What is Unity (game engine)?
{{Infobox software | name = Unity | logo =Unity 2021.svg | logo_size = 300px | logo caption = Logo | screenshot = | developer = [[Unity Technologies]] | released = 1.0 / {{Start date and age|2005|06|08}} | latest_release_version = 6000.0.5f1 | latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2024|06|04}} | programming_language = [[C++]] (Runtime)<br />[[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]] (Unity API)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/9675/is-unity-engine-written-in-monoc-or-c.html|title=Is Unity Engine written in Mono/C#? or C++|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709084653/http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/9675/is-unity-engine-written-in-monoc-or-c.html|archive-date=July 9, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | platform = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]], [[ARM architecture|ARM]] | size = | language = [[English language|English]] | genre = [[Game engine]] | license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | website = {{Official URL}} }} {{Video game timeline | 2005 = '''Unity 1.0''' | 2007 = '''Unity 2.0''' | 2010 = '''Unity 3.0''' | 2012 = '''Unity 4.0''' | 2015 = '''Unity 5''' | 2017 = Unity 2017 | 2018 = Unity 2018 | 2019 = Unity 2019 | 2020 = Unity 2020 | 2021 = Unity 2021 | 2022 = Unity 2022 | 2023 = Unity 2023 | 2024 = '''Unity 6''' }} '''Unity''' is a type of [[game engine]] that was developed by a video game development company called Unity Technologies. The Unity engine allows developers to make both 2D and 3D games. It currently supports the C# programming language, which you can use in a visual,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Technologies|first=Unity|title=Unity Visual Scripting {{!}} Unity|url=https://unity.com/features/unity-visual-scripting|access-date=2023-07-04|website=unity.com|language=en}}</ref> or text format. It supports Direct3D, OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Metal, Vulkan, and proprietary API. Since 2016, Unity offers services on the cloud.<ref>{{cite interview | interviewer=Dean Takahashi | first=John | last=Riccitiello | date=October 23, 2014| url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/10/23/john