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Unity starts charging devs per install, while Godot (a nonprofit) takes advantage of the news to convert already donating Patron customers and hopefully bring in a few more. Perhaps you only read the headline?
It really depends on how you’re using unity. If you’re dependent on a lot of the built in components or asset store plugins or the rendering pipeline you’re going to have a hard time.
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I’ve seen worse timing than this from swiss watches
Or did I get whoosh’d…
I think he meant that Swiss watches have near perfect timing, so the timing of this is more than perfect because the shit Unity is pulling.
This is a really interesting way to phrase a compliment on their timing… if that’s what’s happening here.
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Why?
Unity starts charging devs per install, while Godot (a nonprofit) takes advantage of the news to convert already donating Patron customers and hopefully bring in a few more. Perhaps you only read the headline?
Yea I read it backwards. Doh
Guess I’ll cancel my patreon and switch out. Love this engine way too much
Excellent time to do this while Unity is becoming a absolute shit show.
How hard is it to convert a project to Godot? I’m about a year in on one in unity but getting cold feet over their pricing changes.
It really depends on how you’re using unity. If you’re dependent on a lot of the built in components or asset store plugins or the rendering pipeline you’re going to have a hard time.
There’s a tool that can almost directly convert your scenes and resources to Godot.
Unidot Importer on GitHub
Godot? Sounds like it’s just what we’ve been waiting for!