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Mono and C# are now being used by both Unity and Unreal. This certainly gives further momentum to the language for game developers. With all the past license ch

by baldfat 12y ago

Mono and C# are now being used by both Unity and Unreal. This certainly gives further momentum to the language for game developers. With all the past license changes and the cross platform nature of Unreal and Unity this makes it a lot more pursading to learn C#\Mono for game development. Personally I have a few educational games I would like to write and still can't decide what tool would be best, certainly Unreal will be to over the top for my ideas, but Unity keeps seeming like it would get me out the door quicker. The issue always was writing in Java Script or C# with C# always looking like a much better option.

k__ 12y ago
Yes, but it would be nice to have something in between JavaScript and C#. Some 2D game devs I know use Löve2D (Lua) or Phaser (JavaScript) with TypeScript. On the other hand Löve2D and Phaser haven't nearly the Unity tooling.
Narishma 12y ago
Unreal doesn't use Mono or C#.
- stesch 12y ago
  Title of this post: Mono for Unreal Engine
  - Narishma 12y ago
    That may be the title of the post, but it doesn't reflect the real-world situation.
    - baldfat 12y ago
      READ THE LINK C# for Unreal Engine With Mono for Unreal Engine, you can now use the latest version of C# to write your gameplay code, AI behaviors, UI elements, and more. You have access to the entire range of capabilities of the .NET framework, up to version 4.5. You can even use C# async programming to author your code. Download it and give it a try.
      - Narishma 12y ago
        The link is outdated.
        baldfat 11y ago
        Than read the mailing list. It is active.
- baldfat 12y ago
  > Unreal doesn't use Mono or C# FROM THE READING "With Mono for Unreal Engine, you can now use the latest version of C# to write your gameplay code, AI behaviors, UI elements, and more."
  - Narishma 12y ago
    As someone already said, project is dead and doesn't work with the latest versions of UE.
    - stesch 12y ago
      There's current traffic on the mailing list. Everybody talks about it like it's alive.
- baldfat 12y ago
  So you down vote and make a statement that is the opposite of the announcement with nothing to back up your claim on this post or the other post stating this isn't the real world situation?
  - Narishma 12y ago
    I didn't downvote you. I don't know how to, or even that you could here at HN. I suppose that's what the graying of some posts is? As for your link, somebody above already showed how it doesn't work anymore with the latest versions and that the project was abandoned.

by baldfat 12y ago

k__ 12y ago

Yes, but it would be nice to have something in between JavaScript and C#. Some 2D game devs I know use Löve2D (Lua) or Phaser (JavaScript) with TypeScript. On the other hand Löve2D and Phaser haven't nearly the Unity tooling.

Narishma 12y ago

Unreal doesn't use Mono or C#.

stesch 12y ago
Title of this post: Mono for Unreal Engine
- Narishma 12y ago
  That may be the title of the post, but it doesn't reflect the real-world situation.
  - baldfat 12y ago
    READ THE LINK C# for Unreal Engine With Mono for Unreal Engine, you can now use the latest version of C# to write your gameplay code, AI behaviors, UI elements, and more. You have access to the entire range of capabilities of the .NET framework, up to version 4.5. You can even use C# async programming to author your code. Download it and give it a try.
    - Narishma 12y ago
      The link is outdated.
      - baldfat 11y ago
        Than read the mailing list. It is active.
baldfat 12y ago
> Unreal doesn't use Mono or C# FROM THE READING "With Mono for Unreal Engine, you can now use the latest version of C# to write your gameplay code, AI behaviors, UI elements, and more."
- Narishma 12y ago
  As someone already said, project is dead and doesn't work with the latest versions of UE.
  - stesch 12y ago
    There's current traffic on the mailing list. Everybody talks about it like it's alive.
baldfat 12y ago
So you down vote and make a statement that is the opposite of the announcement with nothing to back up your claim on this post or the other post stating this isn't the real world situation?
- Narishma 12y ago
  I didn't downvote you. I don't know how to, or even that you could here at HN. I suppose that's what the graying of some posts is? As for your link, somebody above already showed how it doesn't work anymore with the latest versions and that the project was abandoned.