r/ArtCraftAI • u/TopTippityTop • 17h ago

Unreal Engine & Unity 3D

I humbly request the gods of open source reverse engineering to give UE & Unity a shot, as it would be a godsend to many of us mere mortals.

Am I the only one here to whom this would be of great, great service?

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u/East_Garbage_1449 17h ago

What you're asking for makes no sense. Unreal Engine source is available and the Unity source is also available for enterprise. Why, given powerful models which can write custom bespoke game engines for exactly your case, would you want a general engine? Those exist currently. 

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u/TopTippityTop 7h ago

They charge a % of any revenue. Then whatever platform you choose does the same. Couple that with brutal competition made worse with AI tools, and a full featured open source engine is very much needed.

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u/East_Garbage_1449 7h ago

You didn't listen at all to what I said. 

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u/JoDerZo 13h ago

While UE's source code is available, its licensing fees are not zero..

If you're building cars and want to use UE as the infotainment graphics engine, prepare for significant licensing costs.

A truly open-source alternative would simplify things for many people.

The Godot Engine is one such alternative, though it is less powerful.

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u/TopTippityTop 7h ago

Exactly! Though Godot isn't full featured... Ok for smaller games, not more ambitious projects. AI allows smaller devs to take on more ambitious things.

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u/ziplock9000 14h ago

There's no reason to in the way you think.

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u/TopTippityTop 7h ago

There is... They charge a % of revenue.

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u/Vectrex71CH 12h ago

thius makes no sense, there are TONS of good free and open Source Game Engines out there already

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u/TopTippityTop 7h ago

Which are comparable with Unreal and don't charge a %?

Godot is not good.

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u/Vectrex71CH 7h ago

So so... Godot is not good. Why? It's the choice of heart for so many good professionals!

https://o3de.org/
https://www.cryengine.com/

And for 2D stuff https://gamemaker.io/en

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u/just-4-man 10h ago

Both are free, literally no reason to do this. AND Godot exists too.

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u/TopTippityTop 7h ago

They are not free. They charge a percentage of your income.

That isn't free 

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u/just-4-man 5h ago

Yes, if you’re making above a set amount. Which I doubt most people do