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Firstly, you might want to check the osx 1.1.9 file, I know nothing about apple stuff, but I suspect that 22bytes is too small to be anything useful.

-> love_of_magic_1_1_9_osx.zip 22 bytes

Next, any idea how long before the android version will be available?

Finally, my preference for the 2gb limit problem is to not have it stored online, I tend to read offline, (away from home sometimes if I can get the privacy,) so I would prefer to download it once and have done. 

As I understand it, the google play store has a limit of 100Mb for the apk and allows 2 expansion files of 2Gb each, making a limit of 4Gb total. I dont know how that works or how it would apply to your VN, but I do know there are a couple of games that ask you to download a .obb file as well as the apk and stick that in a specific location in the android/obb folder in Internal Shared Storage. Maybe something similar might work for you?

Installation for these games usually involves creating the android/obb folder first, copying the .obb file over, then installing the apk. (I don't know whether the order is actually important or not.) Provided you give clear instructions about what name to give the android/obb folder its fairly straight forward.

Other than that, a greater level of image compression is the only way Im aware of, with the smaller screens, even on a larger tablet, most people wont be able to tell the difference anyway.


Thank you for making an excellent VN and taking the trouble to go back and update it.

Yeah, I found a bad bug there; I'm updating now.

The problem with OBB and other expansion files is that it requires a level of technical sophistication to install manually, and most people won't do it. Book 2 is set up to side-load now, which needs to be connected to the net before it will start, but afterwards should be safe to play. 

Thank you for the reply. Have you looked at how Rebirth (by LikesBlondes) is trying to handle it perhaps? Broken into smaller chapters, import the save file at the start of each chapter? Its OK when it works, different people porting the VN can mess that up though since they all try to store things in different places. The two other approaches I've come across (my apologies for repeating what must be familiar to you already, I only hope to help in some small way,) 'My New Family' is broken into two parts, play and complete part1, then install part2 which overwrites part1, but leaves the saves intact to continue on, and secondly reducing the image quality,  the compressed version of a 2Gb PC release is often compressed down to something like 700Mb for people on limited bandwidth, this version is usually the one that gets ported to android,, the phone and tablet screens are so much smaller that most people are not really going to notice the lower resolutions. 

Yeah, I drop the resolution a little (especially on the videos), but even then I worry about file-size. Book 2 is now > 2GB even after crunching the videos and images as far as I'm willing to take them, which is why I moved that onto the Cloud.
For Book 1 I think I'll be able to crunch it down < 2GB even with the videos, I just need to sort through things to get there :)

Looks like you got the size down quite a bit for book1, I will try the file from discord.

Thinking about book2, I have no idea how apk's work as an install process, but if you use an apk to upgrade an existing installation are all the files from the original version (other then the saves) automatically removed? Or could you use a second apk to add more files to the installation?

All of the existing files (minus saves) are removed; it's essentially replacing the fodler.

Not surprised, but a shame nonetheless. You were talking about Book 2 needing to be conected to the net, is that a one time only connection, or every time?

One time. Once the data is downloaded it's stored in the cache (until you delete the game, or use an OS cleaner to flush it).

I would be ok with that, and Im probably a bit more old fashioned than most about not wanting to be connected all the time. Provided its made clear up front that its a one time download to get around the apk limit I would have thought there would be little cause for complaint.

Had a quick look at the new patch, for some reason it thinks my screen is upside down.

That's... strange. I'll have a look tomorrow :)