[casual_games] Is Everyone going to ABANDON FLASH for UNITY3D?

[Juan Gril]

You could argue that the next Social Sim requires so many different
animations for the avatars that it will be cost prohibitive to do it in 3d
if avatar clothing is an element in the game.

I think we'll still be doing games in Flash for at least the next 5 years.
Yes, we are trying to switch to Unity, but it's a slow process.




On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Cory Petosky <cory at petosky.net> wrote:


> "Casual games" is bigger than just Facebook games obviously, but they'll be

> the last to switch, so they seem the most worth focusing on in this sort of

> discussion.

>

> Ubiquity is a little less important now than it used to be -- Zynga could

> launch a game using Unity and you'd see your installed base increase by 40x

> in a week.

>

> That said, why would Zynga (Playdom, Slide, etc...) ever make a game in

> Unity? I barely see Unity and Flash competing in this space, to be honest.

> You don't add much to Diner Dash or FrontierVille by making them in 3D.

>

> Mechanically, it's unlikely the addition of a third dimension would

> increase sales of virtual goods. A primary socialization mechanic of a lot

> of these games is decorating your space, and I can't really see our users

> 'getting' it, at least not yet.

>

> You can make great 2D games in Unity (Paper Moon, for example), but

> assuming pre-existing Flash development experience, it's only worthwhile to

> make the switch to Unity if performance is a bottleneck for your app, which

> is uncommon in the profitable Facebook game space as far as I can tell.

>

> Also significantly, there's not a ready pool of 3D artists/animators

> available to gear up for content-heavy, virtual-goods-based approaches, let

> alone the single-serving ad-supported basement/dormitory-created games you

> see on Kongregate.

>

>

> On 8/26/2010 8:14 AM, Derrick Morton wrote:

>

>> At less than a 2% installed base of WW Internet users, they have a bit

>> of work to do...

>>

>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:05 AM, oscar is oscar

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>>    Its in the air... I smell it.

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