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Hehehhe, thank you Phamyne. Yes, I've been also thinking about how to reduce the file size. As you know, this VN has A LOT of CGs, like at least 8 per chapter, even more (211 CGs, and 237 backgrounds). At first those pic were in PNG format, bu I've been slowly transforming them into JPEG (lighter than png). The VN has 119 music tracks, and 122 effect tracks. That and plus that all characters also have lots of sprites each one (George being the one with the biggest ammount, a total of 324 sprites). BUT, yes. Your suggestion of reduzing the file size its slowly becoming a priority, actually, each time I finish coloring a CG I export it as jpeg, not png. I actually I hadn't thought that the file size would be affecting the ammount of downloads, so thank you for the reminder! And thank you again for reading!

Do you think I should make a devlog explaining this? Maybe that way more people will know why the VN its this heavy and my plans to make it lighter :3

Have a nice day/night! nwn

Phamyne2 years ago

wow "OwO that's freaking nuts! I never knew there were so many backgrounds and sprites! :o And when xou consider that Adastra, debatably 1ne of the most well known VN's around, only has 46 backgrounds, 35 music tracks, 43 CG's, and Amicus 103 sprites, xour numbers are freaking insane! xD but that's just the thing. Xou haven't skimped out 1ne iota with anything xou've done :) when xou deliver, xou DELIVER! ^^_

I think creating a Dev Log around the size topic would be a great idea UwU in all honesty, I put off downloading ~El Escritor~ for the 1irst time because of the how big it is "o///o Even now, I only download every 2wo updates. In SA we are going through a lot of blackouts (power outages) and it can really affect the signal at times. On a bad day, it takes me ⅓ of the day to download such a large file QwQ and if xou consider people who don't have uncapped, or even the space to store it if they are reading on their phones, I really do believe that more people will flock with a smaller file size :) this story really does deserve to see more love >_</

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