The only time I draw the line with non installers is for drivers
because if and when hardware doesn't work as it should you need to
use windows crappy hardware management control panels to find your driver.
your installer will install the drivers, all of them and when you
plug in the hardware it just works.
At 04:54 PM 6/10/2013, you wrote:
Hi Zack,
Yeah, I didn't think it would be a big problem for most people, but
there is always the occasional newbie who doesn't know much about
their computer and would prefer an all in one setup program that just
puts everything where it goes automatically rather than reading a
readme file that tells them how to manually install said program. That
said, using zip files are pretty much supported by every OS, and can
be easily unzipped and installed into the user's directory without any
extra effort or work on my part. I don't have to worry about creating
special environment variables for each platform, and I don't have to
worry about different directory structures because the entire program
will be self-contained in its own little directory inside your home or
user directory.
As for Mac support unfortunately I am unable to release a Mac version
currently, but I have been working towards that eventual goal. What my
basic plan towards Mac support is to get the Windows and Linux
versions ready for release, sell a few copies, and then put some of
the money from that towards a new Macbook and then do whatever is
necessary to port the game to Mac which should bring in even more
money for the product. Once I have the right hardware and software
then I can write any Mac and iOS games I want. :D
Cheers!
On 6/10/13, Zachary Kline <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
> Frankly, given Jeremy's success, I would suggest that this isn't a serious
> problem. A zip file is universal, and if that would make it easier to
> support something cross-platform I'm all for it. Incidentally, I
am guessing
> your plans do not include a Mac version of this game, at least not of the
> beta? I did recently installed windows on another partition, so I
can always
> use that.
> All the best,
> Zack.
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