Unity Basic is free now.

unity Basic is now free check it out.

https://store.unity3d.com/shop/

That made my day.

What's the difference between the Basic version and the others?

Not very impressed with the layout of the website, as I couldn't see any comparison of the versions.

Edit: Finally found a comparison page.

Looking at it now.....

....OK, here's the Basic version compared to the Pro version:

:: No rendering to texture

:: No full-screen post processing effects

:: No real-time shadows

:: No profiler

:: No video playback

:: Basic version has "Made with Unity" splash screen, and/or watermark.

:: A few other scripting/coding abilities.

Might not be too bad.

Krush.

sounds like a trial version.

Which is something I was waiting for. Woot!

This is far from a trial version. You can write your own shaders.... It has RakNet built in ready to go. C#/JS/Boo scripting. Its wonderful!

:: No rendering to texture

:: No full-screen post processing effects

:: No real-time shadows

osh garnet

I'll read more on this later.

but how does this work, do you make the entire game with a scripting language, or does it interface with other languages, like c++?

but how does this work, do you make the entire game with a scripting language, or does it interface with other languages, like c++?

I'm pretty sure you script the whole game in C#/JS/BOO, but it also has sort of behavior-like features and a physics engine. If only it had a programming system akin to construct... Scripting seems so... cumbersome.