UNITE 11 | BUILD
David Helgason (far left), and Nicholas Francis (left), at the Unite conference, where the pair addressed the Unity engine’s future in Flash and their renewed focus on Triple-A.
Francis: I never knew how many meetings they would need. That was surprising.
Helgason: And we have a lot more Union deals we’re nearly ready to announce. But it is a slow process.
And what about the Asset Store? Helgason: That’s something that’s got a bit more marketing focus, and it’s really
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important to us and we’ve given it a lot of effort. It’s really going wonderfully actually. When we first talked about the Asset Store we thought that, worst case, it just becomes a nice feature, even if it doesn’t make people money. And it turns out that it does make people money. It’s making some people a lot of money. And it’s not just the one exception that’s making money. It’s quite a lot of people. And it’s expanding the abilities of the engine.
Things like the spline editor have offered a perfect solution for lots of games.
Francis: And there’s 1,866 assets and packs on there. It’s definitely going well.
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Turn over to see analysis of Unity’s new Flash capabilities, and flick to page 42 for more about the engine maker’s move on the Asian market.
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