Unity Support & New Game Filters!

[TomFulp]

Newgrounds has had Unity support for a while now but it was a workaround using our HTML5 upload system; you dropped your unity3d file in a ZIP with an index.html and our system loaded it in an iframe. It wasn't very convenient.

This is finally fixed! You can now upload your unity3d file directly, the same way Flash devs upload an SWF.

As an example I uploaded a Club a Seal game I was working on with MindChamber back in 2009.

If you have an existing Unity game on NG, you could try replacing the ZIP version with a direct build. Please let us know if you experience any problems! NOTE: Regular visitors may need to Shift+Refresh the view page or clear their cache.

There were a lot of Ludum Dare 30 games made with Unity and hopefully this encourages more devs to share them on NG. Be sure to enable rev share under your account page, we're getting some great CPMs on the pre-roll ads at the moment!

Also we have new filters that aren't linked yet from the Games hub but will be soon:

Games with Scoreboards
Games with Content Sharing
Games with Medals (will replace existing version)
Games with Gamepad Support
Mobile Friendly Games (html5 + touch friendly)

If you've made a touch-friendly html5 game, be sure to check the box for "Touchscreen friendly" in your project settings. Click "Edit" next to your ZIP file to bring up advanced settings.

Everyone thank PsychoGoldfish for these updates.

Tomorrow is Throwback Thursday so be sure to check in!

Monday is Madness Day and there are prizes.

Also, you can upload anything scary / horror or Halloween-themed during the month of October and tag it with "halloween2014" to be part of our Halloween Spooktacular! There's prizes for that too, for movies, games, art and music.

[sadspade]

i like bees and cheese

[GdabZ]

That is nice but it seems that it somehow broke things in my HTML5 game.

See :

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  Evil Bunnies

  by GdabZ

  2D Platformer with user-generated levels

  Game

  379 Views

  (Everyone)

In the console you will have :
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of undefined UnityObject2.js?cache_at=1396434084:1

It worked fine 20 minutes ago... Maybe this is related ?

Thanks !

[TomFulp]

At 9/17/14 11:39 AM, GdabZ wrote: That is nice but it seems that it somehow broke things in my HTML5 game.

This might just be a matter of you needing to clear your cache to get the new javascript, give that a try and let me know if it's still not working! It appears to be loading fine on my end.

[GdabZ]

At 9/17/14 11:46 AM, TomFulp wrote: This might just be a matter of you needing to clear your cache to get the new javascript, give that a try and let me know if it's still not working! It appears to be loading fine on my end.

Tried private navigation (under Chrome) and using Firefox with no success whatsoever. But maybe this is on my side.

[yetanotherjohn]

Got this error trying to load your game:

The webplayer cannot load the specified game content. The game you are trying to play was built with Unity 2. On OSX 10.9 Mavericks, the Unity Web Player only supports running games built with Unity 3 or newer.

[GdabZ]

At 9/17/14 12:00 PM, yetanotherjohn wrote: Got this error trying to load your game:

The webplayer cannot load the specified game content. The game you are trying to play was built with Unity 2. On OSX 10.9 Mavericks, the Unity Web Player only supports running games built with Unity 3 or newer.

Thanks ! But the fact is my game is pure HTML5, made in Javascript only. And no reference is made to the word "Unity" or its derivatives in any place of the source code.

That makes me think the new implementation broke something : maybe HTML5 games are believed to be Unity games now and as mine doesn't use it, it throws an error ?

[TomFulp]

At 9/17/14 12:00 PM, yetanotherjohn wrote: Got this error trying to load your game:

The webplayer cannot load the specified game content. The game you are trying to play was built with Unity 2. On OSX 10.9 Mavericks, the Unity Web Player only supports running games built with Unity 3 or newer.

Oh darn, I need to upgrade Unity.

[squidly]

Your unity game doesn't appear...?

The area where it's supposed to be is collapsed.

[TomFulp]

At 9/17/14 12:02 PM, GdabZ wrote:

At 9/17/14 12:00 PM, yetanotherjohn wrote: Got this error trying to load your game:

The webplayer cannot load the specified game content. The game you are trying to play was built with Unity 2. On OSX 10.9 Mavericks, the Unity Web Player only supports running games built with Unity 3 or newer.

Thanks ! But the fact is my game is pure HTML5, made in Javascript only. And no reference is made to the word "Unity" or its derivatives in any place of the source code.

