However, in general IMO the software engineering -quality of an open source offering is inverse proportional to it's innovation and novelty. I think part of the equation is that in that space most of the hard problems have been solved for the past 50 years - so while computing at whole is young, some common expectations have started to crystallize and this is apparent in the expected quality of open source tools. 'In the non-game development world, almost all of the best tools for development are free and open source.' And one would certainly never start a personal project using one of them. Yet I only ever encountered them in large corporations being ran by pointy-haired managers. All those things in enterprise dev were also shitty, take-it-or-leave-it siloed tools. Developing in Unity felt like the 6 months that I'll never get back of my early developer life doing FoxPro development. Most of that effectiveness was just me writing tools to fix all the technical project management deficiencies in running a Unity project. I very quickly grew a reputation with my peers for being very effective. I used Unity heavily for about 5 years, after already having extensive, other software development experience. Thus picking one of those alternatives effectively shuts you out of the larger job market. There's very little code one can share between even two. I've yet to encounter even a major version upgrade in a web dev tool that was as painful as even some patch upgrades were with Unity. And the tools-and thus the pipeline of developers-between small and large projects, small and large teams, are largely the same (caveat some scale-managing orchestration tools that one can get by without perfectly fine without users ever noticing on the small scale).īefore you might scoff-in-JavaScript at that statement, just spend some time trying to do indie game development. Their developers work hard to make the software be stable across minor versions.

They support well-defined, open standards. There are several different packages to choose from for any task, and they all pretty much integrate together. In the non-game development world, almost all of the best tools for development are free and open source. But large studios aren't using Unity, either. I obviously don't know anything about what large studios do. My impression during the last 20 years of my career is that game development lacks a lot to be desired in the 'professionalism' side of software development. By that, I mean I'm not a game developer, I'm mostly a web developer, but I've done a lot of game development-like things in my projects over the years, including a 4 year stint where I built a VR app for foreign language training. Penny’s Big Breakaway is the debut title from Evening Star.I've been 'game development adjacent' for most of my career.

A strange encounter with a Cosmic String transforms Penny’s Yo-Yo into a living creature with an appetite for snacks - and mayhem! Use Yo-Yo to help Penny clear her name, outrun the Emperor’s penguin army, and unravel the mystery of the Cosmic String.īurst onto the scene in the fluorescent world of Macaroon, home to this over-and-under escape! Discover your true star power in this easy-to-play, difficult-to-master challenge. Penny is a street performer with big dreams she has her own spin on what it takes to be a star! When Eddie the Emperor calls for new Palace Court Performers, Penny gets herself tangled in an audition she’ll never forget. Take the stage with this vibrant pair in Penny’s Big Breakaway coming Early 2024!

YO! - Join Penny & Yo-Yo in a kinetic 3D-platformer bursting with expressive gameplay! Showcase your catalog of tricks and chain impressive combos to deliver Penny & Yo-Yo's perfect breakout performance.

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