Comment on Creators of Slay the Spire will migrate their next game to a new engine if Unity doesn't completely revert their changes

MossBear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Because changing the engine in an existing project is a huge pita that requires many, many hours and possibly in some cases a full rewrite.

  This also applies to games that would be released in 2023 or 2024.

  Nobody should be considering Unity for a new project, but it’s understandable to make either decision for many existing projects.

  Ripping out the engine of your game isn’t a trivial thing.

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  • douglasg14b@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Many many hours is a massive understatement.

    Thousands and thousands of hours is more appropriate

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  • cozycosmic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I agree, although a lot of the work going into a game is the game design, art, and iteration, and not just the programming and rigging. And it may actually be a catalyst to rewrite parts better

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    • my_hat_stinks@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Strongly disagree. While a lot of work does go on to art assets which should be simpler to migrate, the code is absolutely what makes the game. There are tones of very successful games with low quality or stock assets, there are very few popular games with broken code.

      Even then, it’s still a lot of effort to check every asset you’re using to ensure they work as expected in your new engine.

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    • Hadriscus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You’re completely right

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  • MossBear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In this case it sounds like they were talking about their next game rather than a current project.

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    • null@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “has been hard at work these past 2+ years”

      That doesn’t sound like a current project to you?

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      • MossBear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I didn’t click through and was going based on the headline. My mistake.

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    • Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Their next game would be a current project.

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      • MossBear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah, you’re right. I was thinking of it in terms of current project -> next project, but I see that’s not what was meant.

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• cjthomp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  1. It’s a significant effort to change engines
  2. Even though it’s just one dev, they’re giving Unity a reason to revert. If you just say “Yo, I’m OUT!” then they’ve already lost you and they have no reason to revert on your behalf.

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  • MossBear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If Developers were in a relationship with Unity, it’d be the sort where Unity always comes home drunk and is verbally abusive, but they stick around with the belief that Unity will change.

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• Alimentar@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Cause it’s probably not worth it for them to migrate and learn/train on a new engine unless Unity goes forward with their plans.

  But you’re right, this completely destroyed Unity’s reputation. Even if they revert, who’s to say they won’t try something like this future.

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