Game Design for Mobile

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#220031609Thursday, June 29, 2017 2:48 PM GMT

Is there a function on Roblox which gets the device the player is using? I want to use this so that the Gui's can be a certain size depending on the device the player is using so that they look good on all devices.

Exeplex

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#220031845Thursday, June 29, 2017 2:53 PM GMT

if game:GetService("UserInputService").TouchEnabled == true then print("Player is using a touch-screen device") end It checks if they're on a Touch device (Tablet or phone). Resolution Detection will take some digging. I suggest you look into AbsoluteSize!

TheM0rt0nator

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#220032065Thursday, June 29, 2017 2:57 PM GMT

Is that what games like Murder Mystery use in order to make it compatible with mobile?

Exeplex

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#220033695Thursday, June 29, 2017 3:27 PM GMT

That's very hard to answer. Because everyone have their own way to pull off their neat little tricks. Some people go through the trouble of coding their GUI Resizing functions which could take time. Others find neat little tricks to scale GUI by implementing multiple GUI's into each other. It's very time consuming.

Exeplex

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#220033781Thursday, June 29, 2017 3:28 PM GMT

I recommend checking this out, it's pretty handy. You could try experimenting with it! ########################################################################

Exeplex

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#220033805Thursday, June 29, 2017 3:29 PM GMT

devforum.roblox.com/t/keeping-the-aspect-ratio-of-your-guis/17171

chimmihc

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#220034176Thursday, June 29, 2017 3:36 PM GMT

You can make a separate version of the game for each platform. There is no actual way to detect the player platform. Checking for a touch screen works for mobile devices now, but if roblox ever decides to support touch screen in general, that won't work.