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DragonRuby Game Toolkit

An intuitive 2D game engine. Fast, cross-platform, tiny, hot loaded. · By DragonRuby

Android

A topic by SynKrown Games created Oct 30, 2023 Views: 381 Replies: 7
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Hey, do you think you will look at making an android version? I only use my phone and being able to code on the phone and produce a game would be great

what do you use for a code editor on your phone?

I currently use construct 3 because it is web based, but I prefer coding to that style

DragonRuby requires a code editor. There isn’t one that is integrated and gui-based like Construct or Bitsy.

there are code editing apps for Android. Would creating stand alone applications be doable on Android?

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Making a fully functional code editor for Android is a ton of work.

DragonRuby is not a visual scripting engine like Construct or Bitsy. You need an application that is able to edit text/code files (such as Visual Studio Code or Sublime Text).

What code editor do you use on Android?

I think Godot exists on Android. You might want to give that a shot :-)

I just wanted to comment here that termux is amazing.  I do most of my non-work-hours coding in it, using vim.  There are some C projects which are difficult to compile in termux, including ruby.  But the termux packaging team usually takes care of that, so I just use the termux packaged ruby and it works perfectly.  (I've done most of my `net-imap` work in termux.)

And you'll want an alternate keyboard for coding.  Something with quick access to all of the symbols.  I personally use MessagEase, but there are other more "normal" keyboards.

Please note: the version on the Google Play store is old and busted.  You need to get working versions from F-Droid.