Whats a reasonable size for a GAME...

foz · Sat 10/04/2004 04:59:52

By Size i mean in Megabytes..........

Is say 4Mb...or...6mb

or whatever........whats you opinion....

Is 10 mb okay?...........

I don`t mind cause i`ve got broadband......so for me if the games large....no worries.

What i `m getting at is a better quality soundtrack...and loads of fancy graphics all talking up loads of space.....

Worth the large file size.?

rtf · Sat 10/04/2004 05:06:17

I think it's definatky worth it.

10mb isn't too much. I don't really care about download time, I mostly care about the size it takes up, but to have the extras it is worth it to me.
I can just delete it from my system afterwards.

But I'm going to download your game even if it was 30mb. It looks awesome!

foz · Sat 10/04/2004 05:35:55

Cheers RF...

Thats one person....

I hope the game is less than 10mb.....and started this thread to get peoples views....

I will do as much space saving as possible.....At moment the music takes up 1.6mb....and we want to do loads of fancy stuff.......minus is the high File size...

Darth Mandarb · Sat 10/04/2004 09:14:31

You could always offer a second download for the bulky stuff.

Like speech packs and such.

Privateer Puddin' · Sat 10/04/2004 10:06:20

I've downloaded things about 1.5 gig so you have nothing to worry about

Vel · Sat 10/04/2004 10:13:10

As big as it gets. If it is worth it, that is.

Nacho · Sat 10/04/2004 10:34:01

I have no problems with the size, as a game using all the power of AGS, how big can be? 200 megas with speech and some videos? No problem, since I have ADSL... But I can undesrtand that some others don't, si it's them who have to say its opinion...

Maybe it's a good time to the "wise men" to say some tricks to avoid increasing the size of a game? maybe don't animate the backgrounds, just some objects, is a better choice most of the times.

Vel · Sat 10/04/2004 12:31:12

Unless the animated objects are extremely big and would slow down the whole game.

foz · Sat 10/04/2004 13:23:28

In am trying too keep file sizes down......but we`re using big backgrounds ...digital music....but think it enhances the game...

I don`t invisage....anything like 200mb...

As i`ve got WEBSITE bandwidth to consider.........i only get 2gb a month.

AGA · Sat 10/04/2004 13:48:06

When you release it, rar it (using something like WinRAR), instead of zipping it. That will reduce the filesize by about 10% quite often.

ElectricMonk · Sat 10/04/2004 17:39:12

Also, consider offering digital music and speech as an optional add-on...

Wormmaster · Sat 10/04/2004 20:47:09

DON'T EVER DO THAT WHAT AGA SAID!!!
If you do that, I can't download it, because my WinRAR program is crazy:
I won't extract anything!!!

I don't care about time, I have downloaded one game about 2 days!

Archangel (aka SoupDragon) · Sat 10/04/2004 20:54:47

Well I'm a dialupper, and I'll happily download anything up to about 20 meg, after that I tend to think twice. Anyone who can't survive without their internet for one hour while something downloads needs to reevaluate how they're spending their time

LGM · Sat 10/04/2004 23:04:24

If it's crap.. 1 MB... If it's semi-crap, 5 MB. If it's okay, 7 MB, If it's awesome crap-your-pants-tacular 1403540934MB

LordHart · Sat 10/04/2004 23:17:41

Well, for most people who have dial-up, we just use programs like GetRight or DA... so its not a problem of the filesize, it's just the download time and if it is a game we want to play. If I saw a game that was 10Mb, and it doesn't look like something I'd wanna play, then I wouldn't download it.

Evil · Sat 10/04/2004 23:39:05

One word. Farcry.

Privateer Puddin' · Sat 10/04/2004 23:51:33

you mean the game you went out and paid for to support the makers, of which one i know? :p

LGM · Sun 11/04/2004 00:54:24

Evil.. Is it me, or are your posts becoming more and more illogical and stupid?
:-p

Raggit · Sun 11/04/2004 02:38:30

I'm really glad to hear that download sizes aren't an issue with most. I've always worried about creating a game that's like 20 meg and then having nobody download it!

Nine Toes · Sun 11/04/2004 02:59:25

Well, I have dial-up. And as long as I'm living at home with my parents, I'll never have DSL or cable because at our location, it's not available.

I've had problems downloading large files before... right when I'm about halfway through a 23 MB (about 4-5 hours)download, the phone rings, and I get disconnected. When I re-connect, I have to start all over. (Download Accelerator, and similar tools seem to mess with my computer too much, so I can't use those)

I suppose any size is fine, as long as you split it up. If it's, say, 16 MB in size... split it up into four 4 MB files. That way I don't have to sit and wait for 3 hours, worrying if the phone is going to ring or not while it downloads.

That's my two cents.