G3 Studios' Guido Henkel put up a new dev blog, taking a look at the technology under the hood of the game, discussing reasons why they selected Unity3D for the game as well as covering some of the plugins being used to bring the game to live and to make our distributed development a reality with team members separated by 8000 miles.

As I promised, I want to talk a little more about the technology behind Deathfire today. I mentioned on numerous occasions that we are using Unity3D to build the game, but of course that is only a small part of the equation. In the end, the look and feel of the game comes down to the decisions that are being made along the way, and how an engine like Unity is being put to use.

There was a time not too long ago when using Unity would have raised eyebrows, but we’re fortunately past that stage in the industry and—with the exception of some hardliners perhaps—most everyone will agree these days that it is indeed possible to produce high end games with it.

For those of you unfamiliar with Unity3D, let just say that it is a software package that contains the core technologies required to make a game that is up to par with today’s end user expectations. Everything from input, rendering, physics, audio, data storage, networking and multi-platform support are part of this package, therefore making it possible for people like us to focus on making the game instead of developing all these technologies from scratch. Because Unity is a jack of all trades it may not be as good in certain areas as a specialized engine, but at the same time, it does not force us into templates the way such specialized engines do.

In addition, the combination of Unity’s extensibility and the community behind it, is simply unparalleled. Let me give you an example.

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