VN Ren'Py Persona 4 Project [Development Thread + Compression Question]

[Golden Goose Studios]

Hey guys, I'm Golden Goose, an aspiring game developer that's planning to release my first game in a few days. This project I'm working on is going to be majorly animated and more story-driven instead of being sandbox-like. It's going to be a Persona game and I'm focusing on mimicking the look and feel of the game to make it as authentic as possible to the real counterpart. Here's some screenshots of the project below!


My question is what's the best method of compression? I'm not sure how to compress my game to a point where quality won't be affected. Are there any tools that can help with this stuff?

Thanks again! Please look forward to the game release in the coming days.

 

[Droid Productions]

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Hey guys, I'm Golden Goose, an aspiring game developer that's planning to release my first game in a few days. This project I'm working on is going to be majorly animated and more story-driven instead of being sandbox-like. It's going to be a Persona game and I'm focusing on mimicking the look and feel of the game to make it as authentic as possible to the real counterpart. Here's some screenshots of the project below!
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My question is what's the best method of compression? I'm not sure how to compress my game to a point where quality won't be affected. Are there any tools that can help with this stuff?

Thanks again! Please look forward to the game release in the coming days.

Huge fan of Persona 4/5, so good luck

Usual way to compress stuff for Renpy (assuming that's your tech-stack) is WebP/WebM. At lossy-95% compression you'll get a nice compression with minimal loss of quality. Look at XNConvert for a good batch tool.

 

[Golden Goose Studios]

Huge fan of Persona 4/5, so good luck

Usual way to compress stuff for Renpy (assuming that's your tech-stack) is WebP/WebM. At lossy-95% compression you'll get a nice compression with minimal loss of quality. Look at XNConvert for a good batch tool.

I appreciate it! Yea, I definitely need to convert a lot of my stuff into JPEG/JPG. Never realized how big PNG can get once you add enough of em!

 

[HELIO CESAR]

Another tip its to use 'sprite swapping' or ' layered graphics', Only loading sprites or zones that have an active change from a sprite to another, could be more tricky with full animated scenarios, and demands that you fit your work to be structured like this. don't know if you are already using it or considering to but wanted to say it.

The game is looking pretty good aesthetically you got some really good Persona 4 models!

 

[Golden Goose Studios]

Another tip its to use 'sprite swapping' or ' layered graphics', Only loading sprites or zones that have an active change from a sprite to another, could be more tricky with full animated scenarios, and demands that you fit your work to be structured like this. don't know if you are already using it or considering to but wanted to say it.

The game is looking pretty good aesthetically you got some really good Persona 4 models!

Thanks for the advice! I'm using layered images for longer winded cutscenes and with assets like sprites I'm already using something like sprite swapping. For the animated scenarios, it's definitely more tricky but I did find a way!

 

[HELIO CESAR]

Thanks for the advice! I'm using layered images for longer winded cutscenes and with assets like sprites I'm already using something like sprite swapping. For the animated scenarios, it's definitely more tricky but I did find a way!

Cool, doing that and using video and image files that are more compact is already way more than what a bunch of devs does!

 

[Droid Productions]

I appreciate it! Yea, I definitely need to convert a lot of my stuff into JPEG/JPG. Never realized how big PNG can get once you add enough of em!

Definitely use WebP instead of JPEG.
- supports transparency
- better compression (smaller images or better quality for the same size)

JPEG at this point's a very old format, and Renpy supports WebP out of the box (as does XNConvert).