Do you own an iPhone or iPod Touch? If you do, and you play games, then odds are you’ve got some firsthand experience at just how powerful the Unity Game Engine is as it’s quickly becoming a major playing in the iPhone Gaming Market. From the current rankings on AppShopper.com, Unity powers:
Any many many more ( Battle Bears, Downhill Bowling, Inkvaders, ouch KO; Rasta Monkey; RC Heli: Indoor Racing; Vans SK8: Pool Service; Biplane – Wings of Raccoon; Crazy Snowboard; Monkey Diving; Scarecrow; Realmaze3D; Downhill Bowling; Little Runner; Inkvaders; Castle Warriors; Samurai: Way of the Warrior and Human Body 3D Anatomy). Why so popular?
“Game engines are the glue to put together all the components of your game. Unity iPhone has been our special super glue offering a great PhysX engine and solving the hard parts of iPhone / iPod Touch compatibility which have allowed us to focus on the game itself rather than the engine,” said Jonathan Czeck, co-founder of Graveck Interactive, developers of Skee-Ball. “Without a doubt, it helped us overcome the many competitors on the App Store as we rose all the way to the # 1 spot of best selling games.”
And don’t forget the price point: $399 gets you started with your iPhone & Unity app development.
