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Unity(gameengine)
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UnityisacrossplatformgameenginedevelopedbyUnity
Unity
Technologies,[6]whichisprimarilyusedtodevelopvideogamesand
simulationsforcomputers,consolesandmobiledevices.Firstannounced
onlyforOSX,atApple'sWorldwideDevelopersConferencein2005,it
hassincebeenextendedtotarget27platforms.[7][8]

FivemajorversionsofUnityhavebeenreleased,withthe6thversion
currentlyinBeta.Atthe2006WWDCshow,ApplenamedUnityasthe
runnerupforitsBestUseofMacOSXGraphicscategory.

Contents
1 Overview
2 Licenses
3 History Developer(s) UnityTechnologies
4 Marketing Initialrelease 1.0/June8,2005
5 Seealso
6 References Stablerelease 5.6.1f1/May12,2017
7 Externallinks Writtenin
C,C++(Runtime)

C#,UnityScript, [1]Boo(Unity
Overview
API)[2]
Unityismarketedtobeanallpurposeengine,andasaresultsupportsboth Operatingsystem Creation
2Dand3Dgraphics,draganddropfunctionalityandscriptingthroughits Deployment
3customlanguages.TheenginetargetsthefollowingAPIs:Direct3Dand Deprecated(v5.3)
VulkanonWindowsandXbox360OpenGLonMac,Linux,and [5]
WindowsOpenGLESonAndroidandiOSandproprietaryAPIson
videogameconsoles.Within2Dgames,Unityallowsimportationof Platform IA32,x8664,ARM
spritesandanadvanced2Dworldrenderer.For3Dgames,Unityallows Availablein English
specificationoftexturecompressionandresolutionsettingsforeach
Type Gameengine
platformthatthegameenginesupports,[7]andprovidessupportforbump
mapping,reflectionmapping,parallaxmapping,screenspaceambient License Proprietary
occlusion(SSAO),dynamicshadowsusingshadowmaps,renderto Website unity3d.com(https://unity3d.co
textureandfullscreenpostprocessingeffects.[9]Unityalsooffersservices m/)
todevelopers,theseare:UnityAds,UnityAnalytics,UnityCertification,
UnityCloudBuild,UnityEveryplay,UnityIAP,UnityMultiplayer,Unity
PerformanceReportingandUnityCollaboratewhichisinbeta.

Unityisnotableforitsabilitytotargetgamestomultipleplatforms.CurrentlysupportedplatformsareAndroid,[10]Android
TV,FacebookGameroom,FireOS,GearVR,GoogleCardboard,GoogleDaydream,HTCVive,iOS,Linux,macOS,
MicrosoftHololens,Nintendo3DSline,[11][12][13]NintendoSwitch,[14]OculusRift,PlayStation4,PlayStationVita,
PlayStationVR,SamsungSmartTV,Tizen,tvOS,Wii,WiiU,Windows,WindowsPhone,WindowsStore,WebGL,Xbox
360,andXboxOne.Unityformerlysupported5otherplatformsincludingit'sownUnityWebPlayer.UnityWebPlayerwas
abrowserpluginthatwassupportedinWindowsandOSXonly,[15]whichhasbeendeprecatedinfavorofWebGL.[4]

Unityisthedefaultsoftwaredevelopmentkit(SDK)forNintendo'sWiiUvideogameconsoleplatform,withafreecopy
includedbyNintendowitheachWiiUdeveloperlicense.UnityTechnologiescallsthisbundlingofathirdpartySDKan
"industryfirst".[16][17]

Licenses
Unitycomeswithfourlicenseoptions.[18]Hereisthelistofallavailablelicensesandtheirdifferences:

