Cross platform development with Unity 3D

CROSS-PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT WITH UNITY 3DChristian Kluckner, Chimera Entertainment Gmbh

Chimera Entertainment is a creative and independent development studio for digital

entertainment software in Munich.

The company was founded in 2006 with the support of the production house remote

control productions.

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About Chimera | Company History | Key Kompetences Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash

Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Multiplatform development

About Chimera

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Company Foundation

LARA Startup Award

„Europe in Flames“Nominated for

German Developer Award

„Windchaser“ release(dtp)

„Train your brain with Dr. Kawashima“

release

„Ravensburger Momory®“

release

„WARSTORY: Europe in Flames“

release(BigPoint)

„Windchaser“ development start

German Developer Award„Best Newcomer Studio“

Company History



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Key competences of Chimera Entertainment

Development and Production of own High-Quality Ip‘s

Work for hire for renowned Publishers

Development for multiple gaming Platforms



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WindchaserRelease: 2008

Publisher: dtp entertainment

Genre:Real-time Strategy

Platform:PC

Engine:Shark 3D



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Train your Brain with Dr. KawashimaRelease: 2009

Publisher: BBG Entertainment / Koch Media

Genre:Denksport

Platform:PC/ MAC

Engine:Unity 3D



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WARSTORY: Europe in FlamesRelease: 2010

Publisher: Bigpoint

Genre:Real-time Strategy/ MMO

Platform:Browser

Engine:Microsoft Silverlight



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Technologies and Platforms

Standalone PC, MAC

Handheld, Mobile

Consoles

Unity 3D

PCMAC

Web PlayeriOS

AndroidWii

PS3Xbox360

Nintendo DS

Flash(Facebook)

Silverlight

Trinigy Vision

PCPS3

Xbox 360Wii

Browser

Cocos2D

Unreal Engine

PCiOS

AndroidPS3

Xbox 360Wii

MAC



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Things to consider when choosing an Engine

Technical Requirements

Platform coverage

Workflow & Tools

Features

Programming languages

Ease of portability

Performance

Genre-specific needs

Other criteria

License Model

License Costs

Support

Community

Reliability



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Engine capabilities of Unity 3D

Rendering

Lightning

Terrain

Physics

Audio

Programming

Networking



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Unity as development environment

Editor Asset Integration per drag & drop Customization (scriptable pipeline and editor tools) Inspector (exposes public variables) Live Preview (built-in player emulating target platform) Prefabs Scene Construction

Profiler Asset Server



Intertwined game engine and development environment enables straightforward worklow for

artists and programmers

Per project/ platform license

Free License Workstation License

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UnityMac, PC,

WebplayerUnity Pro

iOS (Pro) Android (Pro) Asse

t Serv

er

Wii Xbox PS3

Unity 3D Modules

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Multiplatform Development with Unity 3D

Browser Standalone

Windows and Mac Web Player

Runs on all popular browsers (IE, firefox, Safari, Chrome) Streaming (Asset Bundles) Install Base over 35 million

iOS / Android Remote Debugging with iOS device Occlusion Culling and Light Mapping Community Plugins

Consoles Wii supported since 2008 Xbox 360 and PS3 coming 2011

One codebase, multiple code execution paths

Multiplatform

Cross Platform

Game

Platform 1 Platform 2 Platform 3 Platform 4 Platform 5

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Cross- and Multiplatform Development

Core Gameplay

Feature 1 Feature 2 Feature 3 Feature 4

Platform 1 Platform 2 Platform 3



Chimera Entertainment GmbHSendlinger-Tor-Platz 680336 München

tel.: +49 (0)89 210 205 790email: [email protected]

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