are you going to release this in bits or all in one go?
I am going to do this in bits. Mostly due to the time it will take to convert all the content, write and code all the story-elements.
I will try my hardest to make this "upgradable", if possible. I hate having to keep redownloading shit over and over. Then again, I also hate complex updating crap too. Some parts will unavoidably require a full redownload, when the core-contents change.
To lessen the initial pain. I will be releasing the initial downloads with reduced graphics. That is always going to be the biggest chunk of downloading. There will be an additional download for the full HD graphics. It is just a direct image-swap.
Using a few graphics tricks, I can make a HD download of 1.5GB, reduced to about 0.5GB, without any real noticeable loss in graphics quality. Pushing that to a Low-Quality graphics pack, I can further reduce that to 0.1GB, which will obviously have a noticeable quality loss. (But not horribly so.)
There are a LOT of rendered images which should be components, but they are not. Thus, there is a LOT of fat to trim from the original game.
WARNING: Geek Math Ahead!
For example... from what I have done so far, this is the final values of the work I have done...
My versions HD = 4.27 MB (54 Faces PNG)
Original images = 16.81 MB (54 Faces PNG)
Direct example... emo-0.png
Original PNG = 299.00 KB
My HD PNG = 73.10 KB
My HD JPG / Mask = 16.00 KB + 9.23 KB = 25.23 KB (jpg @ 5% reduction)
My LD JPG / Mask = 6.90 KB + 9.23 KB = 16.13 KB (jpg @ 25% reduction)*
* 15-20% is the typical reduction/quality level used in most places. (Mask is the same 256 grey-scale image for both.)
Orig v.s. HD PNG ~300 - 73 = ~24.3% of original data-size
Orig v.s. HD JPG ~300 - 25 = ~8.3% of original data-size
Orig v.s. LD JPG ~300 - 16 = ~5.4% of original data-size
Sooo... The initial "test releases", will be about 5.4% of the original games size, when it is equal to the current content contained in the game "Big Brother". Soon his will be 5.000-GB to download, while mine will be only 0.270-GB with the same exact content. However, mine will have much more content, in actual comparison.
The upgrade pack of images, will roughly be, 8.3% of the original size, or another 0.415-GB. For a total of 0.685-GB to get the full HD version of my game.