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Why Do it?
Why Do it?The hardest thing ever*
You are not good till your 10th game.
Game
Development
Development Design
Going Native or Cross-Platform?
Unity20x faster than JS
50x slower than C++
UnityBuild Once, Deploy Everywhere
Game Engines
Unity3d [Free & Paid]
Unity3d: Crossy Road
Unity3d: Republique
Unreal Engine [Free]
UE: Real Boxing [iOS and Android]
Unreal EngineUnity
• Free• Royalty [5% on everything]• Whole engine for free• C++• Blueprint: no need to code• Profiler• Graphics is awesome• Easy to use [just after a bit]
• Free• Paid [1,500$ or 75$/month] • Free vs Paid: Sub vs Whole• C#, JS, Boo• -‐• Profiler• Graphic is good/very good• Easy to use• More than 50% of mobile (that rely on 3rd
party engine)
Blueprint in Unreal Engine: No need to code.
Asset Store in Unity3d
OtherGame Engines
Source 2 [GDC 15, Free]
Source 2: Half-life, Counter Strike, Left for Dead, Titanfall
CryEngine: The fastest high-end renderer in the world
CryEngine: Crysis
CryEngine: Ryse of Rome
CryEngineSource 2
• Counter Strike, Half-‐life, Titanfall• Free• Multi-‐platform Support
• Crysis, Ryse of Rome, Sniper 2• 9.90 USD/EUR• Multi-‐platform Support: PC, xBox, PS3 • The fastest high-‐end renderer in the world