Why devolopers don't make android version for their games?

[Dostesker]

I dont really know much about the industry but there must be lots of players who prefer playing nsfw games on their phone. I keep seeing more and more games with "mobile game" tag under Unity prefix but I rarely see any in Others prefix. Is it because porting is hard?
Additional question: Is there an emulator which you can play "Others" games?

 

[Hypocryte72]

All I can say is, it's mostly all about business. If it's worth extending development time if there is demand on paying customers.

 

[NeonSelf]

Mobile devices have their own problems to deal with, when developing a game for them.

- different input. If you plan to make mobile game it should be touch input only. No hotkeys or right mouse button usage.
- file size restrictions. I've seen a few games, that had to split game files in two separate archives, so you play first part and then second
- additional testing on smartphone. Its not only time consuming, but also debugging an app on smartphone has its own problems: chatching error messages in console, reinstalling builds one after another while fixing bugs.

Unity has mobile support, but still its harder than making same game for windows.

 

[Waifu Dreams Studio]

Mobile devices have their own problems to deal with, when developing a game for them.

- different input. If you plan to make mobile game it should be touch input only. No hotkeys or right mouse button usage.
- file size restrictions. I've seen a few games, that had to split game files in two separate archives, so you play first part and then second
- additional testing on smartphone. Its not only time consuming, but also debugging an app on smartphone has its own problems: chatching error messages in console, reinstalling builds one after another while fixing bugs.

Unity has mobile support, but still its harder than making same game for windows.

I very much agree, also almost all the games here are made by a single person so it is more complicated for one person to work with two platforms, Unity helps a lot but sometimes it is a headache

 

[Glorified_ignorance]

I dont really know much about the industry but there must be lots of players who prefer playing nsfw games on their phone. I keep seeing more and more games with "mobile game" tag under Unity prefix but I rarely see any in Others prefix. Is it because porting is hard?
Additional question: Is there an emulator which you can play "Others" games?

Depends on demand and statistics, in most cases it's not wroth the effort, due to low returning income.

 

[♍VoidTraveler]

Because normally nobody in their right mind would play porn games while outside of their house.

 

[baneini]

Because normally nobody in their right mind would play porn games while outside of their house.

I've seen Lonarpg and curse pleasure threads to be completely hijacked by people troubleshooting android problems to the point they need their own dedicated threads because its just pointless noise to regular windows users.
Whether those people pay for video games is another question.

 

[♍VoidTraveler]

Whether those people pay for video games is another question.

Mobile game market is rather profitable, in some cases it can even out-profit pc gaming.
But i highly doubt that the same rules apply to porn games.
After all, unless you're a complete deviant, you wouldn't want people to see you sporting a hard on outside of your house.
And inside of your house you'll likely have a much better option - your pc.

 

[Jack Madrigal]

.. but why would anyone want to play on a tiny little greasy screen when you can play it on full hd wide screen with dolby surround ?

you want to jerk off in the train now do you ?

 

[NeonSelf]

.. but why would anyone want to play on a tiny little greasy screen when you can play it on full hd wide screen with dolby surround ?

There is a little private room in every home.
I mostly watch YouTube there, but someone might enjoy adult games. Especially if he lives with family or parents.

 

[Cosy Creator]

On itch.io my download numbers for android and PC are virtually identical, pretty much a 50/50 split. When it comes to paid supporters on Patreon however, it's 80% PC vs 20% android. I would guess a lot of devs see this and figure it's simply not worth the effort, especially when you start having to work around the restrictive file size limits of android.

 

[Fate stay]

Because normally nobody in their right mind would play porn games while outside of their house.

Except if it's Me

 

[Jack Madrigal]

In all honesty it's for a very specific group of peoples in a very specific settings, I don't think it's a normal human behavior that you HAVE to play porn game on your smartphone while sitting on the shitter, like you can't wait to have your ass wiped...

I don't judge, if you like to jerk your dick in your feces, that's your life, I just don't think it's an economically sound decision for the devs to dedicate work hours for a handfull of Michael Myers that roam in our societies.