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Hi KronisLV, I am thinking of learning game programming and teaching some kids the same. I realize that publishing the game on consoles like PS4 or making it av

Hi KronisLV, I am thinking of learning game programming and teaching some kids the same. I realize that publishing the game on consoles like PS4 or making it available on Mac, or Android, Iphone is the _end_ that we will like to see with this adventure. Would Godot engine help me publish games in all the platforms? Or would Unity / Unreal are more suitable for that? Thanks for this comparison, it helped with some perspective.

KronisLV 5y ago
> Would Godot engine help me publish games in all the platforms? Or would Unity / Unreal are more suitable for that? Unity platform support: https://unity.com/solutions/multiplatform https://unity.com/solutions/multiplatform About PlayStation in particular (you will need a license): https://support.unity.com/hc/en-us/articles/212064606-How-do-I-develop-to-PlayStation-platforms- https://support.unity.com/hc/en-us/articles/212064606-How-do... About Xbox in particular (you will need a license): https://support.unity.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005327866-How-do-I-develop-to-Xbox-platforms- https://support.unity.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005327866-How... Other consoles are actually a lot like that too, though you should have no problems on mobile/desktop/web platforms with Unity. Godot platform support: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/export/index.html https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/export/inde... Should be similarly easy for mobile/desktop/web platforms. For consoles you'll probably want to get in touch with the companies that could help you with exporting to consoles: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/platform/consoles.html https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/platform/co... Unreal platform support: https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/SharingAndReleasing/ https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/SharingAndReleasing... Similar story to the above (that one link should be enough). In summary, i'd suggest that you don't bother with consoles, because those take a lot of time and effort to export anything to. Other platforms should be easier to work with in all of the engines, desktop/web probably being the best bet.
- Mikeb85 5y ago
  There's a company run by one of the Godot devs that offers console porting services. Keep in mind console specific code is protected by NDAs plus you need to have a devkit. Godot definitely CAN be ported to consoles, that code just can't be open source nor freely distributed.

KronisLV 5y ago

> Would Godot engine help me publish games in all the platforms? Or would Unity / Unreal are more suitable for that? Unity platform support: https://unity.com/solutions/multiplatform https://unity.com/solutions/multiplatform About PlayStation in particular (you will need a license): https://support.unity.com/hc/en-us/articles/212064606-How-do-I-develop-to-PlayStation-platforms- https://support.unity.com/hc/en-us/articles/212064606-How-do... About Xbox in particular (you will need a license): https://support.unity.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005327866-How-do-I-develop-to-Xbox-platforms- https://support.unity.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005327866-How... Other consoles are actually a lot like that too, though you should have no problems on mobile/desktop/web platforms with Unity. Godot platform support: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/export/index.html https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/export/inde... Should be similarly easy for mobile/desktop/web platforms. For consoles you'll probably want to get in touch with the companies that could help you with exporting to consoles: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/platform/consoles.html https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/platform/co... Unreal platform support: https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/SharingAndReleasing/ https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/SharingAndReleasing... Similar story to the above (that one link should be enough). In summary, i'd suggest that you don't bother with consoles, because those take a lot of time and effort to export anything to. Other platforms should be easier to work with in all of the engines, desktop/web probably being the best bet.

Mikeb85 5y ago
There's a company run by one of the Godot devs that offers console porting services. Keep in mind console specific code is protected by NDAs plus you need to have a devkit. Godot definitely CAN be ported to consoles, that code just can't be open source nor freely distributed.