That makes me think the new implementation broke something : maybe HTML5 games are believed to be Unity games now and as mine doesn't use it, it throws an error ?

There's some js in the view page for when a ZIP file is flagged to require Unity to play... Is that error making the page fail to load for you, or just showing up in your inspector? We're doing a few other quick fixes at the moment and then will be able to take another look at this!

[TomFulp]

At 9/17/14 12:14 PM, squidly wrote: Your unity game doesn't appear...?

The area where it's supposed to be is collapsed.

That happens for me on that page if I disable the Unity plugin. You have the plugin right? Are you on Mac or PC?

[GdabZ]

At 9/17/14 12:17 PM, TomFulp wrote:
There's some js in the view page for when a ZIP file is flagged to require Unity to play... Is that error making the page fail to load for you, or just showing up in your inspector? We're doing a few other quick fixes at the moment and then will be able to take another look at this!

On my side the game view is totally collapsed, title included.

[GabrielBarsch]

when the ''madnessday2014'' preloader image will come out?

[TomFulp]

At 9/17/14 12:25 PM, GdabZ wrote: On my side the game view is totally collapsed, title included.

Goldfish is on this now!

[TomFulp]

At 9/17/14 12:35 PM, GabrielBarsch wrote: when the ''madnessday2014'' preloader image will come out?

Looking at art from last year, this one might work well (will need to get test-object's blessing):

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  No Madness Without Order

  by DieterTheuns

  Illustration

  13,256 Views

  (Ages 13+)

Has a nice dark space for any preloaders / ads / play buttons...

[GdabZ]

My game is back (and, I suppose, other HTML5 games). Thank you !

[TomFulp]

At 9/17/14 12:59 PM, GdabZ wrote: My game is back (and, I suppose, other HTML5 games). Thank you !

Yay!!!

[MSGhero]

I installed the unity plugin at some point, but now it's gone and reinstalling it doesn't make it show up in chrome:plugins at all (closed and reopened browser). If I have to restart my comp, I'll just wait until tomorrow.

[Luis]

Well done team!

Also. First post.

[Listen2Reason]

Good work! I especially like the filters. I kinda think of them like "hubs".

...Although, strangely, I looked at the "Games With Content Sharing" filter and most of the games...don't have content sharing. It's like they enabled the option and never used it, or something. At least Time Fcuk is there, though.

[TomFulp]

At 9/17/14 03:12 PM, Listen2Reason wrote: Good work! I especially like the filters. I kinda think of them like "hubs".

...Although, strangely, I looked at the "Games With Content Sharing" filter and most of the games...don't have content sharing. It's like they enabled the option and never used it, or something. At least Time Fcuk is there, though.

Oh good point... Maybe we can check for shared content actually existing, rather than having it initial set up done on the NG side.

[Luis]

At 9/17/14 11:33 AM, TomFulp wrote: Also we have new filters that aren't linked yet from the Games hub but will be soon:

Games with Scoreboards
Games with Content Sharing
Games with Medals (will replace existing version)
Games with Gamepad Support
Mobile Friendly Games (html5 + touch friendly)

How are you guys linking to these new filters? Is there a way to make the header of the right window match what filter you are currently on? Maybe it is, so ignore if so. Anytime powerful filters start getting into the mix I always start to worry people can get lost easily.

[ExtraLife]

This is great news!

Godspeed Team NG!

[TomFulp]

At 9/17/14 04:26 PM, Luis wrote: How are you guys linking to these new filters? Is there a way to make the header of the right window match what filter you are currently on? Maybe it is, so ignore if so. Anytime powerful filters start getting into the mix I always start to worry people can get lost easily.

That was bugging me too, will pester.

[SirNiro]

Finally! I've been waiting a long time for this! thanks Tom :D

[Intrapath]

Lookin' good! Thanks Goldfish!

also interesting to see ye olde Club a Seal alpha

[genevrarose]

Great, nice update! Finally the scoreboard sort. Been wanting that for a while. Thanks!

[MindChamber]

awesome to have official unity support! very excited about this

[MindChamber]

At 9/17/14 11:33 AM, TomFulp wrote:

As an example I uploaded a Club a Seal game I was working on with MindChamber back in 2009.

awwwe! couldnt you upload the last build with just more seals and more health on the walrus? haha

[nixful-Autistic]

Does the HTML5 submission support Three.js?