CROSS-PLATFORM
DEVELOPMENT WITH UNITY 3D
Christian Kluckner, Chimera Entertainment GmbH
About Chimera | Company History | Key Competences
              Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash
      Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development




About Chimera



        Chimera Entertainment is a creative and
      independent development studio for digital
          entertainment software in Munich.


  The company was founded in 2006 with the support
  of the production house remote control productions.




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About Chimera | Company History | Key Kompetences
                            Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash
                    Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development




   Company History




                                                                                                           „Europe in Flames“
 Company                                   LARA Startup          German Developer Award                   Nominated for
Foundation                                    Award               „Best Newcomer Studio“              German Developer Award




       07                           08                          09                          10                            11
  „Windchaser“                           „Windchaser“ release      „Train your brain         „Ravensburger           „WARSTORY:
development start                               (dtp)             with Dr. Kawashima“          Momory®“            Europe in Flames“
                                                                        release                  release                 release
                                                                                                                        (BigPoint)




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About Chimera | Company History | Key Competences
               Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash
       Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development




Key competences of Chimera Entertainment


 Development and Production of own High-Quality Ip‘s

 Work for hire for renowned Publishers

 Development for multiple gaming Platforms




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About Chimera | Company History | Key Competences
              Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash
      Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development




Windchaser
                                                                                  Release:
                                                                                  2008

                                                                                  Publisher:
                                                                                  dtp entertainment

                                                                                  Genre:
                                                                                  Real-time Strategy

                                                                                  Platform:
                                                                                  PC

                                                                                  Engine:
                                                                                  Shark 3D




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About Chimera | Company History | Key Competences
               Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash
       Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development




Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima
                                                                                   Release:
                                                                                   2009

                                                                                   Publisher:
                                                                                   BBG Entertainment /
                                                                                   Koch Media

                                                                                   Genre:
                                                                                   Denksport

                                                                                   Platform:
                                                                                   PC/ MAC



                                                                                   Engine:
                                                                                   Unity 3D




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About Chimera | Company History | Key Competences
               Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash
       Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development




WARSTORY: Europe in Flames
                                                                                   Release:
                                                                                   2010

                                                                                   Publisher:
                                                                                   Bigpoint

                                                                                   Genre:
                                                                                   Real-time Strategy/
                                                                                   MMO

                                                                                   Platform:
                                                                                   Browser



                                                                                   Engine:
                                                                                   Microsoft Silverlight




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About Chimera | Company History | Key Competences
               Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash
       Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development




Demolition Dash
                                                                                   Release:
                                                                                   2011

                                                                                   Publisher:
                                                                                   dreamfab

                                                                                   Genre:
                                                                                   Endless running game

                                                                                   Platform:
                                                                                   iOS

                                                                                   Engine:
                                                                                   Unity 3D




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About Chimera | Company History | Key Competences
                   Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash
           Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development




Technologies and Platforms
    Handheld, Mobile



        Nintendo DS                   Cocos2D




    Consoles
                                                       Unreal Engine

                                                              PC
                                                             iOS                        Unity 3D
                                                           Android
                                Trinigy Vision               PS3                           PC
                                                          Xbox 360                       MAC
                                         PC                  Wii                       Web Player
    Standalone PC, MAC                  PS3                                               iOS
                                      Xbox 360               MAC                        Android
                                         Wii                                              Wii

                                                                                          PS3
                                                                                        Xbox360




     Browser



                           Flash
                                                   Silverlight
                         (Facebook)




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About Chimera | Company History | Key Competences
                  Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash
          Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development




Things to consider when choosing an Engine

Technical Requirements                                            Other criteria

     Platform coverage                                                   License Model

     Workflow & Tools                                                    License Costs

     Features                                                            Support

     Programming languages                                               Community

     Ease of portability                                                 Reliability

     Performance

     Genre-specific needs




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About Chimera | Company History | Key Competences
                Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash
        Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development




