A few quick questions

[hevesli]

Hi everyone

First of all, I want to say a huge thank you to the Atavism team. Atavism is an incredibly price-performance friendly ecosystem. To be honest, without it, even dreaming about making a game would be very difficult. I'm so glad you guys exist🧿

I've been thinking that using Unreal Engine instead of Unity would be a much better fit for my project, so I’m planning to wait for the UE5 version of Atavism. I have three questions regarding this and the future of the platform:

1. UE5 Version Licensing
Will the licensing for the upcoming UE5 version be more expensive compared to the current Unity version, or will it follow a similar pricing structure?

2. Custom Development System Pricing
I've been reading some discussions on the Discord server about the upcoming custom development system. If I understood correctly, it will operate on three different models:
 * Custom coding for individuals
 * Public project-integrated coding
 * Enterprise/Company-specific solutions

My question is: Will there be a standard hourly rate for these services (e.g., $50, $60, or $70 per hour), or will the pricing be tailored specifically per system/request?

3. Laptop for UE5 + Atavism
To make sure I don't run into performance issues when working with UE5 and Atavism in the future, I am planning to buy a new laptop. I'm eyeing the  Acer Nitro V 17 AI

 Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 260
 Memory: 32 GB DDR5 RAM
 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 
 Storage:512 GB  NVMe SSD
 

I am trying to improve my English, so I used translation tools to help me write this. Apologies if there are any weird sentences or mistakes

Thanks in advance for the answers 🌄

[Martin (Dragonsan)]

Hello and welcome. I'm sorry for the delay.

On 6/1/2026 at 2:52 PM, hevesli said:

1. UE5 Version Licensing
Will the licensing for the upcoming UE5 version be more expensive compared to the current Unity version, or will it follow a similar pricing structure?

Price should be similar, but we are thinking about raising the price for Unity as well, as we haven't changed it since the beginning (2017), while all other costs around us have been increased, like datacenter, coder rates, etc.

On 6/1/2026 at 2:52 PM, hevesli said:

2. Custom Development System Pricing
I've been reading some discussions on the Discord server about the upcoming custom development system. If I understood correctly, it will operate on three different models:
 * Custom coding for individuals
 * Public project-integrated coding
 * Enterprise/Company-specific solutions

My question is: Will there be a standard hourly rate for these services (e.g., $50, $60, or $70 per hour), or will the pricing be tailored specifically per system/request?

We are planning to introduce 3 options with the following price structure:

1. Non-exclusive, where the code will become part of Atavism's main branch that we will maintain and develop further in the future - $50/hour
2. Exclusive, where the code will be delivered only to the person/company that ordered it - $100/hour
3. Additional fee for bigger companies, to not overuse our services, which are aimed to be affordable for hobbyists and indies, +$50/hour

On 6/1/2026 at 2:52 PM, hevesli said:

3. Laptop for UE5 + Atavism
To make sure I don't run into performance issues when working with UE5 and Atavism in the future, I am planning to buy a new laptop. I'm eyeing the  Acer Nitro V 17 AI

 Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 260
 Memory: 32 GB DDR5 RAM
 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 
 Storage:512 GB  NVMe SSD

Regarding hardware specification, it's up to the project complexity. Unity and Unreal have different requirements that you can check on their official websites, but keep in mind that they are the minimum ones.

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/system-requirements.html

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/unreal-engine/hardware-and-software-specifications-for-unreal-engine?application_version=5.8

I fear that a 512GB NVMe SSD may not be enough to work comfortably, as content these days takes a lot of space, including editors, cache, system, other applications that you will want to have, etc.
The question is where you will want to start the server, if locally, it will also consume some CPU/RAM, but you can offload it using a server in the cloud.

Overall, the hardware specification that you sent is not bad.

Enjoy your development.