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How to upgrade from trial to full version of a game

kentsimonkentsimon Posts: 8Member
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I have looked but I have not found an answer to this specific question in the forums.

How should I handle an upgrade to the full version of my game, should there be a separate full version available for purchase, or do I need to implement an in app purchase to unlock the full game?

Thank you

Kent

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  • KonajuGamesKonajuGames Posts: 560Member
    IAP is how to do it.
  • Killa_MaakiKilla_Maaki Posts: 504Member
    kentsimon said:
    I have looked but I have not found an answer to this specific question in the forums.

    How should I handle an upgrade to the full version of my game, should there be a separate full version available for purchase, or do I need to implement an in app purchase to unlock the full game?

    Thank you

    Kent
    There is no 'pay to download app' functionality. You get one, and only one, version of your game that is freely downloadable. Purchases are handled via IAP. What you should do is create a full version item, and your game downloads the receipts when it runs and checks whether or not you have that item purchased (if it allows offline play, it should also save the result along with the gamer UUID to a file so it can retrieve it later if the internet fails, the UUID is for security so if another player tries copying over the file and disabling internet it still fails)
    You didn't remember the plot of the Doctor Who movie because there was none; Just a bunch of plot holes strung together.
  • kentsimonkentsimon Posts: 8Member
    Thanks for the fast response, now I have more work to do.
  • AdmanAdman Posts: 37Member
    Yes, your game should know whether it is in trial mode or not, and lock (or unlock) stuff based on that.

    Then provide a "Buy Game" menu option or something, which will call the IAP code.  Based on the result of that call, unlock the game (if purchased).
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