Terraria Developer Donates $200K to Open Source Game Engines in Protest of Unity's Controversial New Pricing Policy

Unity recently announced a controversial new pricing policy tying fees to game installs, sparking backlash from developers.
Terraria developer ReLogic condemned Unity's pricing change and announced a $200K donation split between two open source game engines.
ReLogic is donating $100K each to the FNA and Godot open source game engines.
The donation aims to support more accessible game engine options beyond Unity.
ReLogic also plans to donate $1,000 monthly to both FNA and Godot going forward.

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