Engine capabilities of Unity 3D

    Rendering

    Lightning

    Terrain

    Physics

    Audio

    Programming

    Networking




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About Chimera | Company History | Key Competences
                Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash
        Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development




Unity as development environment

    Editor

    Scene Construction

    Asset Pipeline

    Asset Server

    Scripting

    Deployment




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About Chimera | Company History | Key Competences
               Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash
       Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development




Cross- and Multiplatform Development

 Multiplatform

                                                     Game



      Platform 1            Platform 2            Platform 3             Platform 4            Platform 5



  Cross Platform
                                           Core Gameplay
    Feature 1                   Feature 2                       Feature 3                      Feature 4

                Platform 1                                     Platform 2                     Platform 3


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Cross-Platform Developement with Unity 3D

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    CROSS-PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT WITH UNITY3D Christian Kluckner, Chimera Entertainment GmbH
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    About Chimera |Company History | Key Competences Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development About Chimera Chimera Entertainment is a creative and independent development studio for digital entertainment software in Munich. The company was founded in 2006 with the support of the production house remote control productions. 2
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    About Chimera |Company History | Key Kompetences Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development Company History „Europe in Flames“ Company LARA Startup German Developer Award Nominated for Foundation Award „Best Newcomer Studio“ German Developer Award 07 08 09 10 11 „Windchaser“ „Windchaser“ release „Train your brain „Ravensburger „WARSTORY: development start (dtp) with Dr. Kawashima“ Momory®“ Europe in Flames“ release release release (BigPoint) 3
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    About Chimera |Company History | Key Competences Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development Key competences of Chimera Entertainment  Development and Production of own High-Quality Ip‘s  Work for hire for renowned Publishers  Development for multiple gaming Platforms 4
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    About Chimera |Company History | Key Competences Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development Windchaser Release: 2008 Publisher: dtp entertainment Genre: Real-time Strategy Platform: PC Engine: Shark 3D 5
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    About Chimera |Company History | Key Competences Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima Release: 2009 Publisher: BBG Entertainment / Koch Media Genre: Denksport Platform: PC/ MAC Engine: Unity 3D 6
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    About Chimera |Company History | Key Competences Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development WARSTORY: Europe in Flames Release: 2010 Publisher: Bigpoint Genre: Real-time Strategy/ MMO Platform: Browser Engine: Microsoft Silverlight 7
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    About Chimera |Company History | Key Competences Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development Demolition Dash Release: 2011 Publisher: dreamfab Genre: Endless running game Platform: iOS Engine: Unity 3D 8
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    About Chimera |Company History | Key Competences Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development Technologies and Platforms Handheld, Mobile Nintendo DS Cocos2D Consoles Unreal Engine PC iOS Unity 3D Android Trinigy Vision PS3 PC Xbox 360 MAC PC Wii Web Player Standalone PC, MAC PS3 iOS Xbox 360 MAC Android Wii Wii PS3 Xbox360 Browser Flash Silverlight (Facebook) 9
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    About Chimera |Company History | Key Competences Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development Things to consider when choosing an Engine Technical Requirements Other criteria  Platform coverage  License Model  Workflow & Tools  License Costs  Features  Support  Programming languages  Community  Ease of portability  Reliability  Performance  Genre-specific needs 10
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    About Chimera |Company History | Key Competences Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development Engine capabilities of Unity 3D  Rendering  Lightning  Terrain  Physics  Audio  Programming  Networking 11
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    About Chimera |Company History | Key Competences Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development Unity as development environment  Editor  Scene Construction  Asset Pipeline  Asset Server  Scripting  Deployment 12
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    About Chimera |Company History | Key Competences Windchaser | Train your Brain with Dr. Kawashima | WARSTORY | Demolition Dash Technologies and Platforms | Choosing an Engine | Unity 3D | Cross- and Miltiplatform development Cross- and Multiplatform Development Multiplatform Game Platform 1 Platform 2 Platform 3 Platform 4 Platform 5 Cross Platform Core Gameplay Feature 1 Feature 2 Feature 3 Feature 4 Platform 1 Platform 2 Platform 3 13
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