What's next for Unity, one of the world's most widely used game making tools
When Monument Valley shot to the top of Apple's App Store in April, it was something of a coup.
The game, made by an eight-person development team at Ustwo in the UK, had grabbed the app world's attention with its M.C. Escher-inspired puzzles The company's $3.99 app defied convention, first by charging cash instead of offering an initially free download, and then by gaining attention so quickly where most successes climb the stores rankings slowly.
It also notched another success for Unity. The San Francisco company, which builds tools to help developers make apps and games that work across a range of devices, has been slowly taking over the coding world. Today, nearly half of mobile game developers are using Unity, the company says. The company's influence is growing outside games as well, extending to desktop apps and virtual reality goggles.
