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Game Development How to Make a Video Game Introduction to Video Games What is a Game?

Posted by George Zalokostas
George Zalokostas
1,233 Points

Making an iOS game

I would like to know if it's possible to create a game and publish it in the app store using unity. Also If I make the game , can it be published both in the app store and on the play store for android? do i have to do anything diffferent or re-write the code?

I know i have to subscribe for an apple developer for 99/year. is it free for the android market?

Thanks :)

2 Answers

Nathan F.
Nathan F.
30,773 Points
Nathan F.
Nathan F.
30,773 Points

If you want cross-platform between iOS and Android, the best means is by using something like Unity, which can be exported to both easily. Now that Swift is open source and there are rumblings of attempts to bring Swift to Android, cross-platform Swift apps may one day be possible, but for now it'd still involve rewriting a lot of UI code and most likely a lot of game logic as well.

Javier Alvarado
Javier Alvarado
16,060 Points
Javier Alvarado
Javier Alvarado
16,060 Points

This is an old post but I figured I'd add my two cents (specifically for the last question asked), even though you may have figured this part out already. Publishing an app or game on the Google Play Store is not free, fortunately/unfortunately. When I published my first Android app I had to pay $25 to get a developer account. The good news is it was a one time fee. I believe the price is still the same at this point in time, but it could change in the future.