Future support for exporting Bevy games to Android and iOS

[phuongptwork1402]

I am looking for a new game engine to develop my future games, and I really like Bevy and Rust. However, my current goal is to build games for mobile platforms, specifically Android and iOS. It seems that Bevy does not fully support these platforms yet. I would like to ask if you plan to add more features and better support for Android and iOS in the near future, and if so, how long might it take for Bevy to have long-term and robust support for these mobile platforms?

[NthTensor]

It is possible to ship games to iOS and Android, but not easy. Personally, I'd say that is unlikely to change until mobile use starts to pick up a bit more. We don't have enough devs using bevy on these platforms who are able to debug issues and improve ergonomics.

[phuongptwork1402]

Thank you for your answer. I will consider using Bevy as a side project until it fully supports mobile platforms. Nevertheless, we are still looking forward to new features from Bevy because we use Rust as our main language for building game servers and APIs.

[NthTensor]

Can I ask what specific blockers you encountered / features you expect to need? It will help us prioritize.

[phuongptwork1402]

Yes, currently we are a small team working on online indie game projects, so we are looking to switch to a lightweight and high-performance game engine like Bevy. At the moment, we are using Godot, but it has several features that are not well-optimized in terms of performance and security. One feature we are looking forward to is the ability to interact with the pixels of game objects, multiple touch for screen. Of course, it is possible to do this, but there are still limitations and difficulties.
However, the most important thing we want to achieve is to export our games to Android and iPhone more easily. I would like to suggest, for example, that we could set up a reusable config template file to simplify the game export process.

[viridia]

It's hard to support mobile and/or console platforms without some cooperation from the manufacturers; and it's not so much that Bevy is beneath their notice, but rather that Rust is.

The good news is that if those companies ever decide to invest in supporting Rust, then Bevy will likely be one of the first places they will go.