MANY OF US WHO ARE USING UNITY HAVE BEEN PUT INTO A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION UNITY HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THEY'LL BE CHARGINGA FEE FROM DEVS EVERY TIME HER CAME DETS ALLED AFTER A DOANH SATYSMATINYA KIONYES BASED ON SALES NEW N ALL IT EVEN NUDES DEMONSTRATIONS AND FADE TIME THE GAME IS STREAMOVACLOUD PLAY THIS WILL BE FRANCIALLY DEVASTASING TO A LOT OF GAME DEVELOPERS AND STOKIS TE THE WE ALSO BE FEL IN THE PLAYERS BECAUSE WHAT GANES W BE UNCACLE IN SERVICESUKE MULE BUNDLE, GAME PASS AND MANY MORE WILL BE SEVERELY FRANCANGAS SIMPLE AS RELEASING A DENO SUNLY BECOMES A ADVANCONING UNITY SNT AN EASY CHTENSTHEATERESTING WEARS WORTHO TIME AND M MEANS LEA QUIT BEING STINKY UNITY Rhyzl sage For those who don't know Cult of the Lamb is made in Unity, Unity is introducing a Runtime Fee that's based on game installs Our team specialises in unity games So, what's the impact on us? Well, we have future projects in the pipeline that were initially planned to be developed in Unity. nge would result in significant delays since our team would need to acquire an entirely new skill set a Monster, our mission has been to support and promote new and sThe introduction of these fees by dient challenges for aspiring developers We would love to stick with the engine we have used to make our games for the seat 10 persent We bone now we can any new projects using Unity when there is no way to know whand of ve buness model they might throw at us in the future In ligh NOT b 24117 ceaWork TOL ut any form of opt-in or consert trom developers and leased years ago. This goes again (The ntim is BAC DAL ON -AlceaAkaza (AlceaWorks) To made the decision to use un t DEV COMMUNITY LEGE THE LEARN TO REALL Fee." After nearly position where we mig hot ou able to justify using oniity for our future titles. If these changes aren't rolled back, we'll be heavily considering abandoning our wealth of Unity Shauku Games, which has primarily used the Unity Game Engine, has negatively been affected by Unity's new announcement, which affects all projects we We're planning and we're almost released, which now have to be canceled as a result. This is especially damaging as I Tehillah, learned game develop ne development from Unity, and this basically requires me to switch into new engines, So, to Unity, Our long time love we say... UNITY, CISION Rhyzinus is built and e id like to say that Rhyzi d daci: à bad Exciting news! Agregat Studio will e to develop ames vithout any reservations! However, there's a twist - we're limiting each game to just 199,999 downloads. Get ready for the ultimate battle of the fittest! by DanDans yesterday, Unity and CRY HARDER ABOUTIT W--!? w ty ibith GATE We really the soft and ILL AlcaaWorks 67 GOODBYE IT WAS FUN WHILE IT LASTED. AGREGAT STUDIO day Un lease develo it anc WHAT THE F---??? As some of you may know, our upcoming game Eternal Damnation is currently being made via Unity bet MASSIVE DELAYS EXPECTED. isagre istallo billa sting f changes that drastically impact ing community overall, including SD Games ted changes in regards to the new murges. The proposed 'Runtime Fee' means fter a set revenue is reached. This includes ds, which will directly affect the quality of here on out. Should Unity enforce these changes, SD Games as a company will have to aquire a new skill set to migrate to another game engine that respects its consumers. The move will cause massive delays to our upcoming project and future updates from here on out, but would be nessassary to produce quality games for our community. Even if Unity decides to not follow through with these changes we feel like the trust between them and us has been broken. -SD Games NOT A SAILOR STUDIOS Unity has destroyed our trust with their recent announcement. Along with many of our te game study is jarding the ability of inde development as a while and as a possible career path for many like us. By placing the new "Fee Unly has unincanted publishers and other companies from wang gle maler developers a chance who use this engine. Financial burdens and c alwady weightly on developers, specially independent ones, but this will put the na In the coffin for many in inconsiderate, vile, and a financially selfish policy that demonstrates Unity's lack of Yesterday, Unity (the engine I use) announced that it will change its pricing model, effective January 1 2024, from a yearly tiered subscription fee to a model based on how many installs a game has. HACKS LMAO Sincerely, We have our ofning and destment into Unity for our c however, we now question our future with You have already seen the news. Below the Stone is created with Unity. Our goal for Early Access is Q4 this year Having our agreement with Unity change so close to our planned release creates a lot of instability for a growing indie stude Indie studies ours should not be put in a situation where they fear the repercussion of having a suco demo, or launching successful free-to-play game Indie game development can already be a very unstable career. All that To keep things somewhat professional personally think this is the exact opposite of a smart business decision Many des are reconsidering their future plans in the lace of these news and since KalFS has been in development in Unity for way 2 years are Corrent plan come the pre-apa KafS de linding the challed to part over the be allowing how the ful y develops-what ALLY COD of experience in esodermal condons cal but also the with the Prin in the these so soon does not create the four jeda read to le is a major cultural hit happ rebrne have led he y other be anyone who been following the india game space is probably aware of Undys pricing changes by now, before from deeper resulting from abuse of wh and how they would prove decion, double the development a can do to see the rm cancelling my subscription, so the splash screen will return to the game at some point next year. Kaffs, but the SPLASH SCREEN IS BACK Unity removed its low-end subscription plan (Unity Plus) Splash screen removal now requires Unity Pro ($1.8k USD per year), which is way outside budget. when Unly www. ed