Unity game engine news - page 33

Rotorcross, an open source multirotor racing simulator has a Linux version

By Liam Dawe, May 31, 2016

Apparently Rotorcross is becoming a thing where you race drones and it actually sounds like a pretty cool idea for a game. The code is open source too, but it's built with Unity.

The Linux version of the Unity3D editor has been updated

By Liam Dawe, May 25, 2016

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The Unity3D editor for Linux has been updated once again to bring it up to speed with the Windows version.

Unity3D has plans to support Vulkan in the next quarter

By Liam Dawe, May 19, 2016

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Google is currently doing their big I/O developer conference today and Unity developers are attending. It seems Vulkan is firmly in their sights.

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Unity3D working on SDL, Wayland and Mir support

By Liam Dawe, May 11, 2016

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The folks Unity3D are currently doing a "HackWeek" when they work on special projects. It looks like the Linux team are working on using SDL instead of X11 directly which will bring Mir & Wayland support amongst other things.

Kerbal Space Program 1.1 released, updated to Unity5, new interface, new tutorials and more

By Liam Dawe, Apr 23, 2016

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Kerbal Space Program 1.1 is a pretty big update, and the name "Turbo Charged" seems quite fitting for such an update.

Among the Sleep updated to Unity 5, my final thoughts on this unique horror experience

By Liam Dawe, Apr 20, 2016

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Among the Sleep is the first-person horror adventure where you're playing as a toddler—it's freaky. The developers have updated the game to Unity 5, and now it's all fixed up for Linux I could take a proper look.

VoidExpanse, space action RPG updated, fixes major Linux issues

By Liam Dawe, Apr 9, 2016

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VoidExpanse is a really cool space action RPG I've talked about a few times, and they recently updated the game which has fixed some major Linux issues.

The Wild Eight, survive after a plane crash now on Kickstarter, Linux aimed for day-1

By Liam Dawe, Apr 8, 2016

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I don't normally cover Kickstarters, but The Wild Eight not only looks like a decent survival game, the game is planned for Linux day-1 too.

7 Days to Die still has broken graphics on Linux, developers seeking logs to help

By Liam Dawe, Apr 7, 2016

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7 Days to Die recently released Alpha 14, and with it came broken graphics for Linux gamers. The developers are asking for logs to help them narrow down what's causing it. It sounds very familiar to me.

Unity3D game engine hardware statistics updated, shows Linux is very low

By Liam Dawe, Mar 31, 2016

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If you didn't know already, Unity games tend to phone home details of what you're running. They release this data, and it shows Linux is a pretty low percentage of gamers.

Does your mouse flicker or flash constantly in Unity games? Here's a solution

By Liam Dawe, Mar 26, 2016

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I came across another one of my weird issues recently. In Unity3D games when running them my mouse pointer would just flash or flicker, and I found a simple solution.

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Unity game engine 5.4 beta now has a Linux build

By Liam Dawe, Mar 16, 2016

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Greetings developers, just to let you know that Unity have now added Linux builds of the fresh 5.4 beta. They have also updated the stable build with core OpenGL fixes, as it was quite broken.

Unity game engine 5.4 beta is out, developers working on performance

By Liam Dawe, Mar 15, 2016

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It's really good to see Unity working on improving performance, and the Unity 5.4 beta looks like it includes some pretty nice features to give improved performance.

Police Infinity, an interesting looking FPS coming to Early Access & Linux soon

By Liam Dawe, Mar 5, 2016

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Police Infinity claims it isn't "yet another Unity FPS" and it has my hopes up a little bit. It doesn't look too bad, and the animations in first person look quite nice too. It's due to enter Early Access soon.

Funklift, a party game with disco lights and forklifts, has a Linux demo available.

By BTRE, Feb 17, 2016

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Mixing funk and forklifts in an unusual combination, Funklift is a local multiplayer game still under development. Due to friendly prodding, the developers have also released alpha builds for Linux.

Parkitect, the theme park building sim is currently broken on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jan 31, 2016

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Just a heads up folks, Parkitect is currently broken on Linux due to heavy graphical glitches, so if you were thinking about picking it up I would hold off until we can give the all clear.

Albion Online MMO content update Brutus is now live, much better overall

By Liam Dawe, Jan 27, 2016

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Albion Online is going to be something big when it's fully released, I'm sure of it. This update shows me how much they are listening to the community (within reason) too.

Torment: Tides of Numenera launches in Early Access without Linux support, coming much later

By Liam Dawe, Jan 27, 2016

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I was really hoping to give Torment: Tides of Numenera a go, but it seems I won't be able to since they have launched without Linux support right now. They aren't sure if it will get a Linux version during Early Access or after the final release.

Albion Online update Brutus sounds like it will be rather good

By Liam Dawe, Jan 15, 2016

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I actually love Albion Online, and I think it's going to be a big hit when they add in more content and quality of life stuff. They have listened and the 'Brutus' update is coming.

Unity Game Engine updated for Linux, now built on Unity 5.3.1

By Liam Dawe, Jan 8, 2016

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Eyes up developers! The Unity Game Engine has been updated for Linux, and it's now built upon the newer Unity 5.3.1.

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