[casual_games] Question about iphone game development

[Tom Hubina]

When we submit our games they're between 6 and 9 megs. We've never had  
them go over 10 megs. I just double checked the store, and the sizes  
in the store are identical to the zip files we sent Apple, and all of  
them can be downloaded directly without having to go through iTunes.

Not sure why we're seeing something different from you.

Tom

On Jun 23, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Andres Martinez wrote:


> 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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