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It hardly can be considered for a serious commercial project without having a engine team already. But for hobbyist it might become a good choice and the popula

It hardly can be considered for a serious commercial project without having a engine team already. But for hobbyist it might become a good choice and the popularity definitly helps.

cyber_kinetist 4y ago
Might be a nitpick, but there’s also the problem of what exactly we are calling a “serious commercial project”. Right now the most successful game made with Godot Engine is Cruelty Squad (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1388770/Cruelty_Squad/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1388770/Cruelty_Squad/). Regardless of if you would call it “professional” or not, it was one of the most noted indie games of 2021, had great reviews, and probably was much more commercially successful than your average Unity/Unreal “professional” indie title (given how so many of them flop). Same goes for some highly successful RPG Maker games, which usually people would not call it a “commercial-quality” engine. I think there’s a lesson here: don’t care that much if you’re using a “commercial” quality engine or not, just care if the engine will give the right tools to make the game that you envision.
- fezfight 4y ago
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249480/ExZodiac/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249480/ExZodiac/ Here's an absolutely beautiful commercial game made in Godot.
- abledon 4y ago
  miziziziz's wrought flesh has some great devlogs on the godot journey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpFgdvG_WmI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpFgdvG_WmI
- ehnto 4y ago
  There are still people out there rolling their own engines for commercial projects, it's all about what you can pull off with the tools you've chosen. But I would agree that there's a professional network and support system around Unity that Godot currently doesn't have. If you're planning to hire a team, it'd be much easier to find good Unity developers than Godot devs.
- jamesgeck0 4y ago
  The Sonic Colors PC port is also running on Godot Engine.
  - michaelbrave 4y ago
    sonic fans have mostly decided that was a bad port, saying that might do more damage than good
    - jamesgeck0 4y ago
      Some of the most egregious issues turned out to be because people on Twitter were not disclosing that they were running a brand new Switch game in an emulator. But even aside from that, I'd argue Godot probably had little to do with the quality of the port. There's ample evidence that you can make buggy games with any engine, and the Sonic franchise in particular seems to have a long running problem with SEGA pushing releases out half-baked.
    - BudaDude 4y ago
      To be fair, Sonic fans don't like any Sonic games that have been released in the last 20 years.
      - imran0 4y ago
        Many of us consider _Sonic Mania (2017)_ to be the best sonic game ever made.

It hardly can be considered for a serious commercial project without having a engine team already. But for hobbyist it might become a good choice and the popularity definitly helps.

cyber_kinetist 4y ago

Might be a nitpick, but there’s also the problem of what exactly we are calling a “serious commercial project”. Right now the most successful game made with Godot Engine is Cruelty Squad (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1388770/Cruelty_Squad/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1388770/Cruelty_Squad/). Regardless of if you would call it “professional” or not, it was one of the most noted indie games of 2021, had great reviews, and probably was much more commercially successful than your average Unity/Unreal “professional” indie title (given how so many of them flop). Same goes for some highly successful RPG Maker games, which usually people would not call it a “commercial-quality” engine. I think there’s a lesson here: don’t care that much if you’re using a “commercial” quality engine or not, just care if the engine will give the right tools to make the game that you envision.

fezfight 4y ago
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249480/ExZodiac/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249480/ExZodiac/ Here's an absolutely beautiful commercial game made in Godot.
abledon 4y ago
miziziziz's wrought flesh has some great devlogs on the godot journey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpFgdvG_WmI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpFgdvG_WmI
ehnto 4y ago
There are still people out there rolling their own engines for commercial projects, it's all about what you can pull off with the tools you've chosen. But I would agree that there's a professional network and support system around Unity that Godot currently doesn't have. If you're planning to hire a team, it'd be much easier to find good Unity developers than Godot devs.
jamesgeck0 4y ago
The Sonic Colors PC port is also running on Godot Engine.
- michaelbrave 4y ago
  sonic fans have mostly decided that was a bad port, saying that might do more damage than good
  - jamesgeck0 4y ago
    Some of the most egregious issues turned out to be because people on Twitter were not disclosing that they were running a brand new Switch game in an emulator. But even aside from that, I'd argue Godot probably had little to do with the quality of the port. There's ample evidence that you can make buggy games with any engine, and the Sonic franchise in particular seems to have a long running problem with SEGA pushing releases out half-baked.
  - BudaDude 4y ago
    To be fair, Sonic fans don't like any Sonic games that have been released in the last 20 years.
    - imran0 4y ago
      Many of us consider _Sonic Mania (2017)_ to be the best sonic game ever made.