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Create games using only my phone??

A topic by Felix-Javier created Jul 01, 2022 Views: 1,041 Replies: 10
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I only have an android phone but I still want to make games. The problem is that I can't find any game engine that actually works and let me export as .apk


Someone here has better luck? There is any engine I can use in my phone to create a whole game using only my phone?

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You are not going to make anything substantial with such a thing, even if it existed.

Sell your smartphone. Get a dumbphone, and an actual computer.

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As someone who develops on PC I don’t have a lot of specific recommendations, and in general the best tools are exclusive to it. However, I think it might be possible to do some gamedev on mobile with gdevelop? The software can be used via a web browser and it supports exporting to android, so you might be able to try that. No guarantees, but it’ll cost you nothing to give it a shot.

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thx this is way better than a big NO. I also try construct3. Its also web browser app but it's to complicated for me. I also have a python3 app with pygame. I also have a phone book for kids that I am trying to make it work. Others engines apps have not work as I spected or don't let me export.


I will try this page. Wish me luck.

If you have money you can try  Shadow, cost $30 but you have access to a computer

that's exactly my problem.. no computer I only have an android phone.

If you only have an android then try this....... It's Magic, you can even export apks and publish it.

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If you're willing to settle for interactive fiction, Borogrove is reported to work well enough on a phone, and for an offline app there's Fabularium. Sadly Twine isn't really usable even on tablets, if I remember correctly.

Edit: for a mobile app to export APKs is a tricky proposition. Google intentionally makes it hard through licensing and technical means. But I think Termux might include a way to do that. I haven't actually tried.

I will take a look. I just wish those are not above my paygrade lol  but thanks.

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Try libGDX by badlogic(or maybe gdxengine, whatever they call it) use java and make your own 2D or 3D game on Android phone....

here are the links:

https://apkpure.com/gdxengine-based-on-libgdx/com.tekkenrca.gdx

https://github.com/game-libgdx-unity/GDX-Engine


I like this one but don't let me export to .apk.    I wonder if anyone knows if is possible to do it (.apk)

So far I'm trying to get better in Gdev

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