lois Dear colleagues, Dear gamers, It's the first time I spoke openly about a subject, but Unity Technologies" announcement of a fee for the installation of titles created with the Unity Engine has hit me like a bombshell. When you consider how important Unity Engine is and has been in our lives as developers and gamers. It is not acceptable! Although, for my part, I'm not a Unity user, but in no way I endorse the introduction of an installation fee. There are far too many random factors (demos, bundles, piracy,...) and potential risks both for studios, developers and for the video game world in general. I therefore invite everyone to support the studios and developers who work with Unity Engine, as well as the Unity Technologies teams who are also suffering from this catastrophic decision (it's a purely management and commercial decision). I sincerely hope that this situation will improve and that a solution will be found very soon! Maxim ROSE CITY Vesley Unity announced to its that they will need to pay addtional fees who players in their games when asked regan to charge gane deopes based on t BAD WEATHER AMBER'S TALE See is coming with no saming and actively LazyTeaStudios wishes to express its solidarity with the game development community conceming Unity's recent changes to its game to align our transparent practices. It is our belief that no engine should employ tactics that can be perceived as predatory against its dedicated user base. PixelRift Studios Hello frog fant Unity ha this may not affect us currently, this doesn't mean that we are hurt and concamed after this decision pers for Yesterday, Unity surprised everyone when they announced they're introducing a new fee that will charge developers $0.50 per install upon hitting a threshold that will affect all games made in Unity starting January 1st no matter when they were made. As we're a small indie game studio, this would affect us greatly to the point where we would even shut our doors. We've used unity for all of our projects, and have spent multiple years our experience with the engine to the point we are now. using Unity alternative Cuently we are in the process of deciding what path we want to take given the news. We're still focused on releasing new content for Run a Café, however we are currently pausing development on both Virus and Pixel Core while we wait to see if the situation changes or until we figure out what engine we swap to for these tes. As well we will be removing the Run a Café Demo from all store fronts effective January 1st 2024 unless the situation changes We still want deliver fun experiences to our players, and don't intend to stop any time soon but we just ask you to bear with us as we find our way through this devistating news. If anything changes reguarding any tide or the situation as a whole, we'll make another post currently close to this threshold, any future de now nounced that they will be charging installation of games created in their is not We urge you to take a stand with indie. games, and call for Unity to reverse these harmful changes. software, abov ertain threshold. While Pro lopment in me a financial risk for indie developers like Free downloads are charged, which makes giveaways, charity bundles, and platforms like GamePass too high of a financial risk for us to be able to pursue. These fees do not benefit developers in any way, and instead can actively harm them. Frogsong's Nintendo Switch port will continue to be developed in Unity, as it's far too late to change engines, but we will not be working in Unity for future games. We cannot stand by these decisions, and we cannot afford the risk it would place on our small team. Frogteam Games

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Starting January 1, 2025, Unity Pro will see an 8% price increase, raising the annual subscription fee to $2,200 per seat. Unity Enterprise will experience a 25% increase, with new minimum subscription requirements for customers generating over $25 million in annual revenue. These changes will apply to all new and existing subscriptions from that date. (Because these licenses involve major companies, the prices can vary based on different packages.) Bromberg stressed in his blog post that Unity will continue to increase prices as it needs to, but will only do so annually via subscription fees going up. It won’t try to squeeze pennies out of every developer using the engine based on how many times people install your game. “Canceling the Runtime Fee for games and instituting these pricing changes will allow us to continue investing to improve game development for everyone while also being better partners,” said Bromberg.
IGN @IGN In the wake of a massive controversy regarding previously announced (and then walked-back) install fees, Unity's CEO John Riccitiello is stepping down. bit.ly/48LeHyw Traduire le post Unity® 5:00 PM 9 oct. 2023 249,3 k vues .
Our Unity Personal plan will remain free and there will be no Runtime Fee for games built on Unity Personal. We will be increasing the cap from $100,000 to $200,000 and we will remove the requirement to use the Made with Unity splash screen. No game with less than $1 million in trailing 12-month revenue will be subject to the fee. For those creators on Unity Pro and Unity Enterprise, we are also making changes based on your feedback. The Runtime Fee policy will only apply beginning with the next LTS version of Unity shipping in 2024 and beyond. Your games that are currently shipped and the projects you are currently working on will not be included - unless you choose to upgrade them to this new version of Unity. We will make sure that you can stay on the terms applicable for the version of Unity editor you are using - as long as you keep using that version. For games that are subject to the runtime fee, we are giving you a choice of either a 2.5% revenue share or the calculated amount based on the number of new people engaging with your game each month. Both of these numbers are self- reported from data you already have available. You will always be billed the lesser amount.
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