It ended up being easier to do things like compositing and adjusting the camera and lighting directly in Unity instead of going back and forth between platforms.īolufer said using Unity actually saved time and money, adding that he never considered making the show any other way. Steps like storyboarding and mastering were handled with other applications, but virtually everything else (set building, lighting, rendering, etc.) was done at least in part with Unity.

In fact, he said that sequencing was a lot less challenging in Unity than it is with traditional methods. Carton creator Michaël Bolufer, who works in both gaming and film, found Unity more than suitable. While other animation programs are designed specifically for making cartoons, Unity is geared more towards, well, making games. The language barrier doesn't apply here, since the protagonist doesn't say much beyond 'Ooh la la' when his exploits don't go as planned. The two-minute adventures follow the titular hero, a cardboard man in a cardboard world. Six episodes have aired thus far, and are available on YouTube. Carton is premiering its first 13-episode season on public TV station France Télévisions this week. Carton just became the first cartoon TV series made with Unity. Case in point, the Unity game engine recently reached a big milestone.

Games are having a moment, and so are the tools used to make them. As the NBA's eSports league proves, video games are quickly becoming mainstream.

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