Many had assumed that this was either a Unity customer, an external sympathizer, or a random internet troll. 15, 2023): Yesterday, Unity closed two of its locations temporarily owing to a "credible" death threat made against the company. There's still a lot of unknowns here, and the longer Unity waits the more developers will solidify plans to move to alternative game engines. We'll have to wait for details, however, as Unity stated the policy changes will be announced in a couple of days. Elsewhere, the use of words like "confusion" and "angst" have drawn more ire from the community, as the anger from developers regarding the change was palpable. The language Unity used to share this announcement also suggests that the revenue model changes are not being reversed entirely and instead are being revised, which simply may not be enough to win back favor. It'll be difficult for the company to backtrack enough to regain the confidence and trust of the myriad of developers very publicly decrying the upcoming revenue model changes. The response from the community has been doubtful at best, as many consider the trust in Unity to already be shattered. While this could be good news for developers and studios, it may be too little too late. This is surprising mostly because Terraria isn't really built using Unity, aside from a "few elements on our console/mobile platforms." Re-Logic is taking a different approach, however, using the success of its game to help competing game engines succeed where Unity is currently failing. 20, 2023): In a surprising move, Re-Logic (the developer and publisher behind hit 2D survival-sandbox Terraria), has also joined the fight against Unity's recent policy changes. 20, 2023: Terraria developer Re-Logic has also thrown its support against Unity's policy changes, committing to donating $100,000 to two emerging game engines, and an additional $1,000 a month, in an effort to help those open-source engines compete with Unity in power and approachability for indie developers. Unfortunately, details will have to wait until Unity reveals more in the upcoming days. 17, 2023: Unity has announced that it's planning revisions to the new policy changes after the very public outrage from developers, studios, and the gaming community.
Developers are also sharing an open letter, calling for Unity to change course. 15, 2023: The San Francisco Police Department reports that the threat of violence that led to office closures was, in fact, made by a Unity employee.
Unity also had to temporarily close its HQ, owing to anonymous death threats sent against the company and its staff. Developers continue to seek alternative toolkits, with various major companies and games proposing a switch to Unreal Engine and others. 14, 2023: Unity doubled down on its proposed changes last night, issuing a lengthy explainer for its new fees. We've reached out to Microsoft to comment on that. 13, 2023: Unity issued a statement saying that it intends to pass on the costs to Microsoft and other platform holders for installations incurred via subscription fees. The fee could potentially impact installs made via services like Xbox Game Pass, hurting the viability of business deals around the platform.Today, the firm announced that it will follow other engines in charging a runtime fee, starting January 1st, 2024.Unity is a popular engine often used by smaller teams, owing to its oft-comparatively lower fees.
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