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Steam News16 September 20232y ago

A message regarding the Unity controversy and how it affects our games.

As you may know, both Axe Throw VR and RC Rush were made with the Unity Game Engine. Recently, Unity Technologies (the company who make the Unity engine) have made some extremely disturbing changes to their pricing.

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changedAs you may know, both Axe Throw VR and RC Rush were made with the Unity Game Engine. Recently, Unity Technologies (the company who make the Unity engine) have made some extremely disturbing changes to their pricing. Essentially, trust in Unity as a company has been massively negatively impacted by their aggressive approach and lack of respect for developers.
addedEven though the new fees do not affect Tea Monster Games directly (neither Axe Throw VR nor RC Rush has not sold anything near the payment theshold where this new policy kicks in), the way Unity have conducted themselves is unacceptable.
changedTea Monster's next game 'Jack Dragon and the Stone of Peace' is a 2d retro arcade game that uses the GameMaker engine. It's a fast-paced love letter to 80s and 90s arcade gaming, with chunky pixel graphics and retro arcade sound effects. You can check it out here:
changedhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2557660/Jack_Dragon_and_The_Stone_of_Peace/

RC Rush changes

changedAs you may know, both Axe Throw VR and RC Rush were made with the Unity Game Engine. Recently, Unity Technologies (the company who make the Unity engine) have made some extremely disturbing changes to their pricing. Essentially, trust in Unity as a company has been massively negatively impacted by their aggressive approach and lack of respect for developers.
addedEven though the new fees do not affect Tea Monster Games directly (neither Axe Throw VR nor RC Rush has not sold anything near the payment theshold where this new policy kicks in), the way Unity have conducted themselves is unacceptable.
changedTea Monster's next game 'Jack Dragon and the Stone of Peace' is a 2d retro arcade game that uses the GameMaker engine. It's a fast-paced love letter to 80s and 90s arcade gaming, with chunky pixel graphics and retro arcade sound effects. You can check it out here:
changedhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2557660/Jack_Dragon_and_The_Stone_of_Peace/

As you may know, both Axe Throw VR and RC Rush were made with the Unity Game Engine. Recently, Unity Technologies (the company who make the Unity engine) have made some extremely disturbing changes to their pricing. Essentially, trust in Unity as a company has been massively negatively impacted by their aggressive approach and lack of respect for developers.

Even though the new fees do not affect Tea Monster Games directly (neither Axe Throw VR nor RC Rush has not sold anything near the payment theshold where this new policy kicks in), the way Unity have conducted themselves is unacceptable.

Moving forward, Tea Monster Games will not be using Unity Game Engine. This was a difficult decision to make, but a necessary one.

Tea Monster's next game 'Jack Dragon and the Stone of Peace' is a 2d retro arcade game that uses the GameMaker engine. It's a fast-paced love letter to 80s and 90s arcade gaming, with chunky pixel graphics and retro arcade sound effects. You can check it out here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2557660/Jack_Dragon_and_The_Stone_of_Peace/

Thanks.

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Steam News / 16 September 2023

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