If you have been using #Unity and you wanna jump ship to the nearest competitor, #GodotEngine is gonna be your best bet. The structure of a project isn't exactly the same, but it's similar enough that it won't take long to adjust.
Below, I'll give a few tips and talk about pain points you might run into, to help you try it out properly, and make an evaluation. #GameDev
@kkarhan Console support is definitely lacking right now, mostly because it's an open source engine so including proprietary work ain't simple. But I reckon with more people using Godot, it won't be long before console manufacturers develop exporters for Godot, for use by developers in the same way as devkits.
It's mostly a #license#compatibility issue to some extend, but since it's MIT-licensed that is somewhat mitigateable and #W4Games was founded specifically to provide this as a commercial option whilst funding the core engine development and backporting stuff that isn't covered by #NDA's like #DirectX12...
@Fenreliania So I'd rather expect #W4Games to make that #SDK integration happening with a sort-of toolchain similar to #Unity: Thus they as a #Company can comply with all the #NDAs and #Gatekeeping the Platform Owners demand - just like Unity today.
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After all, the platform holders don't want a de-facto #duopoly of #GameEngines (#Unreal and #Unity) to basically create the pre-#XBLA situation where #GameDevelopment was extremely #paywalled and a clear lack of smaller games at a much lower price than AAA mainstream releases kept their platform's revenue below their potential.
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After all, #Microsoft, #Sony amd #Nintendo want to make money and whether they get $20 in #licensing from a copy of #CoD or $5 for #CSGO of $1 for #Luftrausers is irrelevent to them, but they may find that people are more willing to pay 10 games at $12 each than 2 Games at $60 each.
@Fenreliania After all, #SmallDevelopers and #IndieDevs that ain't expected to do CoD numbers usually can't hardball in negotiations like the big publishers which traditionally pay far lower percentages as their titles - even if not #PlatformExclusives - sell systems and multiplayer #subscriptions.
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