We received a lot of feedback recently that has helped us prioritize needed features to unlock our developers. Leading up to our participation in Global Game Jam, we published version 2.0.1 of the Genies Avatar SDK to the Unity Asset Store that adds all types of support and features!

Key Unlocks for Developers

This new version of the Genies Avatar SDK solves some critical blockers for many developers. Here are the key unlocks with this update:

• Unity 6 Support: A majority of Unity developers are using the most recent version of the editor so it only makes sense that Genies supports them as well.

• Cinemachine 3 Support: The sample scenes have been upgraded to use the newer version of Cinemachine package to unlock developers that are using it in their projects.

• Windows Build Support: In addition to iOS and Android, Genies developers can now build their projects to Windows standalone.

• Anonymous Login: This feature has been one of the most requested. Players can now login without making a Genies account. This unlocks projects that are using their own login credentials or third-party login services.

Not Just That: More Features with this Update

Besides those four major unlocks, we also included some smaller quality of life fixes and improvements:

• Improved Sample Scenes: Another feedback we received is to make the sample scenes simpler to use. We reformatted the sample scenes so the component prefabs are more modular and can be easily used for external scenes. They also got a UI polish to make them more appealing for your projects.

• Improved Visual Fidelity: The Avatar framework also received some updates to make the Avatar and its wearables have higher quality graphics.

• Improved Onboarding: The Bootstrap Wizard tool that helps developers initialize their projects has been updated to make the process more efficient.

The Genies Avatar SDK is vastly improved thanks to all the developer feedback we received. We are excited to see how this update will help developers in the upcoming Global Game Jam. Please reach out to us if you have any more feedback.

Find the release notes and documentation here:https://docs.genies.com/docs/sdk-avatar/release-notes/sdk-avatar-2-0-1