Talking To The Developers Of The Unigine Engine

[RagingDragon]

And on topic: I will also buy Unigines game(s) for sure. Support my platform and I will support you

Same here. I hope Unigine games are available soon.

[korpenkraxar]

I stumbled across some screenshots from a MMORPG developed by some Russian team that uses the Unigine engine (well they are actually linked to from Unigine's site):

http://runserver.net/en/mmtgallery

Looks pretty nice as well.

[numasan]

Yes it looks like a great engine, and yes I'd buy any games made using it (which were good games mind you).

.. BUT, I think we need an open sourced engine similar to this.
Something open source which can make money if the end product is sold (or the developer gets money for this product) while the engine is available for people to freely develop on and release nicer free games.

I just find it a bit disappointing when something could be so much more.

They are doing nice work though.

Huge developments happen in BGE (Blender Game Engine) right now, with the help of a commercial sponsor:

http://www.blendernation.com/2009/05/21/bge-updates-new-yofrankie-video/

And yes, it is all open source.

Edit: only the engine stuff is open, the game under development is commercial.

And on topic: I will also buy Unigines game(s) for sure. Support my platform and I will support you

[Kano]

I would like to have something to play with that engine. A gfx demo is nice, but a little multiplayer shooter or so would be better. Then you could test the networking part too.

[superppl]

They could release a free sandbox bundled with some tools in spirit of Garry's Mod. That could get a lot of attention from both linux and windows gamers and modders. Then would we could have entire stupid (but fun) campaigns where we use availble materials to make a fortress to hold off hordes of zombies, and the only tools at our disposal are the laws of physics and some manipulation guns.
Of course, the tools would have to be fairly straight forward, well documented, and capable otherwise it would end up being a huge turn-off for would be gamers.

[paul_one]

Yes it looks like a great engine, and yes I'd buy any games made using it (which were good games mind you).

.. BUT, I think we need an open sourced engine similar to this.
Something open source which can make money if the end product is sold (or the developer gets money for this product) while the engine is available for people to freely develop on and release nicer free games.

I just find it a bit disappointing when something could be so much more.

They are doing nice work though.

[lem79]

Thanks for the interview Michael, Denis, Alexander. Very exciting to have such a project being developed on Linux.

The screenshot on page 2 (the fountain in the courtyard) looks like it could suit a beautiful Syndicate-style game.

Looking forward to the first Unigine based game, definitely buying that one.

[Aradreth]

Interesting to see linux being used as the development platform. Looking forward to trying games using the Unigine Engine.

I had some trouble staying focused because the developers, being Russian, did not choose the best words sometimes (unavoidable vs inevitable)

At least their English is better then my Russian!

[superppl]

Very interesting interview. I had some trouble staying focused because the developers, being Russian, did not choose the best words sometimes (unavoidable vs inevitable) and because my mind cracked Russian reversals jokes.
But joking aside, it was a good interview, and I want to buy their products.

[BlackStar]

Great interview, thanks. Nice to see Linux used as a core development platform, rather than an afterthought.