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I don't think Unity will die until another Game engine adopts something similar to C#. A lot of indie teams don't want to write c++.

brundolf 4y ago
Godot uses C#, and supports some other languages too I think
- SXX 4y ago
  Godot uses both C# and Python-like GDScript. And majority of addons likely gonna be in GDScript.
  - danbolt 4y ago
    GDScript is really really good, for what it’s worth. Or, it integrates with the scene model nicely.
jayd16 4y ago
C# is really nice but I think Unity's mobile story is probably what keeps devs there over something like Unreal.
- bluescrn 4y ago
  Unity's been killing itself with it's own fragmentation. Instead of upgrading existing systems, they've been replacing entire systems but never reaching a point of being able to deprecate/remove an old system. So now there's 3 render pipelines, 3 UI systems, 3 physics systems, 2 input systems, and so on. This makes it harder for new developers to get started, and it breaks a lot of the content on the Asset Store. Just the HDRP/URP split alone is such a mess, with URP feeling like the second-class system and missing important features (while being the one designed to work on a wider range of hardware). But HDRP is the render pipeline used for shiny tech demos...
  - ratww 4y ago
    Yep, that's it. The engine used to be developer friendly, now it's downright hostile due to fragmentation. Half of it is deprecated, the other half is experimental and feels second class. They keep piling stuff up, and information is scattered. A modern project will have three of four different ways of adding libraries or third-party stuff. And the worst part: I might be totally wrong, because they might have completely changed everything since the last time I touched it.
pjmlp 4y ago
Which is a bummer, given that since the XNA story, Microsoft has decided to outsource to Unity the whole "how to do 3D in .NET" story. Given that the DirectX team is quite anti anything but C++, as shown by all attempts that eventually were killed (Managed Direct X, XNA), Unity's death would mean most shops would just move into C++. While C++20 is quite nice, it would be a pity if such scenario would take place.
billconan 4y ago
I'm kinda the opposite. I don't like to write C#. Unreal Engine's build system is also based on C# as I remember.

brundolf 4y ago

Godot uses C#, and supports some other languages too I think

SXX 4y ago
Godot uses both C# and Python-like GDScript. And majority of addons likely gonna be in GDScript.
- danbolt 4y ago
  GDScript is really really good, for what it’s worth. Or, it integrates with the scene model nicely.

jayd16 4y ago

C# is really nice but I think Unity's mobile story is probably what keeps devs there over something like Unreal.

bluescrn 4y ago
Unity's been killing itself with it's own fragmentation. Instead of upgrading existing systems, they've been replacing entire systems but never reaching a point of being able to deprecate/remove an old system. So now there's 3 render pipelines, 3 UI systems, 3 physics systems, 2 input systems, and so on. This makes it harder for new developers to get started, and it breaks a lot of the content on the Asset Store. Just the HDRP/URP split alone is such a mess, with URP feeling like the second-class system and missing important features (while being the one designed to work on a wider range of hardware). But HDRP is the render pipeline used for shiny tech demos...
- ratww 4y ago
  Yep, that's it. The engine used to be developer friendly, now it's downright hostile due to fragmentation. Half of it is deprecated, the other half is experimental and feels second class. They keep piling stuff up, and information is scattered. A modern project will have three of four different ways of adding libraries or third-party stuff. And the worst part: I might be totally wrong, because they might have completely changed everything since the last time I touched it.

pjmlp 4y ago

Which is a bummer, given that since the XNA story, Microsoft has decided to outsource to Unity the whole "how to do 3D in .NET" story. Given that the DirectX team is quite anti anything but C++, as shown by all attempts that eventually were killed (Managed Direct X, XNA), Unity's death would mean most shops would just move into C++. While C++20 is quite nice, it would be a pity if such scenario would take place.

billconan 4y ago

I'm kinda the opposite. I don't like to write C#. Unreal Engine's build system is also based on C# as I remember.