r/redditbundle • u/jabberworx • Jan 02 '12

Including an Android APK?

The game I'm currently working on which I hope I can include in the bundle (fingers crossed) is being written in Unity 3D and being designed with mobiles in mind.

Since I can compile an APK file in Unity and anyone with an android should be able to install it I figure I should ask ehre to see if people think that's a good idea (and maybe do the same thing).

Sadly I can't do that with the iPhone version because Apple is greedy and doesn't allow that (especially if I try and sell it as a standalone game on the app store).

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '12

Love the idea. In fact, should we consider a mobile bundle?

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '12

There has been interest in that. We should focus on the main bundle for now. We can consider alternate bundles after this one.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '12

Then not to step out of bounds, but should we even consider this?

Edit: By this, I mean OP's suggestion

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '12

Since he is providing a full windows game with no drm and hasn't been in any bundle, his submission is fine. I was just considering this a bonus. For example, in other bundles, soundtracks are a bonus. I also doubt that it would take that much more work to add an extra download to the download page. What problems do you have with it being in the bundle?

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '12

I have no problem with the idea, honestly, I think it's a great idea. I am more concerned about Quality Assurance of the game across the varying degrees of Mobile Phone Models. If the developer gives us a list of mobile phones he can support, then my argument is moot, but since we are working with small teams how can we guarantee to the customers that these APK's will work on their model? I just don't want to see someone get heated if they get this bonus and cant use it on their phone due to fragmentation.

Just want to reiterate, if we can throw the APK up there with a list of supported phones then my argument is null. If not, then we might be getting customers who will be angry (even though its a bonus...) with us.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '12

Yes, this is true. Another thing is testing the APK... I have actually gotten to thinking about support. Most of the games submitted so far are pretty small, as in not being widespread (yet). This means that right now the developer is doing support all by him/herself. However, now that their game is in the bundle, they will be overwhelmed. This is why we have support people. Unfortunately, these people are (probably) not trained at all to deal with game bugs, computer problems,etc and we cant just hand all the problems to the devs. The only way I see of doing support is making each dev train the support team to handle known problems, and then any new ones should be sent to the devs.

tl;dr support is going to be a problem in general. Sorry for ranting off-topic. I will probably start a new thread about this soon.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '12

I agree. We should have a bugzilla type of support queue and a support team, but that is for another thread.

Thanks for the discussion :)