Terraria Devs Support Unity's Competitors: 'All We Ask is That They Remain Good People'
Terraria developers spare no cash to support Unity's competitors. The developer has issued an important appeal.
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Recently, the gaming community of the Internet has been dominated by the discussion around the the decision made by the management of Unity, the maker of a popular game engine. The issue is, of course, the fees that were to be paid by developers for each installation of their games. Admittedly, the board intends to change some of the points of the heavily criticized new agreement, but the bad aftertaste remains. Joining the criticism were the developers of the iconic Terraria, who, however, went a step further - they decided to significantly support Unity's competition and made an important appeal.
Terraria developers advertise two free engines
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On the game's official profile on X (Twitter) a post appeared, in which Re-Logic referred to recent events related to Unity's decision to charge additional fees. The developer admitted that although it does not use the said engine itself (except for a few elements of the console and mobile versions), it cannot remain silent when such decisions are made, and even if Unity were to withdraw from its idea, the damaged trust would still be difficult to rebuild.
Developers of Terraria mentioned two open-source engines - Godot and FNA (on the basis of which they create their popular game), thus bringing them to significant public attention. At the same time, they declared that they will support each of these projects with a one-time donation of $100,000, and in addition they will donate $1,000 a month to the creators of each (it was not stated for how long). In return, Re-Logic asks only that the developers of the aforementioned engines remain "good people and keep doing all they can to make these engines powerful and approachable for developers."
What are Godot and FNA?
Godot and FNA are two open-source engines, that is, engines whose source code is open and can be modified and shared under license. The names Godot and FNA themselves may not say much to many gamers, and are certainly not as well-known as Unity, but quite a few interesting indie games have been developed on them.
