I tried to run the game on my phone but it kept crashing. Is my phone just weak or is there some thing I can do?
Android 14 btw.
hey amigo! Its likely related to the device's RAM not being enough to sustain longer sessions. I suspect some memory leaks/out-of-memory shenanigans happen from time to time, and naturally a phone can't handle these memory spikes like a PC, resulting in these frequent crashes.
this game started as a quick PC prototype a long time ago, and while I’ve optimized it quite a bit since then, the Android version is kinda the weakest link, considering that it's still built on top of that old codebase.
I’ve noticed that a big portion of the crashes happen during scene transitions, which again points to OOM issues. Restarting the game every now and then might help you avoid them, especially on lower-end devices.
my general benchmark is an S20FE, and even tho it's still on android 13, I can usually run it for pretty long sessions, so I haven’t been able to reproduce every crash myself. Could it be related/exacerbated by newer android releases?
If you can, tell me if the crashes usually happen in some specific area, or anything else you notice, that’d be nice to guide me through debugging. thanks for testing the game anyway 🙌