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Unity is a multi-platform gaming development suite, which means it is capable of developing games for the most popular platforms that are currently being used for gaming. With the current diversity of popular gaming markets, this is a feature that no developer can do without in this day and age.
This makes Unity one of the most compatible gaming development applications available on the market today. With Unity it is possible to develop games and other interactive applications for the most popular gaming platforms that are currently available, which are:
Microsoft Windows
This is the default platform, which Unity is capable of developing applications for. The games or other interactive applications can be created as “executables” that will run on all the current Windows systems, which are able to support Open GL and Direct X, starting with the outdated Windows 98 and higher.
Mac OS X
For the OS X platform Unity is able to create games through the Internet. For this to work, a Unity plug-in called the Unity Web Player plug-in for Internet is needed. It is also possible to create Mac OS X executables for the Dashboard widget.
Nintendo Wii
Unity can create executable applications designed to run on the Nintendo Wii Platform. Licensing for developing for the Wii platform is granted on a case by case basis and varies in price.
Iphone/Ipad
It is also possible to develop applications designed to run on the Iphone and Ipad platform from Apple. Like with developing for the Nintendo Wii platform, a separate license is required, but for the Iphone platform this is obtained through a separate upgrade for Unity.
Online applications
With Unity it is possible to develop online (gaming) applications, and while this has developed in a fast growing market for gaming, online games are not a platform of their own. Instead, for this we need to look at browser compatibility and in this regard, Unity supports all the major browsers, Including: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari, but also the lesser known browsers like Camino, and all Netscape based browsers. This feature comes standard with Unity and there are no extra licenses required.
Overall this has turned Unity into a versatile development tool for many gaming environments, which is still expanding in order to include other gaming platforms one can develop for.
Unity also offers true cross platform developing for game developers, meaning that games developed for the Microsoft Windows platform can easily be ported to the Wii platform, and vice versa. Needless to say that this is a must for most popular games, especially those which have a large fan base on all the major gaming platforms.
Of all the platform games and other interactive applications which can be developed with Unity, the Wii and Iphone platform are currently the most popular, as these platforms are the fastest growing gaming platforms available at the moment, and with Unity it is easy to develop for both simultaneously .
Unity is a solid multi-platform development suite that many developers will be pleasantly surprised with, once they experience how easy it is to develop their applications for all of the platforms at the same time.
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