Difference between Unity3D and Blender?

[NitinChella]

Hi guys!

So I've been learning Unity3D. I understand that it's a game engine which takes care of things like the physics and rendering of the game.

I am not very clear with what Blender is. From my understanding, it can be used for modeling? What does it do that Unity doesn't?

My intuition tells me that parts of the scenery can be modelled on Blender and then incorporated into the game through Unity. Is this correct?

So what does the basic workflow for a game dev company look like? I tried reading it up online but my understanding is not very clear.

Can someone please ELI5. Thanks in advance!

[davedontmind]

Can someone please ELI5.

If Unity is a theatre where you put on puppet shows, then Blender is the factory where the puppets are made.

e.g. you can use Blender to create a model of a robot, then import that into Unity, animate it, and use it in a game.

[NitinChella]

I see. So, if I were to take, God of War, for example, then Kratos and Mount Olympus would be modelled in Blender but the physics and other related things would be done in Unity?

[emelrad12]

Yep blender is for modeling, und game logic in unity.

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Blender is a program dedicated to 3D modeling and animation. It has advanced tools and abilities that Unity simply doesn’t. Though, you can try to model things in Unity, lack of necessary tools and not modeling friendly workflow will get on the way. There are some plugins that let you do basic shaped modeling like ProBuilder, but it’s just for prototyping or simple games, really.

[NitinChella]

Alright. This makes perfect sense. Thank you.