HTML5 Resizing The Game Window on a Mobile Device

[Alec Armstrong]

GM HTML5 and Resizing The Game Window

Hi - in the past I made some online games made with GM HTML5 and they look great when accessed via a computer. However, when accessed via a mobile browser the screen size is a poor fit.

Going back a few years I once made a game that rescaled to the browser window and looks particularly good on a mobile phone (http://mrarmstrong.net/divisiontutor/). However, I believe the method was either removed by YoYo or a browser standard. My question is, is there now an easy way to get our html5 games to load on mobile phone screens so they fit on the screen nicely.

Thank you for any comments!
Alec Armstrong

 

[Alec Armstrong]

Hi - my thread has just been moved to this forum and I would still appreciate any comments.

 

[Nocturne]

For basic scaling see this article: https://www.yoyogames.com/blog/67/the-basics-of-scaling-html5

For more advanced stuff, this post is excellent: https://forum.yoyogames.com/index.php?threads/cant-scale-game-canvas-properly.40830/#post-422465

And for the best solution of all, I can heartily recommend the Mobility Engine from @True Valhalla : https://www.truevalhalla.com/blog/mobility-engine

 

[True Valhalla]

Thanks for the recommendation, Mark!

 

[Alec Armstrong]

Nocturne - thank you very much for posting! Your response gave me the answer that I wanted.

I have bought Valhalla's engine so let's hope that it will do the job!