ahh yes, a solemn jpeg... wait it's not
that kind of solemn jpeg!?
PS: might want to add alt text if possible
EDIT: No alt text added by 21-09-23, guessing the forum software makes that impossible. Transcription below:
RE-LOGIC
The team at Re-Logic has been watching the recent events surrounding Unity with both interest and sadness. The loss of a formerly-leading and user-friendly game engine to the darker fores that negatively impact so much of the gaming industry has left us dismayed to but it mildly. While we do not personally use Unity (outside of a few elements on our console/mobile platforms), we feel like we cannot sit idly by as these predatory moves are made against studios everywhere.
We unequivocally condemn and reject the recent TOS/fee changes proposed by Unity and the underhanded way they were rolled out. The flippant manner with which years of trust cultivated by Unity were cast aside for yet another way to squeeze publishers, studios, and gamers is the saddest part. That this move was wholly unnecessary pushes things into the tragedy category -- a cautionary tale the industry will not soon forget.
We do not feel that a simple public statement is sufficient. Even if Unity were to recant their policies and statements, the destruction of trust is not so easily repaired. We strongly feel that it is now equally important to get behind some of the other up-and-coming open source game engines. Lighting some candles in an otherwise dark moment.
To that end, we are donating $100,000 to each of the open source engines listed below. Additionally, we are sponsoring each of these projects with $1,000/month each moving forward. All we ask in return is that they remain good people and keep doing all that they can to make these engines powerful and approachable for developers everywhere.
GODOT Game engine |
FNA
Re-Logic has always been supportive of game developers and indie studios that do things the right way. We feel that our actions in this moment are the best way to carry that mission forward -- by accelerating and strengthening competing open source game engines, we hope to empower and assist studios that are struggling with how best to proceed given these recent events.
MONOGAME
In the light of the recent news in the game industry and to reassure the community about our commitment, the MonoGame Team would like to share our future plans. The team wishes the MonoGame Framework to become future-proof, both from a technical and governance perspective.
This new era of the open-source project will see the creation of a non-profit foundation to which all rights and properties will be transferred to, with the aim of ensuring MonoGame remains open-source, and free for all and any scenario, including on consoles.
This foundation will allow the adoption of a more sustainable model and will open MonoGame to be supported by more patrons. A new board will be created within this organization with the task to define which projects to undertake, and how they may be funded, transparently.
We will discuss the roadmap at a later time, by we can already state that MonoGame's goals will be set with regard to the quality of developer onboarding for the framework, its stability and console support of the current version, and the start of a new iteration to further expand MonoGame's reach and capabilities.
We will communicate the progress of this transition based on developments in future announcements.
We look forward to everyone joining us on this new and exciting chapter.
The MonoGame Team
. That is the single most greedy thing I've seen in the past few years probably.
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