Unity Technologies is working on adding the ability to simplify 2D game creation using its cross-platform development tools, and has also worked with Facebook to make it easier for users to integrate Facebook in their games, the company announced at its Unite conference.
Unity's cross-platform development tools can be used to create games for a multitude of different platforms, including smartphones, PCs and game consoles, simultaneously. Until now Unity has focused on 3D game development, but that will change in version 4.3.
For the past year the company has been working on an integrated 2D physics engine and making it easier for developer to import, manipulate, and work with 2D objects. Users will be able to mix 2d and 3d as they see fit. During the keynote at Unite, the company demonstrated an "early internal build". Unity 4.3 is in beta and will ship next quarter.
Unity has also worked with Facebook on a new cross-platform SDK that makes it more straightforward to integrate a Unity game with Facebook's social network. Whether building for iOS, Android, the Web, or all three, the SDK lets them continue to write in C# and add features such as inviting friends to play a game, Facebook wrote in a blog post.
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