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All Source
Engine Cloud Code
License Splash Revenue Performance
Features Build Multiplayer And Price
Name Screen Capacity Reporting
and Queue Premium
Platforms Support
Made
Personal Yes With Standard 20CCUs $100,000 No No Free
Unity
Custom
$35
Plus Yes Animation Priority 50CCUs $200,000 Yes No
Monthly
OrNone
Custom
Concurrent $125
Pro Yes Animation 200CCUs Unlimited Yes Yes
Builds Monthly
OrNone
Custom Dedicated
Custom Negotiated
Enterprise Yes Animation Build Unlimited Yes Yes
Multiplayer Pricing
OrNone Agents

History
In2012,VentureBeatsaid,"Fewcompanieshavecontributedasmuchtotheflowingofindependentlyproducedgamesas
UnityTechnologies....Morethan1.3milliondevelopersareusingitstoolstocreategeewhizgraphicsintheiriOS,Android,
console,PC,andwebbasedgames....Unitywantstobetheengineformultiplatformgames,period."[16]

FortheAppleDesignAwardsatthe2006WWDCtradeshow,Apple,Inc.namedUnityastherunnerupforitsBestUseof
MacOSXGraphicscategory,ayearafterUnity'slaunchatthesametradeshow.[19]UnityTechnologiessaysthisisthefirst
timeagamedesigntoolhaseverbeennominatedforthisaward.[20]AMay2012surveybyGameDevelopermagazine
indicatedUnityasitstopgameengineformobileplatforms.[21]InJuly2014,Unitywonthe"BestEngine"awardattheUK's
annualDevelopIndustryExcellenceAwards.[22]

Unity5wasmetwithsimilarpraise,withTheVergestatingthat"Unitystartedwiththegoalofmakinggamedevelopment
universallyaccessible....Unity5isalongawaitedsteptowardsthatfuture."[23]

FollowingthereleaseofUnity5,UnityTechnologiesdrewsomecriticismforthehighvolumeofquicklyproducedgames
publishedontheSteamdistributionplatformbyinexperienceddevelopers.[24]CEOJohnRiccitiellosaidinaninterviewthat
hebelievesthistobeasideeffectofUnity'ssuccessindemocratizinggamedevelopment:"IfIhadmyway,I'dliketosee50
millionpeopleusingUnityalthoughIdon'tthinkwe'regoingtogetthereanytimesoon.I'dliketoseehighschooland
collegekidsusingit,peopleoutsidethecoreindustry.Ithinkit'ssadthatmostpeopleareconsumersoftechnologyandnot
creators.Theworld'sabetterplacewhenpeopleknowhowtocreate,notjustconsume,andthat'swhatwe'retryingto
promote."[25]

InDecember2016,UnityTechnologiesannouncedthattheywillchangetheversioningnumberingsystemforUnityfrom
sequencebasedidentifierstoyearofreleasetoaligntheversioningwiththeirmorefrequentreleasecadence.[26]

Marketing
OnDecember16,2013,UnityTechnologiesJapanrevealednewscreenshotsforanofficialmascotcharacternamedUnity
chan(Yunitichan),realnameKohakutori(toriKohaku)(voicedbyAsukaKakumoto),
withexhibitofthecharacterinComicMarket85eventintheTokyoBigSightbetweenDecember29tothe31st,where
themedgoodswouldbedistributedandhervoiceactresswouldbepresentattheevent.Thecharacter'sassociatedgamedata
weretobereleasedinspring2014.[27][28][29]ThecharacterwasdesignedbyUnityTechnologiesJapandesigner'ntny'asan
opensourceheroinecharacter.[30]ThecompanyallowstheuseofUnitychanandrelatedcharactersinsecondaryprojects
undercertainlicenses.[31]Forexample,UnitychanappearsasaplayablecharacterinRunbow.[32]Thepopularityofthe
characteralsoledtoherappearanceinVOCALOIDadaptions,includingherownsoundlibraryforVOCALOID4anda
specialadaptionofVOCALOIDdesignedtoworkwiththeUnityEngine5.0versioncalledUnitywithVOCALOID.

Seealso
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Listofgameengines
ListofUnitygames
ListofWebGLframeworks

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