[casual_games] Question about iphone game development

[Andres Martinez]

It is true Tom

The majority of our iPhone apps are sub 10M (some are even 6M  
compressed), and none of them is sub 10M on the App Store.

When we asked Apple about this inconsistency, they explained that the  
extra code is from their own encryption added before compressing it  
again (a.k.a DRM).

Regards,
Andres Martinez
www.baKno.com

On Jun 23, 2009, at 1:57 PM, Tom Hubina wrote:


> I've never seen any kind of increase in size due to Apple DRM, but  

> I'm not using Unity. The reported sizes (in the store / itunes) are  

> the same as what we submit. Not sure what you're seeing there ...  

> but it would be surprising if Apple was doing something special for  

> things built with Unity.

>

> Tom

>

> On Jun 23, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Tom Higgins wrote:

>

>> Miguel,

>>

>>> And how much of that size is Unity occupying?

>>

>> That number will vary based on your content and your chosen usage  

>> of build size stripping (only available in our Advanced license).

>>

>> <correction to my earlier statements about sub-10MB content>

>> Generally the minimum footprint of our engine is on the order of  

>> 8MB or so, but the problem is that on top of that you must add your  

>> content and then Apple's DRM code. Apparently Apple's DRM code that  

>> is added after submission seems to be roughly 4MB or so, thus  

>> pushing you over the 10MB limit for wireless (non-WiFi) distribution.

>> </correction to my earlier statements about sub-10MB content>

>>

>>

>> Cheers,

>> Tom

>>

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