Unity3D on the Wii Now Official

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Jun 05

Unity3D on the Wii Now Official

Unity 3D, a high-end game development tool for web, desktop and soon the iPhone has announced they are now an official middleware provider for Wii.

Unity on Wii

From the site:

Unity’s game engine allows developers to create, modify and iterate on Wii game functionality with the following features:

Live Preview: The play button allows developers to instantly preview their game inside the authoring environment exactly as it currently exists, regardless of the development phase. Users can modify any object’s properties and see the results in real-time without pausing.

Scriptable Controller: Simple, straightforward, fully-featured Wii RemoteÃ¢â€žÂ¢ scripting class lets developers read data from the Wii Remote controller, NunchukÃ¢â€žÂ¢ controller, and Classic ControllerÃ¢â€žÂ¢ effortlessly.

Optimized Character Animation: Developers can create characters without special exports, imports, or modifications required. Files drop easily into Unity and the characters come to life with full animation on Wii hardware.

Scriptable Shaders: Unity’s ShaderLab system has been expanded to leverage the full power of the Wii graphics chip. Developers can use one of the built-in shaders optimized for Wii or write their own. They can script and modify any shader on any object.

Click to Publish: Developers can easily run their game on their Wii development kit, building it with one click.

Read the press release.

6 comments

§ Russ H said on : 06/06/08 @ 04:52
Great system, one of the best. Great blog too. Thanks!
§ Steve Elliott said on : 09/06/08 @ 22:58
Have you used the system Russ? Would be interested to here an honest review from first hand experience.
§ Łukasz Ciszak said on : 11/06/08 @ 09:21
Hello,

My name is Łukasz Ciszak.
I am owner of first Polish Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group.

URL: http://www.flashlite.com.pl

Can I use some articles from your site and translate to Polish?

Thank you and nice day,
Łukasz Ciszak
§ Richard Leggett® said on : 11/06/08 @ 09:29
Hi Łukasz, absolutely no problem, go for it.
§ Ryan DeWitt :: advanced learning solutions said on : 15/06/08 @ 23:28
It really does not matter if it's a good system, you need to have access to it. I've been using unity for 2 years and it's simply a powerful and well supportive app. But the chance of me as an inde (as many others) becoming a certfied wii developer is not likely Ryan. I hope they (nintendo) accepts my app. :)
§ Historia said on : 30/07/08 @ 17:54
this is blog is really very intresting!!! Great system, Unity3D on the Wii Now Official !!!