An increasing number of developers are outlining plans to kick Unity to the curb as soon as possible after the engine maker announced plans to introduce a new Runtime Fee in January 2024 that will see creators charged per install after certain thresholds have been met. In a strongly worded response to the news, Garry's Mod and Rust developer Garry Newman told Unity to "get fucked" and said the news has left him "furious."
Newman said the fee itself wouldn't be a huge issue if you assumed Unity was capable of ironing out all the creases and implementing a flawless system capable of tracking relevant downloads. For them, the real kicker is that developers weren't warned or consulted before Unity decided to shift the goalposts.
"It hurts because we didn't agree to this. We used the engine because you pay up front and then ship your product. We weren't told this was going to happen. We weren't warned. We weren't consulted," explained the Facepunch Studios founder. "We have spent 10 years making Rust on Unity's engine. We've paid them every year. And now they changed the rules."
Read the whole story, along with reactions from more developers, over at Game Developer.