Unity as a game engine?

[kenbobo]

I love unity 5. I muck around in it and I find it fun!

Except...

the personal version is SO limited.

And as a student, I don't just have 10 grand laying around to buy the "professional version"

any thoughts on if I should use Unity or something else?

[NovaSilisko]

I'm really not sure what you're talking about... 10 grand? It's $1,500. And, with unity 5, they removed most of the limitations from the free version. The only one off the top of my head is a "made with unity" splash screen when you start the game. But, I don't think there are any actual restrictions in the engine's systems in free vs paid.

[kenbobo]

I just looked and the current prices are 75$ a month or 10,000 up front

[NovaSilisko]

I just looked and the current prices are 75$ a month or 10,000 up front

Could you screencap that?

Because I see this:

[kenbobo]

It seems you're right. Apologies, I haven't checked since the release of unity 5

[pxi]

I'm seeing $1,500 up front or $75 per month looking at https://store.unity3d.com/products

Where are you getting the $10,000 figure?

[NovaSilisko]

I just looked

I haven't checked since the release of unity 5

...

Anyway, the only place I can think of the 10,000 dollar figure as coming from would be the old royalty thing. IIRC there was an obligation to upgrade from free to pro if your revenue exceeded 10,000 dollars in a year, or something like that.

[OrbitusII]

I believe the license says that if you make upwards of 100k per year you have to get the Pro version. *goes to try and check*

Yep, FAQ has the answer:

On the subject of using Unity, I've had my hands on it for years and it's only gotten better. With the personal version getting full access to the game engine's capabilities it's going to be my go-to option for any future projects for a while. Other engines have their own benefits, but Unity is very competitive since it's free-to-use, takes no royalties, and can port to amost any system imagineable.