Unity (game engine)
Unity is a type of game engine that was developed by a video game development company called Unity Technologies. The Unity engine allows developers to make both 2D and 3D games. It currently supports the C# programming language, which you can use in a visual,[2] or text format. It supports Direct3D, OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Metal, Vulkan, and proprietary API. Since 2016, Unity offers services on the cloud.[3]
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| Developer(s) | Unity Technologies |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1.0 / June 8, 2005 |
| Stable release | 6000.0.5f1
/ June 4, 2024 |
| Written in | C++ (Runtime) C# (Unity API)[1] |
| Platform | IA-32, x86-64, ARM |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Game engine |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | unity |
| 2005 | Unity 1.0 |
|---|---|
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | Unity 2.0 |
| 2008 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | Unity 3.0 |
| 2011 | |
| 2012 | Unity 4.0 |
| 2013 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | Unity 5 |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | Unity 2017 |
| 2018 | Unity 2018 |
| 2019 | Unity 2019 |
| 2020 | Unity 2020 |
| 2021 | Unity 2021 |
| 2022 | Unity 2022 |
| 2023 | Unity 2023 |
| 2024 | Unity 6 |
Unity is supported on Windows and macOS, as well as 27 more platforms.[4] In 2016 Unity changed from one time purchase into a subscription model. There currently exist one free and three paid licensing options: Personal (Free), Plus, Pro, Enterprise.[5] Unity 6 the version 6.0 was released on April 29, 2024[6]A full version of Unity 6.1 will be released in October 17, 2024.[7]
Unity has a robust collection of official tutorials to help familiarize new developers with the engine. Additionally, it has thorough documentation that they update to be accurate with each new Unity release. The tutorials and documentation make use of pre-built assets that are available in the default Unity program. Developers can use these instead of being forced to write all of their code from scratch.[8][9]
References
change- ↑ "Is Unity Engine written in Mono/C#? or C++". Archived from the original on July 9, 2014.
- ↑ Technologies, Unity. "Unity Visual Scripting | Unity". unity.com. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
- ↑ Riccitiello, John (October 23, 2014). "John Riccitiello sets out to identify the engine of growth for Unity Technologies (interview)". VentureBeat (Interview). Interviewed by Dean Takahashi. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Unity - Multiplatform". Unity. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ↑ "Subscription! Why? – Unity Blog". Unity Technologies Blog. Archived from the original on 2018-11-18. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ↑ "Unity 6000.0.0". Unity. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ↑ "Unity previews its roadmap for Unity 6.1 and beyond | CG Channel". Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ↑ Technologies, Unity. "Unity - Manual: Unity User Manual (2018.2)". docs.unity3d.com. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ↑ "Unity Learn Tutorials". Unity. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
