Austinhaney6969
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Media Free?
🕑 Added 2020-09-04 08:36:57 +0000 UTCSome people have mentioned that the game is growing in size and believe me with my garbage net, I've noticed. And one of the ideas I came up with was to replace the videos in the game.
Now, don't panic, I'm not removing them yet, That's what this poll is for. The videos are about as compressed as they can get so, it's really up you guys. I expect this to be controversial, and it's likely going to annoy a lot of you regardless which way it turns out, but I figured it would be worth asking.
Should I keep the videos? Or remove them and add custom art I commission? Or one of the many options listed below.
Comments
PantherParabola
You don't have to use github or an online repository. You could look into how to setup a local repo so that you are not reliant on your internet.
Austinhaney6969
I've looked into git, but my net is kind of garbage so, I've been avoiding that. I'll probably just start releasing html files standalone from the videos/images. And I'll even include a "destroy the ui bar for pictureless/video mode" eventually.
PantherParabola
I would look into some kind of versioning system. If you can get good with git or svn then you could generate a file change list between versions, and that would also allow you to track changes and best of all revert issues if you identify an issue after you have committed it. Good luck, love what you have done and look forwarding to seeing where things go.
Austinhaney6969
Yeah, I considered that, but I tend to forget things, and didn't want to break games with update packages. Might eventually have to do that though, as it's really one of the few good options.
PantherParabola
Another note: With the iterative approach, you would want each release to have the update pack, and then a full package. In your google drive you could just have all the individual update packs like v0.5.1_to_1.5.3.zip, v0.5.3_to_v0.5.5.zip, etc... And then you would just have a v0.6.x.zip or whatever the latest version is that contains everything. The latest would always have a upgrade pack from the previous version and the full pack for the latest. With an organized versioning system like this it makes it easier for users who come back after a while to download just the packs they need, assuming they don't want to download the latest full pack. -- Just an idea!
PantherParabola
Another option would be to package the current files and then release with update packs. That way your avid followers who get every release can simply update as new versions come out, and then your release would just be a minimal update that adds the new stuff.
Princess Narii
What also is possible is just to the latter, and if you have a way to replace it with art that is fine too. Or both but yeah Fuck gamesize xD
