Android Version Joyplay (Patreon)

Hi guys, this is a quick update on the current situation of the Android version

APK

As of version 0.77, CoR is now too large to be built into an APK file. Compressing the game from 12+ GB to under the 2GB limit is impractical. This means the only way to play the game on Android is to use Joiplay. Please follow the steps below.

Joiplay

Joiplay is the only way to play Champion of Realms on Android, due to the Renpy/Android limitation of 2GB for an APK. For steps 4-8, there is a video guide available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwZIdFmKNuE

1. Download Joiplay and the Joiplay Renpy plug-in from their website or Google Play.
2. Download the PC version of CoR from the links above (Must be the .zip files as the Launcher is not compatible with Joiplay).
3. Extract the .zip file with the RAR app or any other zip extraction app. After extracting CoR's folder from the .zip, remember where it's located, because the following steps involve the folder location.
   
4. Open Joiplay, you'll see a + button on the bottom right corner, tap it. You'll be greeted by a menu.
5. For the name, you can enter "Champion of Realms" and for the version just the current update number (ex. 0.46).
6. For the Executable File, this is where you go to your CoR's folder location. Tap Choose and go to where your CoR folder is located.
   Keep tapping until you see a .exe file.
   Choose the .exe one, not the 32.exe file.
   
7. For the icon, go to where the .exe file is located again but this time, tap the game folder. That's where all the icon photos are found.
8. Lastly, tap Add after you've finished steps 5-7.
9. You're good to go. Enjoy CoR on Mobile.

Updating

1. Go to your CoR folder and move the saves file to somewhere safe before proceeding to step 2.
2. Delete the old update folder. And clear the app from Joiplay.
3. Do steps 2-8 from the Installation Method.
4. After doing steps 2-8, go back to where you moved your saves file and copy/move it to the new updated CoR folder to where the .exe files are located.
5. Open CoR to see if it works.
6. After that, you're good to go. Enjoy CoR.

I will let you know in the future if a better method is found to get the apks back, but at the moment this is the best solution for android.