Unity

Unity 3D
Release date:	Current
Made by:	Unity Technologies
Runs on:	Linux Mac OS Windows
Exports to:	Browser Linux Mac OS Windows

Unity 3D is a popular, free game making tool. There's lots of support availible online, and you can do quite a bit without even having to bother with JavaScript or C# :) It's real easy to just plonk some primitives or free models in and be able to walk round and have things effected by physics :)

Linux

There is actually a GNU/Linux version of Unity 3D available, but it can be a little hidden! They only officially support Ubuntu, but . You also have the option of using it in WINE (via Play On WINE is easier).

• Unity on Linux: Release Notes and Known Issues - latest builds at the bottom of the thread.
• unity-editor and unity-editor-beta in the Arch User Repository.

Note that when installing through the AUR I had to use a different temporary folder as it wasn't large enough:

yaourt -S unity-editor --tmp /home/USERNAME/tmp

I also did it on a drive I shared with Windows once (FAT32) but then I had to set a bunch of permissions after it was installed which was a bit annoying! You need quite a bit of free space to do all the downloading and building, maybe ~10GB+

Extending

Add-ons and things for adding more features to Unity 3D

Asset store things

• Primitives - There are a bunch of primitive sets on the asset shop, but of the two I've tried this seemed to work the best.
• World Physics System Simulates multiple gravity points, good for space games where planets effect your movement. I can confirm it still works in Unity 5.
• NumberFlow - Procedural texture generation.
• etc

Interface add-ons

• Simple Geometry Painter Some .CS scripts that add nice 3-D object drawing tools to Unity.

See Also

• Best Unity Assets by Keijiro TakahashiLots of neat Unity things (Reddit :( ).
  • github.com/keijiro

Export Options

More: Exporting in the guides section.

Links

• Unity 3D in the guides section: help with scripting, finding things in the UI, etc.