So, i notice the android apk is gone and i suspect that's due to how big the game is. A viable solution to bringing the apk back is splitting the Mike mc and Bree mc into two entirely separate games. This would drastically reduce the necessary file size thereby making full apks possible again. Doing that would also enable a few other ways to make the game more accessible to more people. For example, a non-voiced version would drastically reduce the necessary file size thanks to not needing the voiced dialog files that likely take up a massive portion of the game's file size as a whole. This non-voiced version could also be cheaper for obvious reasons, thereby reducing piracy of the game while still keeping the full apks available. Doing this would also allow players to only download one mc instead of being forced to download both, thereby increasing player choice.
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Hi,
Thanks for your feedback.
As you suspected, the complete APK is over 2GB and is not supported anymore by android.
The downloader is the best alternative we found, and we spent some time to find alternate solution.
Regarding your suggestions:
- splitting the game is not possibly without spending a lot of time on this task, and will require to rework a lot of things an all distribution platforms (steam and gog are less flexible than itchio)
- removing the voices (or reducing picture quality) is not an option we want to explore
- right now, a monthly build requires almost 3 hours to complete. Building voiced/unvoiced and BreeMC/MikeMC versions will drastically increase the build time.
Also, keep in mind that L&S is not our only project. We need a solution applicable to any of our projects if needed.