Homebrew Unity for New3DS

[Category]

So, I spotted this in my daily browsing:-

http://blogs.unity3d.com/2016/01/29/unity-comes-to-new-nintendo-3ds/

Anybody else excited? Will it be possible to use this for homebrew development, or is this going to be for "real" devs only?

 

[kje123]

This has already been known. And, we can make a safe guess that only Nintendo-approved devs will be able to use the SDK for anything.

It sucks, but such is life.

 

[Pikasack]

This has already been known. And, we can make a safe guess that only Nintendo-approved devs will be able to use the SDK for anything.

It sucks, but such is life.

Oh come on, all we need is the leaked tools!

 

[kje123]

Oh come on, all on need is the leaked tools!

If someone leaked the tools Nintendo would send their ninjas to send that person straight to the rift.

 

[Category]

If someone leaked the tools Nintendo would send their ninjas to send that person straight to the rift.

Well, they've already fallen out with Ubisoft, maybe someone in there will do us the favour

 

[Deleted User]

I hope that Ryanrocks can leak this sometime soon!

 

[OctopusRift]

I hope that Ryanrocks can leak this sometime soon!

Maybe.

 

[Deleted User]

Maybe.

I am suprised that Ninty haven't thrown him into the snake pit yet...

 

[Incolbum]

inb4 o3ds gets 10fps on 3ds unity games and people start whining

 

[OctopusRift]

I hope that Ryanrocks can leak this sometime soon!

Or maybe me. With my dev account.

 

[Deleted User]

Or maybe me. With my dev account.

Plz send meh devv stuuf!!1

Nah seriously, don't. It would be unfortunate to lose your license if they found out you were leaking stuff. (I don't further leak stuff anyway, but... better to be safe)

 

[zoogie]

I am suprised that Ninty haven't thrown him into the snake pit yet...

He's a minor and takes full advantage of that fact.

This has already been known. And, we can make a safe guess that only Nintendo-approved devs will be able to use the SDK for anything.

It sucks, but such is life.

It was known months ago when it was announced, but it was incomplete then. Now that it's a finished project and possibly "piratable", I'm glad voxel brought it to our attention. (i mean, if mainstream gaming news outlets are reporting it, why shouldn't we?)

 

[Category]

Or maybe me. With my dev account.

IT'S A TRAP!!! WATERMARKS, BRO!!!

Unless you set up a developer account under false credentials... In that case, carry on.

 

[jamieyello]

Unity is so unoptimized you might as well be emulating, so I have to wonder what kind of games will be made with tnis.

Maybe we can play some slenderman clones at 2 fps.

 

[OctopusRift]

IT'S A TRAP!!! WATERMARKS, BRO!!!

Unless you set up a developer account under false credentials... In that case, carry on.

Lolwhat?

 

[Deleted User]

I think people underestimate how powerful the Unity Engine will be with the N3DS (not the O3DS, mkay, that's only a measly dual-core!!). Personally, I feel that it could run a decent game with plenty of objects and effects, and still run at a rather high framerate. Put it this way, Unity wouldn't go ahead with this if they felt that it just wasn't gonna work out, power-wise.

 

[Category]

Lolwhat?

What, they don't watermark their dev software? Then leak away!

 

[zoogie]

Unity is so unoptimized you might as well be emulating, so I have to wonder what kind of games will be made with tnis.

Maybe we can play some slenderman clones at 2 fps.

Unity for New Nintendo 3DS was one of the first platforms to use our in-house IL2CPP technology exclusively; we don’t use Mono at all. This brings substantial performance benefits, but there are a couple of downsides:
All compilation is done AOT (when the project is built). We don’t support JIT compilation (at runtime).

Not saying it's as efficient as the native SDK, but it's not as bad as you think.