{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f8b0c6abe1b7ac00bf032305","clusterId":"c_4bbf2294226e14301a6d4680","slug":"godot-co-developer-clarifies-burning-unity-logo-slide-was-not-a-slam-on-unity","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Godot Co-Developer Clarifies Burning Unity Logo Slide Was Not a Slam on Unity","summary":"Ariel Manzur, co-developer of Godot and a board member of the Godot Foundation, spoke at the Busan Indie Wave Conference on August 14. A photo of a slide showing the Unity logo on fire spread on Reddit, and some viewers read it as Manzur disparaging Unity. Attendees and Manzur denied that reading. Manzur said the slides came from Emilio Coppola, the Godot Foundation's executive director, and the image illustrated Unity's missteps behind Godot's rise.","whyItMatters":"The misunderstanding spread because only the photo circulated, when the slide was part of an explanation of Unity's withdrawn Runtime Fee decision and the lecture slides were not even made by Manzur.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe lecture was titled \u0026#34;Godot Engine: Open source in the videogame industry.\u0026#34; Local media PNN reported that it covered how the Godot Foundation, together with the community and companies, is advancing development and maintenance of the engine. The photo that spread on Reddit showed Korean subtitles translating Manzur\u0026#39;s remarks. In that scene he was explaining that companies are generally not expected to make decisions that harm themselves, and Unity made such a decision. The \u0026#34;bad decision\u0026#34; is believed to refer to the Runtime Fee, the installation-count pricing system announced in September 2023 and withdrawn in September 2024. Archived footage of the lecture has not been released, so the details cannot be confirmed.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"A slide with the Unity logo on fire made it look like Godot co-developer Ariel Manzur slammed Unity at a Busan lecture. He says the slides were provided by the Godot Foundation's executive director, and the image illustrated Unity's withdrawn Runtime Fee decision behind Godot's rise.","twitterPost":"The burning Unity logo slide from Ariel Manzur's Busan lecture was read as a slam on Unity. Manzur says the slides came from the Godot Foundation's executive director, and the image was part of explaining Unity's withdrawn Runtime Fee decision behind Godot's rise.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"A photo of a burning Unity logo from a Godot lecture at Busan Indie Connect spread on Reddit as an attack on Unity. Manzur clarified the slides were provided by the Godot Foundation's executive director and the image illustrated Unity's withdrawn Runtime Fee decision. Attendees backed that account.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260818-460593/\",\"title\":\"Speculation Spreads That \\\"Godot Founder Slammed Unity at Lecture\\\": \\\"Burning Unity Logo Photo\\\" Takes on a Life of Its Own, Founder Explains the Situation\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4720,"outputTokens":2972,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1787020664,"createdAt":"2026-08-18T02:35:35.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-18T02:36:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-18T02:35:35.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_4bbf2294226e14301a6d4680","canonicalTitle":"“Godot創設者が講演でUnityを煽った”との憶測が出回る。「燃え盛るUnityロゴ写真」が独り歩き、本人が事情を説明","representativeArticleId":"a_4fdf4fc4ed0eab6e3288d7b8","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-18T01:20:38.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-18T01:20:38.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-18T02:36:44.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260818-460593/","title":"“Godot創設者が講演でUnityを煽った”との憶測が出回る。「燃え盛るUnityロゴ写真」が独り歩き、本人が事情を説明"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}