Games for android (own market)

[Valeriekyree]

I know it is against the rules to have an app placed in the Google Playstore to sell apps itself, but there is nothing against making an own market like amazon does so or others. I hate it that I can't play the games I bought legally on steam and there is an android version for it without paying for it again and I would be willing to buy a lot more games knowing that I can, for example, play Splice on my computer and know I can progress in the train with the same savegame because of the steam cloud! Really would buy everything available with this option.


(Even better would be to have a deal with Google and merge the playstore and steam as described above)

Edit: started to make a list of known games that are already available on steam and android

Cogs
Splice
SpaceChem
World of Goo
Osmos
Uplink
Anomaly Warzone
Hacker Evolution
Swords and Sorcery
Cthulhu saves the world
Eufloria
Super Hexagon
Machinarium
Spirits
Toki Tori
Swords and Soldiers
Zen Bound
Waking mars
Edge
10000000
Yesterday
Puddle
McPixel
Broken Sword
Broken Sword 2
Nightsky
Worms 2: Armageddon
Alien Breed
Plants vs. Zombies
Puzzle quest 2
Avernum: Escape From the Pit
Avadon: The Black Fortress
Flight Control
angry birds
cut the rope
Fieldrunners 1/2
Knights of pen and paper
Smallworld2
Organ Trail: Directors Cut
Vector
Noir Syndrome

Other franchises that are the same IP but very much adapted for the mobile version
The Bard's Tale
GTA III
GTA: Vice City
Minecraft PE
Duke Nukem 3D
Scribblenauts Remix
magicka
King's bounty
Resident Evil
Doom

[Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel]

I don't how many devs out there are capable of making a cross platform game between android and windows.

I'd imagine not many.

I mean notch couldn't even do it with minecraft and that was on Java.

[Valeriekyree]

Splice, Swords and Sorcery, Cthulhu saves the World, Eufloria are what I know by heart straight 1:1 multiplatform, and I'm sure there are a lot more.

GTA series and minecraft to an extend; they needed heavy adaptation and porting, but minecraft doesn't really count that much as it is not featured on steam and ye, one can make an exception for GTA, or bring out an android+PC bundle.

[Anni]

I would like to play the older rpg games or adventures on my android tablet, that would be great.
Buy them on steam and play on the mobile device.

[Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel]

Originally posted by Svardskampe:

Splice, Swords and Sorcery, Cthulhu saves the World, Eufloria are what I know by heart straight 1:1 multiplatform, and I'm sure there are a lot more.

GTA series and minecraft to an extend; they needed heavy adaptation and porting, but minecraft doesn't really count that much as it is not featured on steam and ye, one can make an exception for GTA, or bring out an android+PC bundle.

Right but then how would you convert the saves?

All the games you just explained are simply ported. Porting requires extra work, and thus the devs are compensated for the extra time wasted with money. No one works for free.

[Valeriekyree]

Well, I was not really talking about porting games, however that will obviously happen when it catches on. But there are already a number of cross-platform games that I'd like to buy IF I could get them for android as well. The games I found that are crossplatform thus far:

Puddle
Cogs
Splice
SpaceChem
World of Goo
Osmos
Uplink
Anomaly Warzone
Hacker Evolution
Swords and Sorcery
Cthulhu saves the world
Eufloria
Super Hexagon

Other franchises that are the same IP but very much adapted for the mobile version
The Bard's Tale
GTA III
GTA: Vice City
Minecraft PE

And yes, but they were ported for Mac OS and Linux as well. Why would android be any different.
(And I would seriously buy all of the above if I could get it crossplatform as well)

[Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel]

Originally posted by Svardskampe:

Well, I was not really talking about porting games, however that will obviously happen when it catches on. But there are already a number of cross-platform games that I'd like to buy IF I could get them for android as well. The games I found that are crossplatform thus far:

Puddle
Cogs
Splice
SpaceChem
World of Goo
Osmos
Uplink
Anomaly Warzone
Hacker Evolution
Swords and Sorcery
Cthulhu saves the world
Eufloria
Super Hexagon

Other franchises that are the same IP but very much adapted for the mobile version
The Bard's Tale
GTA III
GTA: Vice City
Minecraft PE

And yes, but they were ported for Mac OS and Linux as well. Why would android be any different.
(And I would seriously buy all of the above if I could get it crossplatform as well)

I have everything from cogs to super hexagon on steam, where can I get android versions of those games?

[Valeriekyree]

For now? The google playstore or if you bought them on the humblebundle you could have got cogs, eufloria, machinarium (another one I didn't add to the above list!), Osmos, Spirits (oh and another one!), Splice, Swords and Sorcery, Toki Tori (one more), Swords and Soldiers (even one more crossplatform game,...), Uplink, World of Goo, Zen Bound (and another one) and waking mars (yep), Edge(..) and Spacechem

So even more to add to the above list:

Machinarium
Spirits
Toki Tori
Swords and Soldiers
Zen Bound
Waking mars
Edge


I think there are even more crossplatform games with android than with linux natively (while android is built on top of the linux kernel, it's kinda standalone)

[Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel]

Originally posted by Svardskampe:

For now? The google playstore or if you bought them on the humblebundle you could have got cogs, eufloria, machinarium (another one I didn't add to the above list!), Osmos, Spirits (oh and another one!), Splice, Swords and Sorcery, Toki Tori (one more), Swords and Soldiers (even one more crossplatform game,...), Uplink, World of Goo, Zen Bound (and another one) and waking mars (yep), Edge(..) and Spacechem

So even more to add to the above list:

Machinarium
Spirits
Toki Tori
Swords and Soldiers
Zen Bound
Waking mars
Edge


I think there are even more crossplatform games with android than with linux natively (while android is built on top of the linux kernel, it's kinda standalone)

... Define Crossplatform. I think you mean multi-platform. Crossplatform implies I can buy one copy and have access to all the versions and enables the ability to use the same profile save on any of the versions of the game.

Humble bundle is simply a one time deal where they sell multiplatform games, it doesn't imply cross platform.

Here is an example of cross platform. I bought Spacechem from steam and can use it on mac and windows. My profile progress are synced on both.

[Valeriekyree]

It's my suggestion to make it crossplatform with steam...jeez, read the first post

[Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel]

Originally posted by Svardskampe:

It's my suggestion to make it crossplatform with steam...jeez, read the first post

Originally posted by Svardskampe:

The games I found that are crossplatform thus far:

In that post you said that those games are already crossplatform in regards to windows and android.

[Valeriekyree]

Alright they are already "multiplatform" in regard to windows and android, now my suggestion is to make them "crossplatform" as well with steam.

[MDuh]

Subscribing on this thread

Btw, your missing:
10000000
Yesterday
Puddle

[Valeriekyree]

Thanks for your feedback, and I added them to the OP ;)

[Artilies]

McPixel
Broken sword 1 and 2
Nightsky

[Valeriekyree]

what did I got myself into xD

No, but really, Valve needs to add this. As in, rather today