Just letting you know this:
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Does the developer informs patrons and players they collect analytical data and what sort of data?
Google Analytics collects high-level information such as a user's country of residence or access, device used to access content, web browser, etc. If they have conversion tracking set up, they may also be able to see the number of downloads. What the dev. would be able see and dig into is pretty limited beyond that unless they have added specific code segments for more detail tracking via custom programming.
That said, they should inform Patrons that they are using Analytics as that's a part of Google's guidelines and terms of use. They should also have a privacy statement outlining what data they collect and for what purpose.
Exactly, that's why i believe the moderators should update the OP and mark the game uses tracking/analytics.
Indeed, in order to obtain feedback from the game and better understanding the dynamics of the gameplays and user experience, we proceeded to implement the analytics of Google,
HOWEVER,
it did not pass the private tests, specifically because there were problems and it was not possible to connect Renpy's visual novel with Google Analytics. This is why the game never asks or informs you about this, and it is because literally is not doing any tracking or sending information to anyone.
At the time of coding, when the use of analytics was ruled out, an error was made deleting only the editable file that is the .rpy and forgetting to delete the .rpyc (which makes it looks that information is being collected, but not really). It is known that according to regulations of several countries the privacy of information is something very delicate, which can cause multiple legal inconveniences. This is why it is almost mandatory to inform or ask when information is collected, in this case as I mentioned, this is not being done (and that is why the menu code that asked if you agreed with sending data to improve the game was deleted).
I really do not know how to prove this, Since the analytics.rpyc file is in the game (By mistake) in the eagerness to launch the quick update we did not notice. However, here I show some screenshots that could give more peace of mind on the matter. (In any case, if you are still not satisfied, you can go to the game folder and delete the analytics.rpyc file and that's it, if the script is working or be active, it would not allow to connect to Google Analytics) On our part, I can guarantee that the analytics.rpyc scripts will not be forgotten again and won't be in future updates and if the Google Analytics tracking system is activated, the corresponding information would be given and it would be asked if you wanted to activate it or not.
Screenshot 1:
This is the editable file of analitycs.rpyc and here it shows the tracking id which is: 144592982-2 (Whoever wants can unzip it and verify it)
Screenshot 2:
Here is a screenshot of the platform, which shows the tracking id and the name of the property in Google Analytics.
Screenshot 3:
In this image you can see the information collected so far from google Analytics, which is 0, you can verify the name of the property and the dates.
Screenshot 4:
If you still don't feel safe, here is a screenshot of a conversation I had with Renpytom (Renpy's creator) on the Renpy's discord and #Renpy channel (Public place where developers share doubts and support each other) In this image I asked Renpytom, why tracking with google analytics wasn't working and after several checks, he replies "It hasn't been working for some other people. It's a couple years old, so I might update it at some point. Though I don't know what's wrong, currently. " Reason why it was decided not to implement for now the tracking of Google analytics in SexNote. (If you wish you can enter the Renpy Discord and search for the complete conversation and verify by yourself)
This is the only thing I have to show that we are not tracking or receiving information from google analytics, again, if anyone still does not feel safe, you can delete the file "analytics.rpyc" in the game folder and that's it. In the next update, we will ensure that this script is not passed to us. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Here is all the official information about how Google Analytics works in Renpy, the information collected by Renpy are just events in-game, like Achieve some specific progress, activate an event or repeat a scene or animation, and this is to have more information about preferences, difficulties with some flow or progress in each story:
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