{"id":1779,"date":"2015-11-13T19:59:06","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T19:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frozax.com\/blog\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2016-04-25T11:24:29","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T11:24:29","slug":"why-i-stopped-using-unity3d-after-two-months-and-a-working-prototype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frozax.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/why-i-stopped-using-unity3d-after-two-months-and-a-working-prototype\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I stopped using Unity3D after two months and a working prototype"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two years after my previous mobile game, I decided to start a new 2D puzzle game. I wanted to try a new technology and chose Unity. In this article, I’ll explain why I chose Unity in the first place, and describe what I liked and disliked. After developing a fully working prototype of my new game in about two months (not my full time job, working when kids are sleeping), I finally came back to a framework I used previously: cocos2d-x<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Why choosing unity<\/h1>\n

\"unity\"Mobile game developement is a hobby, and I love learning new things. Unity had new features for 2D games since v4.3 (Sprites), and became free for small teams with the personal edition<\/a>. I knew C# quite well already from experience of previous XBLIG games<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I liked in Unity<\/h1>\n

Here are some of the great features in Unity that I used while developing my prototype. Keep in mind that I’m focused on simple 2D games, and not on huge 3D FPS. Also, I’m single developer on the project, doing both programming and game design.<\/p>\n

Prefabs<\/h4>\n

A prefab is a set of objects tied together. It’s easy to instantiate prefabs programmatically in real time in the game. For example, to create a pack selection screen such as this one<\/a> from a previous project, I made a prefab and modified by script the values of each pack. If you want to change the layout or overall look of the prefab, there’s nothing to change in the code, everything is done in the editor.<\/p>\n

Editor customization<\/h4>\n

The editor is very well done and it’s easy to add properties to game objects. You can also add specific features. Here is a small list of stuff that helped me debugging and developing my game:
\n* showing game object bounds (see tweet below)
\n* showing mouse position on screen
\n* logging debug information on screen
\n* changing language in real time<\/p>\n

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Here's my #unity3d<\/a> component used to show bounds of any object https:\/\/t.co\/SSCfRUUhn0<\/a>. #gamedev<\/a> #UnityTips<\/a> No. 12 pic.twitter.com\/2zJiy8pWa7<\/a><\/p>\n

— Francois Guibert (@Frozax) September 27, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n