The side-scroller category comes with many cliches. Here's how to get past the stereotypes and succeed with side-scrollers.
The good news is that a majority of mobile users own a smartphone. The bad news? They're using a half-dozen different operating systems. Here, a veteran analyst explains what to consider.
With more than a half-dozen mobile OS's in use, reaching users can mean spending a lot of time and effort developing a version of your app for each OS. Or does it? Some developers are skipping apps in favor of Web services, which use the browser to create an app-like experience that works on any OS.
How do you create games to run on mobile devices? Here, Scirra's director offers a few ideas for using Construct 2.