Is it necessary to sign on to Google to play?

Proleric

Great to see this on Android.

I downloaded the beta and cancelled "Create a Gamer ID".

Now it's asking me to "Choose an account", offering my regular gmail account as an option.

I only want to play SP offline, and I certainly don't want to share anything with Google, because I value my privacy. Is there any way to play without connecting to a Google account?

EDIT - if I click anywhere on the screen outside of the "Choose an account" box, that box disappears, and I can play the game. However, I can't tell whether I'm connected to my Google account or not, because the game disables the normal round and square buttons on Android that allow you to start/tab/close other apps.

Can Beamdog confirm whether this by-passes Google sign-on, or signs on the the default account?

Thanks.

Atrophiederic

A good question! It has been my experience that whenever i refuse a game's request to sign-in to Google Play, it gets all goofy and weird, and often won't allow me to play the game. Here's hoping that NwN doesn't take us down that path! (It won't, will it?)

niv

Hey,

the google games integration is for eventual platform-related stuff like Achievements. It's a bit unfortunate right now that it always pops up but yeah, you cann just dismiss it with no adverse consequences.

Atrophiederic

Cool - good to know!

Proleric

If you disable Google Play Games in your Android settings, it reduces the number of screens to dismiss each time from three to one (ignore the option to reinstate).

I played for quite a while after that, with no adverse consequences.

I withdrew all permissions from Google Play Games long ago, so in theory it shouldn't be doing anything anyway, but I don't trust them.

cfunky

is it possible to the saved games to be synchronied by google play, for instance if i want to continue the same game on my tablet when im at home or on my phone when im away?