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Book 3's close to 10GB; there's no way I could fit that onto an Android device.
Wouldn't the file size be more of a device performance issue? High-end Android devices can handle a file that complex/ large. You'd catch community flack [probably] for gating out all the low-end folks, but just throwing the file out and saying, "if you can play it you can play it," doesn't seem like the worst idea?

or, just split Book 3 into parts for Android?
 
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Wouldn't the file size be more of a device performance issue? High-end Android devices can handle a file that complex/ large. You'd catch community flack [probably] for gating out all the low-end folks, but just throwing the file out and saying, "if you can play it you can play it," doesn't seem like the worst idea?

or, just split Book 3 into parts for Android?
It is Android"issue". YOu have to get bigger filesdownloaded from store and you are paying for it :D
 
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Wouldn't the file size be more of a device performance issue? High-end Android devices can handle a file that complex/ large. You'd catch community flack [probably] for gating out all the low-end folks, but just throwing the file out and saying, "if you can play it you can play it," doesn't seem like the worst idea?

or, just split Book 3 into parts for Android?
Android APKs flat out can't be more than 2GB, it will refuse to load them. You'd need a system for side-loading additional content; usually by streaming it from a server. Setting that up is doable (I did it for a few versions of Book 2 before I gave up the fight), but it's a genuine pain in the ass, and it means I'm stuck paying for bandwidth (a LOT of bandwidth, at 8GB+ / install) with no real way of monetizing it (it's not like Google's going to let me put a game with anal sex in it on the AppStore).

Splitting it into parts doesn't really fix anything, since it's got sandbox content, and all the sandbox content would need to be in every part. And, again, a LOT of work for not a lot of reward.
 

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ok.....i'm on my 5th (or 6th, i don't know....) playthrough of Book 1, and i seem to have found a continity/story issue:
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You could have met her several days before that, and I do a nudge ("I should go to the grassmarket), before I hard-force you to go last minute so you've met her before the party :)

It's one of those events that in hindsight should have been fixed, not optional, but Bella was never originally meant to have the role and impact she ended up having; I fell in love with her while writing her.
 
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You could have met her several days before that, and I do a nudge ("I should go to the grassmarket), before I hard-force you to go last minute so you've met her before the party :)

It's one of those events that in hindsight should have been fixed, not optional, but Bella was never originally meant to have the role and impact she ended up having; I fell in love with her while writing her.
shit, i missed it....oh well, playthrough 7 i'll try to remember. and i agree, she's awesome! it's a shame she isn't much in MS yet.......
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Noticed a continuity issue from book 1 NG+. If you're past the event where Emily introduces you to Matthew in Edinburgh he still does not seem to recognize you when you meet him in the shrine in elsewhere
 
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ok, found another issue/error/bug-up-my-ass: i intentionally kept going to Grassmarket to meet Bella ASAP, i'm on day 25, and at night i meet Bella, all good so far. then at late night, on my PC i have an email FROM BELLA talking about if i remember meeting her with Katie A COUPLE DAYS AGO! ......come on man, i know werewolves here live fast but time traveling werewolves?!?!

LOL i'm just joking about the time traveling, just wanted to give you a heads up!
 

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Droid Productions, any ETA on Steam early access? (take my money and all that)
For Morningstar, you mean?

Not enough wishlists yet; if I launch now it'll fail to get any organic traction (if a game launches in the woods, and nobody sees it, did it really launch?) At the moment it's about 4k wishlists; it needs about 6k to have a chance at becoming successful.

If any of you have enjoyed Love of Magic, giving Morningstar a wishlist is a super powerful way to help it have a good launch.

 

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For Morningstar, you mean?

Not enough wishlists yet; if I launch now it'll fail to get any organic traction (if a game launches in the woods, and nobody sees it, did it really launch?) At the moment it's about 4k wishlists; it needs about 6k to have a chance at becoming successful.

If any of you have enjoyed Love of Magic, giving Morningstar a wishlist is a super powerful way to help it have a good launch.

ok done, so when can i expect my steam love of magic to be updated?
 
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ok done, so when can i expect my steam love of magic to be updated?
Likely today. Nothing terrible seems to have entered the build; I'm doing some typo checking later.


Also, I don't talk as much about my day-job (I'm a programmer / producer at Flexible Media, after I convinced my normie gamedev team to join me in the world of porn), but Sinners Landing is launching today :) Smoke testing the final beta build as soon as it hits the beta branch, then pressing the big green button.


 
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