Hello 👋, I am an indie game developer and I have been making games using my phone as I don't have any PC or Laptop. I learned programming, gamedev, pixel art and etc on my phone.
So today I am writing for those who are interested in making games on phone.
NOTE that it's generally not recommended to make games on phone. As even on high-end computers it's just too much work to do. Only make games on phone if you don't have any other options or you're very interested in it.
How To Make Games
To make games you would generally use:
- Frameworks: If coding the game from scratch.
- Game Engines: If not coding from scratch.
- Asset Stores: If using premade assets.
- Asset Creation Tools: If you want to make assets yourself.
Frameworks like SDL, RayLib and LÖVE is mostly chosen to make games from scratch and Game engines like Unity, Godot and Unreal is commonly used for making games. For assets Sketchfab is a great place for 3D assets and Itch.io also has premade assets. Blender is very commonly used to make 3d assets and Asprite for pixel art assets.
Though when making games on phone your choices are limited... Or Is It?
How To Make Games (on phone):
When making games or even coding you need a "Development Environment". On phone you can use Termux which is a terminal emulator and gives you a Linux Environment. If you have a decent phone (e.g 4GB ram, Android 11 and Adreno 610) you can run Linux apps like Blender (hardware acceleration required), Gimp, Tiled etc. You also get to run IDEs like VSCode on it with frameworks. For Game Engines you can use Godot which is available natively on Android or use it with Termux to bypass some limitations with the Godot Android Editor.
I have discussed these in more details in my latest video.
👇 Check it out if you're interested in Gamedev On Android 👇
https://youtu.be/Htdui-cR2Mg
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