📢 Version v0.1.1 — Mali GPUs, graphics profiles, faster Steam download

StormDroid 0.1.1 — first beta

⚠️ StormDroid is now in beta: both main phone GPUs, Snapdragon (Adreno) and Mali, are supported. Tested on two phones so far, and Mali still runs slowly. Send reports — they help a lot.

StormDroid is made by one person (and AI).

🆕 What's new

✅ Mali GPUs

Textures now show on a real Mali phone (Mali-G615, thanks to our first tester!). Frame rates there are still low; the new bug report will show us why.

✅ Graphics profiles

Low and Very low buttons in the instance settings, written into the game's settings on the next launch.

• Very low turns the effects off and shortens shadows, for weak GPUs.
• New installs start on Low, or on Very low on GPUs without PC texture support.
• Already playing? Your settings stay as they are until you press a button.
• A grey button means the profile is already set. Change something in the game and it comes back, so it also works as a reset.

✅ Faster Steam download

Twelve connections now fetch the game's data, so big files no longer download one piece at a time.

You need the Steam Mobile app with Steam Guard turned on: the login is confirmed there, not with a code from email.

✅ Cursor fix

In the 1366×768 mode with black margins the cursor drifted away from your finger. Fixed.

✅ Steam download fix

Packing the downloaded game into a zip could fail with FileNotFoundException. Fixed. If you got that error, delete the zip and download again.

✅ Requirements

• Android 11 or newer, 64-bit.
• About 15 GB free for the first install (download, zip and the installed game). After install you can delete the zip.
• Android may say the app is not 16 KB compatible. This comes from Unity's player; on today's phones it is safe to ignore.

Found a bug?

Side menu → Report a bug → choose your email app → describe what happened (what you did, what went wrong) → send. The report carries the logs I need.

🗺️ What's next

• Cloud saves with Steam.
• GOG download, maybe Epic later.
• Optimization :)

Sᴜʙsᴄʀɪʙᴇ If you want to stay up to date with changes, tips, and useful tweaks, feel free to join our Reddit.
TG: udarmolota

⚠️ Reminder
StormDroid is only a launcher.
To run the game, you still need the actual game files (Windows version), which you must obtain yourself - for example, by purchasing Against the Storm on Steam.

📢 Version v0.1.0 — first alpha: Against the Storm on Android

StormDroid 0.1.0 — first alpha

⚠️ StormDroid is an early alpha. It is tested on one phone so far (Snapdragon 8 Elite). Expect rough edges, and send reports — they help a lot.

StormDroid is made by one person (and AI).

🆕 What's new

✅ Against the Storm on Android

StormDroid runs the game's own Windows version on Unity's Android player. Nothing is emulated: the game's code runs natively, with Vulkan graphics.

• Shaders are converted on the phone. The game ships DirectX shaders; before the first launch StormDroid converts them for Vulkan right on your phone. It takes about half a minute, once per instance.
• Saves and settings carry over from PC: side menu → Import/Export saves and Import/Export settings.

✅ Steam download

Log in with your Steam account in the launcher and download the game (the Windows version, about 6.6 GB). You need the Steam Mobile app on your phone with Steam Guard turned on: the login is confirmed there. The game is saved as a zip in Download/StormDroid; Create an instance opens instance creation with it. You can also install from a zip you made yourself: copy the game's folder from your PC into a zip.

✅ Against the Storm news

The home screen shows the latest official announcements from Steam. A tap opens the post.

✅ Controls

• On-screen controls for keyboard + mouse (default) and for a gamepad, editable in the controls editor.
• Q / E rotate the camera; R / N rotate buildings.
• The Classic icon pack puts icons on the buttons in one tap.
• A physical gamepad works as in the game's Steam Deck mode.

✅ Requirements

• Android 11 or newer, 64-bit.
• Snapdragon (Adreno GPU). The game's textures use a format most Mali GPUs (Exynos, MediaTek, Tensor) cannot read.
• About 15 GB free for the first install (download, zip and the installed game). After install you can delete the zip.
• Android may say the app is not 16 KB compatible. This comes from Unity's player; on today's phones it is safe to ignore.

Found a bug?

Side menu → Report a bug → choose your email app → describe what happened (what you did, what went wrong) → send. The report carries the logs I need.

🗺️ What's next

• Support for Mali GPUs (Exynos, MediaTek, Tensor).
• Cloud saves with Steam.
• GOG download, maybe Epic later.
• Optimization :)

Sᴜʙsᴄʀɪʙᴇ If you want to stay up to date with changes, tips, and useful tweaks, feel free to join our Reddit.

TG: udarmolota

⚠️ Reminder
StormDroid is only a launcher.
To run the game, you still need the actual game files (Windows version), which you must obtain yourself - for example, by purchasing Against the Storm on Steam.