Engines and tools

Section about game engines and tools: announcements of new frameworks, releases, and significant updates.

The editorial team at App2Top discussed what indie means, how many game developers there are in Russia, and what their main problem is with the co-founder of the marketing agency FatPony, the head of publishing at Indie GO Fund, and the author of the Telegram channel "Tired Publishing," Danila Kamenev
In 2023, Unity found itself at the center of a scandal over the monetization of its engine by introducing a Runtime Fee for game installations, which greatly displeased developers. In an interview with The Verge, the company's CEO, Matthew Bromberg, stated that Unity's actions at the time sparked a true war between the company and its clients
On Monday, March 3rd, Astrum Entertainment introduced the beta version of its own launcher — Astrum Play. The company positions it as a proprietary gaming platform. App2Top spoke with Sergey Efremov, the Chief Operating Officer of Astrum Entertainment, about the reasons for the launch of the service and its immediate future.