Hi,
I run a tuition company and use games as a way for students to have fun.
At the moment I use Flash games to run via my website. I am looking to move to Unity games.
Is it possible to purchase games to run on my website? Presently I have 1 site with 150 students but will be expanding to 10 or more sites in the next few years.
Hello SarahHayton!
Flash is absolutely a nightmare on the modern internet and was phased out completely about a decade ago in favor of more modern tech like HTML5 and other modern browser tech. Security issues, Adobe being a terrible company, patent issues, and much more were part of the problem.
That said though, many creators like KupoGames (Epic Battle Fantasy series) and others have successfully ported their flash-based games to Steam and the PC platform in such a way as to segregate it away from the main system's web browser and sandbox it in a way to mitigate security risks as mush as possible.
However wonderful this scheme may be, it is only a panacea to the larger issue of using Flash at all.
Unity may be nice but do consider looking into HTML5 or a more open-source engine like GoDoT. The Unity brand has some fairly restrictive and non-free licensing on the whats and wherefores when it comes to use of their engine for educational use or otherwise.
I'd suggest making a post with your requirements (and maybe budget) in the 'looking for developers' section of the forums and see what you can come up with. If you haven't already done so, you may want to have a default legal form that potential devs can look over to see what terms they'd be agreeing to prior to signing away their games for licensing.
There is an alternative though. Introduce the younger generation to the types of games that the prior generations had when growing up. Stuff like Oregon Trail is both educational and fun. And who could forget Math Munchers or Mario Teaches Typing? Grab a dozen or so dirt-cheap copies off of Amazon/Ebay and away you go! If you aren't too worried on legalities, most of the companies who made these older games have poofed so almost-nobody would be around to enforce the copyright if it came to it ;)
