Three months ago, the Russians imagined how they would create national game enginewhich will be available free of charge to Russian developers and will allow them to create projects in the event that they are cut off from Unreal Engine, CryEngine, Unity and other Western technologies that local developers rightly fear.
But as it turns out now, the engine is too expensive for Russia. The state refused to fund the development of the technology, saying it was expensive and not worth it..
Speaking in the Russian parliament, Digital Development Minister Maksut Shadayev added that a program to support Russian developers using the national engine could wait for private funding. Looks like they even found him. mystery investorwho wants to save the project, the Vedomosti server reports. According to Russian developers, the development will require billion rublesfor it to happen at all. Not to mention additional investments in its improvement in subsequent years. Therefore, the question arises whether the mysterious investor has enough money to finance the entire development.
The ambitious plans have been backed by big names in the Russian tech sector, such as the state-controlled Facebook alternative VKontakte or Russia’s largest digital service provider, Rostelecom. Nevertheless, the project faced harsh reality in the Russian parliament.
Source :Indian TV
