Unicade


Of course, you can't be expected to know everything on your own. That's why the FAQ section exists. Here you'll find things that people have asked us in the past, or things that we think would be useful for people to know. If there's something that you think would benefit most people, email Moldorma and he'll add it to this page. Good luck getting your problems solved!

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What is the Unicade? Unicade is an online arcade. You can play all the latest games made in Unity that have been submitted, or submit your own! You can also vote 1 through 5 on every game once a day to make that game more or less popular. The five most popular games are featured on the front page.
What's this "Unity" you mentioned? Unity is a 3d game development engine for Mac OS X. It's incredibly easy to use, and I'm sure the folks at OTEE (who make Unity) would love you to give it a try. You can find it here. Who knows, maybe you'll make the next biggest game on the Unicade!
If these games are 3D, am I going to need a supercomputer to play them? Of course, the better your computer is, the faster the games will run, but a really great computer is not neccesary. If your computer can play other 3d games, it will be able to handle this. I would reccomend at least a 1 ghz processor and a graphics card that supports Shaders 2.0, if you're interested in the technical side.
When I open a game it says I need a plugin. What is it and where can I get it? If it doesn't give you a link to the plugin page, it can be found here. This plugin will not affect any other part of your machine, and it is completely safe to install. Once you have it you'll be able to play any and every game on the Unicade, and other sites are starting to pick up the format too (Shockwave for example).
The submission page wants me to put my game in a zip file, so how do I do it? If you are using Mac OS X, all you have to do to make a zip archive is select all the files/folders to be included right click/control-click on one of them, and from the contextual menu choose "Create Archive of _ Items". Let the files compress and you're done!