Post by MarloweC in The Archmage comments

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Oh, I'm on the itch.io client so I just clicked the Install button and launched what it gave me. Guess that defaults to the demo.

But, why is there both a demo and a full version if they're both free?

BlackDahliaStudios2 years ago (3 edits)

The Demo is an isolated portion of the main game. I'm working on it separately to iron out the technical kinks before integrating it. You can see this post for more details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/59518356.

Does the client not allow you to download the second file? I didn't realize there was a client. I will take a look when I get to my PC.

MarloweC2 years ago (3 edits) (+1)

Oh, it does. It's just that it doesn't prompt me for which file to download. I actually have to install the demo first before I am able to manage the installation to also download other files. Which I don't usually think to look for, since the other files are usually versions for other OSes or earlier versions of the game, not supplementary files.

I think you could reduce confusion by calling it something other than Demo. Though I don't really have a good suggestion for what to call it, since this isn't a common method of distribution.

BlackDahliaStudios2 years ago

That makes sense. I downloaded the client and now I understand the problem. I attempted a solution. Try the new download and see if it is more intuitive.

MarloweC2 years ago (1 edit)

It's more clear that there are two separate installations. Still think the Demo shouldn't be called Demo though.

BlackDahliaStudios2 years ago

Awesome. Fair enough. I'll think about the name.

MarloweC2 years ago(-1)

I got the idea that you could probably just call the Demo "Monastery," since that's what the place is called in the actual game.

BlackDahliaStudios2 years ago

Yeah, that's not bad.

BlackDahliaStudios2 years ago

Comment incorporated. Separated them into two separate projects and released an update.

MarloweC2 years ago

It seems that when you did that it also prevented installing The Archmage via the client.

BlackDahliaStudios2 years ago

Strange. I'll take a look. I uploaded a new file. Maybe that's causing a problem for some reason.

BlackDahliaStudios2 years ago (2 edits)

It works in the browser, but not the client for some reason. I tried a fix for the client and it now works, but I'm not sure it's because of what I did. I need to learn how to use Butler. I know that will solve the problem for the future.