Continuing Efforts for an Android Build
I've received several requests for an android build and just wanted to give folks who are interested in that a general update.
The short version is that this is a lot more complicated than what goes into creating a Windows or Mac build. For those, I can simply click a couple buttons and the Ren'Py development kit does the rest. It's done. It's much more complicated for Android, requiring multiple Java plugins (one of which requires tinkering with a PC's registry to get Ren'Py to recognize it), defining about a dozen different variables for the app to be recognized on an android device and then, once all of those puzzle pieces are lined up, maybe you get to create a build.
Because of a bug (discussion on RenPy development forums), those builds aren't happening for people using the version of Ren'Py I'm using right now. When a new stable release of RenPy comes out, I'll give this another try.
For those of you out there who don't have a PC or Mac but would like to try BBN on your Android, I'm trying. Unfortunately, at this point I've put in hours of work trying to get an Android build to work, time I could have spent on rendering new scenes or developing other technological improvements for the game. To now discover I can't do it because of a baked-in bug is beyond frustrating.
Nonetheless, when a new stable release comes out with -- hopefully -- the bug fixed, I will try this again.
Get Bound by Night - A Visual Novel
Bound by Night - A Visual Novel
A gay erotic horror story
Status | In development |
Author | Bound by Night Game Studio |
Genre | Visual Novel |
Tags | Adult, Erotic, Gay, Horror, LGBT, NSFW, Ren'Py, Romance, supernatural |
Languages | English |
More posts
- Now Public - Chapter 16 Part 23 days ago
- Latest Build now in Early Access - Coming to Itch 11/18/202433 days ago
- Now Public - Latest Build with Chapter 16, Part 1May 20, 2024
- Chapter 16, Part 1 in Early Access - Coming to Itch May 19Apr 19, 2024
- New Logo (and a progress update)!Apr 05, 2024
- Chapter 15 Now Available!Mar 12, 2024
- Chapter 15 in Early Access - Coming to Itch March 12Feb 12, 2024
- New Consent Sequence and ScreenshotsOct 15, 2023
- New Update Available - Build 0.13Sep 01, 2023
- Development Update - Upcoming Release of Next BuildJul 31, 2023
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Those who would like to play your game on their Android phones can do so by downloading Joiplay (you can find it in Google Play Store) and play the game through it. That's what I did. If they have trouble using Joiplay, instructions are available on the internet.
Promising game btw. Waiting for the next update.
Thanks for the suggestion, tenting! Looking forward to getting build 0.4 out to you guys. When it comes out, should have some of the new soundtrack and a complete reshoot chapter 1.