Port the game to Android!

[Praise the Lamb]

We have everything from GTA III to GTA San Andreas running on Android. Minecraft as well. No excuse not to port, would be a popular Android game, and with more basic graphics than other games, this game could, with optimizations, run on Android, and not just on high end new phones. My old SGS3 runs San Andreas. Two year old phone. By now most people have crap like the LG G3, SGS5, etc. Big, beefy phones. Definitely a good idea.

[《ELIF_》]

You do know that Android has no keyboard, which this games really needs, Also this game is also being worked on by a single person, doing this will only delay the games progression, It would be cool to play unturned on the go, but i think it cant be done due to Hardware limitations of moblie devices.

[Xscha]

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[Phoxxo]

number one the screen is going to have 14 buttons
number two that game is not made for some thing like that.
number three is going to be the worst game with to much buttons.

[moose]

"no excuse not to port,"?

GTA & Minecraft are being developed by Rockstar and Mojang respectively. Two companies that have a large workforce to have some of them port their games over to mobile while still having the rest while still paying attention to the original release platform.

Unturned, on the other hand is being developed by one single person, so Nelson pretty much has an excuse not to port it over to mobile platforms at the moment, or ever. Controls are also another problem.

It's a definitely good idea, but it's not really a possible one. At least for now.

[PhinixTheFox]

I would like it on andriod or on kindlefires but there are just some games that can't be used on diffrent devices.

[Phoxxo]

Originally posted by PhinixTheFox:

I would like it on andriod or on kindlefires but there are just some games that can't be used on diffrent devices.

hey do you think about how much buttons are going to be there 14 so that will be fun to play a game cover in buttons right?

[Praise the Lamb]

Originally posted by nerfcrazy5:

That would be impossible. Unturned uses actual 3D models for the game, and phones can't run that. It may seem like they can, but they're all technically all in a "flat" 2D space.

... srsly.
I think you should refrain from providing input in this conversation as you very clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

Originally posted by SNETShizukaMiyuki:

You do know that Android has no keyboard, which this games really needs, Also this game is also being worked on by a single person, doing this will only delay the games progression, It would be cool to play unturned on the go, but i think it cant be done due to Hardware limitations of moblie devices.

Originally posted by BloodLord100:

number one the screen is going to have 14 buttons
number two that game is not made for some thing like that.
number three is going to be the worst game with to much buttons.

Keyboard and mouse/gamepad. Noone said this was going to be run on phones, either. There are tablets and TV sticks. Also, nowhere near as many buttons as you think, even if the touchscreen is to be used. You'd need an analog stick, attack button, use button, menu button. That's about it.

Originally posted by Derpy Tombstone:

"no excuse not to port,"?

GTA & Minecraft are being developed by Rockstar and Mojang respectively. Two companies that have a large workforce to have some of them port their games over to mobile while still having the rest while still paying attention to the original release platform.

Unturned, on the other hand is being developed by one single person, so Nelson pretty much has an excuse not to port it over to mobile platforms at the moment, or ever. Controls are also another problem.

It's a definitely good idea, but it's not really a possible one. At least for now.

Most viable comment I've seen here so far. Though, I believe Unity (This runs Unity, yes?) has already been ported to Android, it may just be the issue of porting the rest of the game.

[《ELIF_》]

Originally posted by skarlitz:

Keyboard and mouse/gamepad. Noone said this was going to be run on phones, either. There are tablets and TV sticks. Also, nowhere near as many buttons as you think, even if the touchscreen is to be used. You'd need an analog stick, attack button, use button, menu button. That's about it.

lets not forget about, crouch button, prone button, action button, inventory button, the information button, crafting button, skills button, and the equip 1st, and 2ndary button.
and lets not forget, your gonna have to fit all these buttons into 1 tiny screen, which will just be annoying.
also what will be the point of porting it to mobile devices such as phones, if your gonna be required to buy a keyboard and a mouse/gamepad.
also lets not forget, the game doesnt even have a Linux version yet, even tho Unity supports Linux, so there must be a compatibility issue going on, so that probobly the same to mobile phones aswell.

[Praise the Lamb]

Originally posted by SNETShizukaMiyuki:

Originally posted by skarlitz:

Keyboard and mouse/gamepad. Noone said this was going to be run on phones, either. There are tablets and TV sticks. Also, nowhere near as many buttons as you think, even if the touchscreen is to be used. You'd need an analog stick, attack button, use button, menu button. That's about it.

lets not forget about, crouch button, prone button, action button, inventory button, the information button, crafting button, skills button, and the equip 1st, and 2ndary button.
and lets not forget, your gonna have to fit all these buttons into 1 tiny screen, which will just be annoying.
also what will be the point of porting it to mobile devices such as phones, if your gonna be required to buy a keyboard and a mouse/gamepad.
also lets not forget, the game doesnt even have a Linux version yet, even tho Unity supports Linux, so there must be a compatibility issue going on, so that probobly the same to mobile phones aswell.

The last bit is true, about not having a Linux port yet. I suppose the dev should work on that first.
As for the buttons, I'm sure it can be done. All the buttons you need to account for are hardware ones for basic gameplay. A lot of them can be merged.

For example, slot 1,2,3,4 can be merged into one switch button. Prone and couch can be grouped into a 3-step crouch button (stand, crouch, prone) like in CoD.

That leaves you with only having to account for looking, moving, stand-crouch-prone, jump (can be double tap on crouch button or on rest of screen), a switch button, a use button, and an everything else button, which will open the inventory menu from switching and crafting, etc. You can even combine switch and use. You swipe on the use button to switch. Etc. Neat tricks like that can bring the button count down.

[Xscha]

this is not a competition of "who can see the most errors in the others plan". the fact remains nelson cant port it yet unless he forgets about computer edition for about a year.

[Praise the Lamb]

@fatmonkey
Really now? So you're saying that Unturned will never reach a steady bugfix cycle where Nelson will be free to work on other things?

[Phoxxo]

Originally posted by skarlitz:

We have everything from GTA III to GTA San Andreas running on Android. Minecraft as well. No excuse not to port, would be a popular Android game, and with more basic graphics than other games, this game could, with optimizations, run on Android, and not just on high end new phones. My old SGS3 runs San Andreas. Two year old phone. By now most people have crap like the LG G3, SGS5, etc. Big, beefy phones. Definitely a good idea.

The only point they made those games because they dont need a lot of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ controls and they dont need a phone power full as a PC.

[Phoxxo]

So true on surgeon simulator discussion there was a my little pony troll asking for a pony hart transplant and every one saying they will not do that and the MLG start trolling and go very mad that he or she should be banned and you are like that player but not in a ranging way.

[《ELIF_》]

Originally posted by BloodLord100:

So true on surgeon simulator discussion there was a my little pony troll asking for a pony hart transplant and every one saying they will not do that and the MLG start trolling and go very mad that he or she should be banned and you are like that player but not in a ranging way.

well that was quite.. rude I suppose....
anyway, this just can't be done right now, it may be in the future, if Nelson ever decides to hire a few people to work for him, but as he said in the interview, he much prefers to work alone, as there will be less confusion and delay.

[Lu]

All suggestions are appreciated and it isn't anyone's job to discourage people from sharing them. Thanks for your idea.