How much does your project file size increase when published?

Zenith_GameworksZenith_Gameworks Member Posts: 310
in Working with GS (Mac)
Is there a rule of thumb for this, or is it different for each game?

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  • outsidethebyteoutsidethebyte Member Posts: 115
    I'd imagine that actual increase in memory space is very different for every project, but that there's a consistent proportion of increase compared to the original size.
  • Zenith_GameworksZenith_Gameworks Member Posts: 310
    Ok. I just want my current file size of about 35 MB to stay under 50 MB after publishing. Do you think I'm safe?
  • ProjectorXProjectorX Member Posts: 45
    You might be able to save a ton of file size by changing smaller images to a different format aside from PNG (if you're using them). I'm in the process of finding the most efficient alternative including asking the community here if GS supports other transparency-enabled formats. PNGs simply aren't efficient for small images and sprites.
  • Zenith_GameworksZenith_Gameworks Member Posts: 310
    That sucks, because all of my small images are PNGs, but they must be so for certain reasons.
  • SnapFireStudiosSnapFireStudios Member Posts: 1,603
    Ok.. so I have some different ideas than the two others above.

    @outsidethebyte - It would be mainly non-proportional, as the added things are just GS adding in things like splash screen and ad support. So it'd be fixed. On my first game, it was around 3 gb.

    @ProjectorX - You can use things other than pngs, but GS will convert them anyway. You r best bet is to just use an image optimizer, such as http://www.minipng.com to make them smaller.

    Hope that helps,
    - Thomas
  • SnapFireStudiosSnapFireStudios Member Posts: 1,603
    Actually a better optimizer is http://tinypng.org
    - Thomas
  • ProjectorXProjectorX Member Posts: 45
    OK I'm back. Yeah it seems PNG compression was the best choice for me, and it may be for you too. I used tinypng.org. Very fast and easy to use.

    One thing you should know is if you find the visible quality has degraded too much in one of your PNGs, you should search "lossless" as opposed to "lossy". I found a list of compressors here:
    http://how-to.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_reduce_the_file_size_of_a_PNG_file
    although I can't give feedback on any of them.
    Cheers.
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